334 Oberholser on the Genus Coutopus. I Oct. 



Blacicus Cabanis. 



Blacicus Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 480. 



Myiochanes Cabanis, Mus. Hein. II, 1859, 71. 



Tvpe, Muscipeta caribcEa d'Orbigny. 



Chars, gen. — Similar to Horizopus, but wing much shorter; bill 

 usually broader and its outline less acute ; rictal bristles longer and 

 more numerous. 



Geographic Distribution. — Southern Mexico ; Central America, and 

 South America down to Peru and southern Brazil. 



Blacicus latirostris ( Verreaux). 

 Myiobius latirostris Verreaux, N. Arch. d. Mus. II, Bull. 1S66, p. 22, t. 



Blacicus latirostris Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XIV, 1S88, 244. 

 Geog. Dist. — St. Lucia, West Indies. 



This species differs from most of the other West Indian forms 

 of the genus in the shorter, broader bill, as well as longer rictal 

 bristles, these reaching very nearly, if not quite to the end of the 

 beak 



Blacicus brunneicapillus Lawrence. 



Blacicus brunneicapillus Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, 1879, 161. 

 Geog. Dist. — Dominica and Guadeloupe, West Indies. 



Similiar to latirostris in shape of bill and development of 

 rictal bristles. 



Blacicus martinicensis Cory. 



Blacicus martinicensis Cory, Auk, IV, 1SS7, 96. 

 Geog. Dist. — Martinique, West Indies. 



Not examined ; but stated by Mr. Cory to be allied to B. brun- 

 neicapillus, differing from that species in its darker pileum, darker 

 cervix, and paler under surface. 



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Blacicus caribseus {d'Orbigny). 



Muscipeta cartbaea d'Orbigny, in La Sagra's Cuba, Aves, 1839, 92. 

 Blacicus caribous Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 4S0. 

 Geog. Dist.— Cuba. 



