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2. C.pertinax. Winff moro Hifin o.'»0. Grayisli-olivo, brP(iminGr lifjhtcr 

 on the throat (indistiticfly) ami ahdonicii (ih'«*i(l«'(lly). No (hstnu-t 

 liyht bands on the wiii^r. Rictal bristles about half the length of bill. 



The olive of a grayish cast, and not «lark<'r on the crown. Win?, 

 4.45; tail, 3.1)0; depth of its fork, ..'Jj ; culnim. .!)*J ; tarsns, .70. 

 Hab. Mexico, generally north into Arizona (Fort Whipple, Coukj*). 



var. per tin n t 



The olive of a sooty cast, and darker on the crown. Wing, WXM ; 

 tail, 3.10; its fork, .20; cnlnien, .83; tarsus, .Gl. Hah. Costa 

 Rica var. Ingnhris} 



3. C. brachytaraus. Wing less than 3.00; colors much as in pertina.r, 

 var. ;>e;7///f/x, but wing-bands distinct, breast less grayish, and pilcuni 

 decideiUy darker than the back. Rictal bristles two thirds as long as 

 the bill. 



Wing, 2.65 ; tail, 2.55 ; culmen, .CO ; tarsus, .53. Ilah. Panama. 



var. brae h ij tar s u s .' 

 Wing, 2.D0; tail, 2.55 ; cuhnen, .G7 ; tarsus, .53. Hah. Yucatan. 



var. schotti.^ 

 b. First primary shorter than the sixth. Tail variable. 



4. C. caribaeus. Bill much depressed, very long and broad, the sides 

 more nearly parallel on the basal than on the teiininal half; rictal bristles 

 very strong (two thirds, or more, the length of the bill). Above 

 olivaceous, generally rather dark, but varying in tint. Beneath whitish, 

 or dull light-ochrac(>ous, more brownish along the sides and (more 

 faintly) across the breast. Axillars and lining of the wing deep light- 

 ochraceous. 



Tail longer than wings ; bill moderately depressed ; rictal bristles 

 three fourths as long as the bill. 



Dark greenish-olive above ; beneath dingy ochrey-ycllowish. 

 Wing, 2.80; tail, 2.00 ; culmen, .78 ; tarsus, .58. Hah. Cuba. 



var. car iboi u s .* 

 Dark olive-gray above ; beneath whitish, with scarcely any 

 yellowish tinge. Wing, 3.00 ; tail, 3.05 ; culmen, .70 ; tarsus, 



.59. Hab. Hayti var. hispaniolensis } 



Brownish-olive above ; beneath deep dingy ochrey -yellowish. 

 Wing, 2.85 ; tail, 2.90 ; culmen, .60 ; tarsus, .56. Hab. Ja- 

 maica var. 2^(imdus.'^ 



Tail shorter than wing ; bill excessively depressed ; rictal bristles 

 only one half as long as the bill. 



1 Con/opus luguhris. Lawk. Ann. N. Y. Lye. VIII, 18fi5, 134 (Costa Rica, Baranca). 



2 Contopva brarlnjfa rsns, Sclater, Cat. Am. B. 18()2, 231. {Empidonax hrachyt. ScL. Ibis, 

 1859, p. 441.) A strongly marked race, but distinguishable from schotti only by just apprecia- 

 ble differences in color ^being paler beneath), and shorter whig and bill, the latter broader at 

 the tip. 



* Contopus (brnchytarsus var. ?), var. schotti, Lawi:. Ann. N. Y. Lye. IX, 1869, 202 (Yucatan). 

 Very nearly related to C. ricluirdsoni, but easily distinguished by the very different proj)ortions. 



* Contopus caribccus (D'Okb.) Muscipcfa carib(ra, D'Orb. (K. de la Sagra), Hist. Cuba, 1839, 77. 

 5 Contopus carihanuH, var. hispuninlcnsis, Bkyant. Tyrannula caribwa, var. hhspaniohnsis, 



Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. XI, 1866, 91. 



^ Contopus cariba'us, var. pallidus (Gossf.V }fiiiobins pnllidus, Gosse, Birds Janj. 166. 

 Blackus palliduSj ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, 77. Co)itopics p. ScL. Catal. Am. B. 1862, 231. — March, 

 Pr. Ph. A. N. So. 1863, 290. 



