Gundlach's five new Species of Cuban Birds, ete. 313 
Anr. III. — Description of Five new Species of Birds, and 
other Ornithological Notes of Cuban Species. Read be- 
fore the Boston Society of Natural History, March 3d, 
1852. By Joun Gunpuacu. 
1. Muscicara Sacre Gund. Pitirre Bobito. This spe- 
cies is the one wrongly described by D’Orbigny, in the 
Physical, Political, and Natural History of the Island of 
Cuba, by Dr. Ramon de la Sagra, Ornith. p. 72, under the 
name of Tyrannus Phoebe, L. Pitirre. Igive it the name 
of M. la Sagra, as he was the first to make it known to the 
public. 
Bill long, broad, and depressed, black. Feet brownish 
black. Iris dusky hazel. Head slightly crested, third and 
fourth quills longest, fifth a little shorter, second one twelfth 
of an inch shorter than third, first equal to tenth; tail very 
long, emarginate ; upper parts brownish gray, the head much 
darker ; quills and tail dusky brown; primaries edged with 
light red, the secondaries with whitish, the primary coverts 
edged and tipped with whitish, the secondaries tipped with 
grayish white ; outer tail-feathers on the outer web brownish 
. Stay, inner webs of the tail-feathers, except the two middle, 
and the two outer, light red; fore part of neck and breast - 
whitish gray; the rest of the lower parts pale yellow. 
Male. Length 0.192 mill. Extent of wings 0.270 m. Bill 
along the ridge 0.017 m. Island of Cuba. i 
This M loan was described by D'Orbigny as M. Phoebe, 
and hence it comes that the customs and habits of the 
latter have been given to the one I have named M. Sa- 
gre. Our species is sedentary, lives in light or open woods, 
Principally on the edges and in the fellings made on estates 
in this island. From a dry twig he watches for insects; 
- Seeing one he darts upon and seizes it, and returning to his 
Perch hammers it against a branch until it is dead, and then 
JOURNAL, B. S. N. H. 41 MAY, 189. 
