go Brewster ofi Nexv Birds from Mexico and the Bahamas. [January 



the central pair of feathers are without trace of white ; they are barred 

 faintly and confusedly with dull reddish brown. Wing, 4.82 ; tail, 3.97; 

 tarsus, .65; bill, length of culnien from feathers, .20; from nostril, .21 ; 

 width at nostril, .15; longest feathers of ear-tufts. .80. 

 Habitat. Province of Chihuahua, Mexico. 



The type of this curious new genus and species was the only 

 specimen obtained by Mr. McLeod during his stay in Mexico. It 

 was brought to liim alive by a Mexican boy and kept in a cage 

 for nearly two weeks. During this time it refused all food 

 excepting such as was literally forced down its throat. It moved 

 its ear-tufts precisely as an Owl does, erecting them when 

 approached or startled by any sudden noise, allowing them to 

 droop back on the crown when it thought itself alone and safe. 

 The Mexicans called it by a name which means "road-stopper," 

 but this, I believe, is a designation given by them to other mem- 

 bers of the family Caprimulgidce without distinction of species. 

 Unfortunately the precise place of capture is not recorded on the 

 label, but judging by the analogy furnished by other labels in 

 the collection it must have been either near Durasno or 

 El Carmen, probably the former. 



Empidonax cineritius,* new species. — St. Lucas Flycatcher. 



Sp. Char. — Most nearly like E. difficilis but with the general coloring 

 much duller, the upperparts with scarcely a tinge of greenish, no decided 

 yellow beneath, excepting on jugulum and abdomen; wing-bands brown- 

 ish white. 



$ ad. (No. 14136, collection of W. Brewster, La Laguna, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, May 12, 1887; M. Abbot Frazar). Sides of head and neck and 

 entire upperparts plain hair-brown, darkest on wings and tail, with the 

 faintest possible tinge of olive on crown and nape; wing-bands and 

 outer edges of secondaries brownish white; jugulum, abdomen, and cris- 

 sum pale, slightly brownish, straw-yellow; breast ecru-drab; throat a 

 duller, slightly browner, shade of the same; lores and a poorly defined 

 orbital ring brownish white; bend of wing and under wing-coverts straw- 

 yellow. Wing, 2.64; tail, 2.40; tarsus, .68; bill from nostril, .36. Sexes 

 similar. (Type of 5 No. 14137, collection of W. Brewster, La Laguna, 

 Lower California, April 27, 1887; M. Abbott Frazar). 



That the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher of the extreme southern 

 portion of the peninsula of Lower California is distinct from its 

 representative E. difficilis of the mainland of western North 

 America, is shown conclusively bv a series of some twentv-five 



Cineritius = ashy. 



