BIRDS OF WESTERN COLOMBIA. 1137 



" Iris dark brown, feet and bill black." 



This species is also a regular winter visitor to Western South 

 Amei'ica. The specimen sent by Mr. Palmer agrees with others 

 from Costa Rica (San Jose), Quito, etc. 



83. Myiarchus crinitus Linn. 



Turdtis crinitus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. x. p. 170 (1758 — ex 

 Catesby, Carolina, i. p. 52, pi. 52 : Carolina). 



Myiarchus crinitus Berlepsch, Journ. f. Ornith. 1884, p. 303 

 (Bucaramanga). 



Nos. 2409, 2420. 6 6 ad. Novita : 17, 21.xii.08.— Wino- 101, 

 107 ; tail 92, 96 ; bill 21, 22 mm. 



No. 2394. 2 (?) ad. Novita : 12.xii.08.— Wing 106i ; tail 98 ; 

 bill 21 ram. 



No. 2469. 6 ad. Noanama : 13.i.09.— Wing 110; tail 102; 

 bill 22 mm. 



" Iris dark brown, feet black, maxilla black, mandible horn- 

 brown." 



These birds are absolutely identical with skins from the Eastern 

 United States. From M. tyrannulus (P. L. S. Miill.) they difi'er 

 in being decidedly greenish instead of greyish brown above, in 

 the darker cinereous throat and chest, much deeper yellow belly, 

 and in having the whole of the inner web of the outer rectrices 

 rufous. 



The present record extends the range of M. criniitis in its 

 winter quarters considerably to the south. The most southerly 

 locality yet known was Bucaramanga, whence Lorentz had sent 

 a specimen to the Bremen Museum {cfr. Bei'lepsch, 1. c. p. 303). 



84. Myiarchus nigriceps Scl. 



Myiarchus nigriceps Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 68 (1860. — Palla- 

 tanga, W. Ecuador). 



No. 2809. ( S ) ad. Pueblo Rico, 5200 ft. : 25.X.09.— Wing 82 ; 

 tail 75 ; bill 18 mm. 



No. 2208. 6 imm. Noanama: 21.X.08.— Wing 77; tail 73; 

 bill 18 mm. 



" Iris dai-k brown, feet and bill black." 



The two skins agree with topotypical examples from Western 

 Ecuador. The pileum is uniform deep black. 



Mr. Ridgway, in his great work *, has again confounded two 

 distinct species under the name M. nigrice-j^s, overlooking my 

 remarks in Nov. Zool. xiii. 1906, p. 23 &, pp. 323-4. I think I 

 have conclusively shown that the birds from Venezuela, Amazonia, 

 and Guiana belong to M. tuherculifer, while M. nigriceps is 

 restricted to Panama, W. Colombia, W. Ecuador, and Northern 

 Peru. 



The range of the two species is given in extenso in Nov. Zool. 

 xiii. p. 26. 



* Bull. U.S. Mus. no. 50, pt. iv. p, 650. 



