°i8 9 9 J Oberholser on the Genus Contopus. i-?C 



Blacicus hispaniolensis {Bryant). 



Tyrannula carribcea var. hispaniolensis Bryant, Proc Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. XI, 1 866, 91. 



Contopus frazari Cory, Bull. Nutt. On. Club, VIII, 1SS3, 94. 

 Sayornis dominicensis Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, 1SS3, 95. 

 Blacicus hispaniolensis Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XIV, iSSS, 242. 

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



Blacicus pallidus (Gosse). 



Myiobius pallidus Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 166. 



Rhyncocyclus cerviniventris Salvadori, Atti. Soc. Ital. VII, 1864, 153. 



Blacicus pallidus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. [S61, 77. 



Geog. Dist. — Jamaica. 



Blacicus blancoi Cabanis. 



Blacicus blancoi Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1875, 224. 

 Geog. Dist. — Puerto Rico. 



This species is usually credited to Gundlach, Journ. f. Orn. 

 x 794> P- 3 II i but here no description is given, so the authority 

 for the name is apparently Cabanis, as above quoted. 



Blacicus bahamensis (Bryant). 



Empidonax bahamensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, 1859, 

 109. 



Blacicus bahamensis Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XIV, iSSS, 242. 

 Geog. Dist. — Bahama Islands. 



Somewhat aberrant generically in possessing a relatively shorter 

 wing than B. carilncus. 



Blacicus flaviventris Lawrence. 



Blacicus Jiaviventris Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. IX, 18S6, 617. 

 Geog. Dist. — Grenada, West Indies. 



The type of this species, taken by Mr. Wells, appears to be the 

 only specimen known. It seems to be distinct, differing from 

 brunneicepittus in its yellow abdomen and entirely yellow mandible. 



