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Basileutenis belli, Baird, Rev. Am. Birds, 18G5, 247. Mnsrimpa heVi, Giraud, Texus 

 Birds. Ihih. Mexico and (fiiatoinalu. Top of head and face <.'ht'stmit. A yt-llow super- 

 ciliary strii)e bordered above by du:5ky. Back olive; beneatli yellow. Length, o.lU; 

 wing, 2.28 ; tail, 2.50. 



Genus M7IODIOCTES, Aud. 



Haiki), Birds 



Myindiodcs, Audt'Bon, Synopsis, 1839, 48. (Typt^, Motacilla mifrafn, Gm.) 



N. Am. 1858, 291. 

 Wihonia, BoxAP. List. 1838 (preoocnpicd in botany). 

 M/fioctonus, Cabaxis, Mus. Hi-in. 1850, 18. (Type, MotnciUa mifrata.) 



Gex. Char. Bill broad, depressed; the lateral outlines a little concave; the bristles 

 reaching not quite halt-way from nostrils to tip. 

 Culmen and connnissure nearly straight to near the 

 tip. Nostrils oval, with membrane above. Wings 

 pointed, rather longer than the nearly even but 

 slightly rounded tail ; first quill shorter than the 

 fourth, much linger than the lifth ; the second and 

 third quills longest. Tarsi rather lengthened, the 

 scutellar divisions rather indistinct; the middle toe 

 without claw, about three fifths the tarsus. 



Mifiotlioclrs mitratus. 



TIlis genus is distinj^uislied from Setophaffa 

 mainly by stouter feet and longer toes ; short- 

 er and more even tail, narrower bill, etc. The species are decidedly mus- 

 cicapine in genend appearance, as shown by^ the depressed ])ill with bristly 

 rictus. The type M. mitratus is very similar in character of bill to Dcn- 

 droica castanca, but the wings are much shorter ; the tail longer and more 

 graduated ; the legs and hind toe longer, and the iii*st primary shorter than 

 the fourth (.15 of an inch less than the longest), not almost equal to the 

 longest. The* species ♦a^e plain oiive or plumbeous above, and yellow be- 

 neath. They may be grouped as follows : — 



A* Tail with white patches on the inner feathers. 



1. M. mitratus. Head and neck V>lack. Front, checks, and under parts 

 yellow. Back olive-green. Ilah. Eastern Province of United States, south 

 to Panama and West Indies. 



2. M. minutus. Olive above ; yellowish beneath. Two white bands on 

 the wings. Hah. Eastern United St,ites. 



B. Tail without white patch on the outer feathers. 



3. M. pusilluB. Crown black. Forehead, cheeks, and under parts jcllow. 

 Back olive. 



YelKnv of forehead without an orange tinge; upper parts dull olive- 

 green ; pileum with very dull steel-lilue lustre. Hah. Eastern Province 

 and Rocky Mountains of North America, south to Costa Rica. var. p u sill n a . 



Yellow of forehead with an orange east ; upper ])arts bright yellowish- 

 green ; pileum with a liright steel-blue lustre. Hah, Pacific Province 

 of North America, from Sitka to Costa Rica . . . var. j)if eola fa 



4. M. canadensis. Streaks on the crown, stripes on sides of head an<l 

 neck, with pectoral collar of streaks, black. Rest of under parts, and line 

 to and around the eye, j'ellow. Back bluish. Hah. Eastern Province of 

 United States, south to Ecuador. 



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