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2. M. validus.* All the win<r-covert5, tertials, secondaries, primaries, and 

 reetrices distinctly «'d<red witii rulous (the hitter on both \veb;;). Above 

 olivaceous, in<^re ashy anteriorly ; tlu> upper tail-coverts more rufescent ; 

 renii<res broadly rufous on exterior edjjres; rectrices v.'ith the whole uuier 

 web (except a narrow streak aloni: the shaft) and edjre of outer wcb rutous. 

 Head beneath, and entire throat and breast, deep ash ; rest of lower parts 

 sulphur-yellow, the junction ol' the two colors not \\v\\ detined. Wing, 

 3.80-4.20; tail, :].80-4.20; cidnien, 1.00; tarsus, .80- 1)1 ; tail even ; 

 third and fourth quill lonirest, finb. .Jamaica. 



3. M. crinitus. Outer wel)s of primaries distinctly edcred with rufous (no 

 other rufous on witigs) ; inner webs of rectrices broadly, sometimes entirely, 

 rufous, none on outer webs (except in younir). Above olivaceous, varying 

 from a greenish to an ashy ca>t. the pileuni more brownish. Wmg-coverts 

 (both rows) i)roadly tipped with brownish ashy-whitish; tertials, secondaries, 

 and lateral tail-feather broadlv (;di'ed on outer web with the same. Head 

 laterally and bimeath ashy, paler on the throat and jugulum; rest of lower 

 parts delicate yellow, varying from a rich lemon to a pale sulphur tint. 

 Hab. Continental Ameri<,'a. 



Bill dark brown (^never black). Upper parts decidedly greenish ; ash 

 «T throat and jugulum, and yellow of abdomen, etc., very <leep. 



Inner webs of rectrices wholly rufous, or with only a narrow 

 strip of dusky along the siiall. Wing, .3.7.')- 4.25 : tail. .'5.7.5-4.20; 

 culmen, .95- 1.00; tarsus, .85-.J)0. Ifah. Eastern Province of 

 North America : in winter south through Eastern Mexico to 

 Guatemala (grading into var. ii'rit<ib>lis in Nicaragua) . var. crinitus. 

 Bill deep black ; upper part.< without a greenish, but, instead, an ashy- 

 brownish ca.st ; ash of throat and jugidum, and yellow of abdomen, 

 etc., very pale. 



Inner webs of rectrices broadly (but not entirely) rufous to the 

 extreme tip, with a broad dusky stripe next the shaft. 



Wing, 4.10-4.50; tail. 4.00-4.70; culmen, 1.10-1.20; 

 tarsus, 1.00-1.05. Hah. Southern and Western Mexico 

 (Tehuantepec, Yucatan, Mazatlan, etc.) . . var. cooper i. - 



Wing, 3.60-3.00; tail, 3..50- 3.75; culmen, .90-1.00; tarsus, 

 .80 - .8.5. Hab. Eastern South America, and Cential America, 

 from Paraguay to Costa Rica (grading into var. coojjerim Gua- 

 temala, and into var. ci«e/"a.scf«s in Tehuantepec) var. irritubil is} 



1 Mi/iarchus vah'dH.<}, CxBXSiii. Ti/rannus crinifus, C,oni<v., I». .Tarn. 1S6 (nee Auct.). Myiar- 

 chus validns, Caban. Orn. Nat. II, 3.^1, et Auct. Corns, P. A. X. S. .Tuly, 1S72, 62. 



^ Mjfiarckus criiiifiis, var. cooj)c r i {Kwr.) Baikd. T ij ran a n l< i cooper i, IvAi'i'. P. Z. S. 1851, 

 51. M}iiarchus coop'ri, l>Aiui), Birds N. Am. 1858, 180. Myiarchvs cruiUus, var. coopcri, 

 CorEs, r. A. N. S. .Inly, 1872, 67. 



* Mijiarchus crinitiut, var. irrifabih's (Yikili,.'>, Coues. Tiirannus irritohiUs, Yif.ill. Enc. 

 Metb. 1823, II, 847. Miiiarchns crinitus, var. irrifahilis, CouEs, P. A. N. S. July, 1872, 65. 

 (J/, erythrocercus, ScL. ; M. mexicaniis, Kaup, Lawr. ; ^f. )/ucata}iciutis, Lawr.) 



Oba. — It is, jM'rhaps, probable that in Yiuutau this race grades into the M. sfoJiduft (var. 

 sfofidiui), since there is a specimen in tlie collection from Merida (39,213, April 9, 1865, A. Schott) 

 which seems to be very nearly intermediate in every way between the two. It has the very 

 black bill, restricted rufous on imicr webs of rectrices, and pale yellow of lower parts of M. 

 stolidu.% and the brown pileuni and more robust proportions of irritnbilis. The specimen, how- 

 ever, is in \)O0T condition, being of worn and faded plmnage, and much distorted, «o that its 

 true chai*acters cannot be ascertained satisfactorily. 



