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2. C. pertinax. Wing more tlinn H.-'jO. Ornyisli-olive, liopominff lighter 

 on llie throat (in(h.stin(Mly) and alxlonicn (lU'ciilcdly). No distinct 

 light bands on the wing. Rictal lirisllos about hall' the length ol' bill. 



The olivo of a grayish cast, and not darker on the crown. Wing, 

 4.45; tail, 3.90; depth of its fork, .35; cnlnu'ii, .92; tarsus, .70. 

 Hab. Mexico, generally north into Arizona (Kort Whipple, Couks). 



var. ]> cr t i n <i x . 



The olive of a sooty cast, and darker on the crown. AVing, .'t.tiO ; 

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

 Rica var. luguhr i s} 



3. C. brachytarsuB. Wing less than 3.00; colors much as in pertinax, 

 var. 2>erHitax, but wing-bands distinct, breast less grayish, and pihnini 

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

 the bill. 



Wing, 2.60; tail, 2.55; culnien, .GO; tarsus, .53. Hah. Panama. 



var. hrachijtarsus? 

 Wing, 2.90 ; tail, 2.55 ; culmen, .07 ; tarsus, .53. Ilah. Yucatan. 



var. schottL'' 

 b. First primary shorter than the si.\th. Tail variable. 



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

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

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

 olivaceous, generally rather dark, but varying in tint. Beneath wliiti.sh, 

 or dull liglit-ochraccous, more l)rownisli along the sides and (more 

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

 ochraccous. 



Tail longer than wings ; bill moderately depressed ; rictal bristles 

 three fourths as long as the bill. 



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

 Wing, 2.80 ; tail, 2.90 ; culmen, .78 ; tarsus, .58. Hub. Cuba. 



var. c (/ r i b a- u s } 

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

 yellow.sli tinge. Wing, 3.00 ; tail, 3.05 ; culmen, .70; tarsus, 



.59. Hah. Ilayti var. hispaniolcnsis.^ 



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

 Wing, 2.85; tail, 2.90; culmen, .CG ; tarsus, .50. Hab. Ja- 

 maica var. pallidas.'^ 



Tail shorter than wing ; bill excessively depressed ; rictal bristles 

 only one half as long as the bill. 



1 Contopux lugubrii, Lawis. Ann. N. Y, Lye. VIH, 1865, 134 (Costa Rica, Baranca). 



* C'imtopii.i brtic/iijliirsiis, .Si'i..\rK,i!, Cat. Am. U. 1S()2, 231. {Empidonax brachyt. ScL. Ibis, 

 ISoO, p. 441.) A strongly marked race, but distinguishable from schotti only by just a[)precia- 

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

 tlie tip. 



8 Oontopus (brnchytarsus var. ?), var. scliolH, Lawii. Ann. N. Y. Lj'C. IX, 1860, 202 (Yucatan). 

 Very nearly related to C. ricluirrtioni, but easily distinguished by the very dill'erent proportions. 



* Vontopiis cariboMs (D'Okb.) Mnsci/idd carikra, D'Oiin. (H. de la Sagra), Hist. Cuba, 1839, 77. 

 '' Con/opitu carUwcHs, var. hiiixtniolcnsii, BiivANr. 'J'lirannuhi caribwa, var. huip(iniolfnsi.i, 



BiiYAN-r, I'r. Bost. Soc. XI, 180(5, 91. 



" Contopus caribcviui, var. pnl/idits (Gossi;). Afj/hhiiis jmllidus, Oossk, Birds Jam. KitJ. 

 Blnckus pallidiis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, 77. Contopiis p. Sci-. Catul. Am. B. 1862, 231. — Makch, 

 Vr. Ph. A. N. Sc. 1863, 290. 



