48 New Species of Birds from Dominica. 



back in color, the inner webs are blackish slate color ; on the inuer web of 

 the outer tail-feather, at the end, is a spot of white ; on the next feather is 

 a smaller one, and the next two have only a terminal edging of white ; the 

 middle and greater wing-coverts have their outer webs of the color of the 

 back, and their inner webs black ; they end conspicuously with white, 

 forming two bars across the wings ; quills with their outer webs like the 

 back, and their inner blackish slate-color ; under wing-coverts and axillars 

 white ; upper mandible black, the under light horn-color ; tarsi and toes 

 light brown. 



Length (skin), 5J in. ; wing, 2t\; tail, 2£; tarsus, f; bill from front, &. 



The female is above of a dark greenish olive ; it has black lores, with a 

 white stripe over the eye and on the lower eyelid, just as in the male ; be- 

 low it is of a much lighter or grayish-olive, the chin, middle of the throat 

 and of the breast mixed with pale yellowish- white, the middle of the ab- 

 domen is pale yellow ; the ends of the wing-coverts, the under wing- 

 coverts and the axillars, are white, with just a tinge of yellow ; the spots 

 at the ends of the tail-feathers, as in the male, but less distinct ; bill and 

 feet of the same color as those of the male. 



Types in. National Museum, Washington. 



Remarks. The contrast of color between the male and 

 female brings to mind that which exists between the sexes of 

 D. coerulescens. The coloring of the males of the two species, 

 however, is quite different; but the females are in some 

 respects singularly alike, as they agree in the color of the up- 

 per plumage, in having the white superciliary stripe and lower 

 eyelids of that color, also in the dark lores, though they dif- 

 fer in the color of the under plumage and of the bill. 



This would appear to be quite an abundant species, as 

 there are eleven examples in the collection. 



3 — Myiarchus Oberi. 



Maxe. Pileum, nape and sides of the head dark umber-brown, upper 

 plumage dark olive-brown, upper tail-coverts edged with dull ferruginous ; 

 two middle tail-feathers blackish-brown, the other feathers are colored the 

 same, except on the outer two-thirds of the inner webs, where they are 

 bright ferruginous ; outer web of lateral feather and ends of the others, 

 ash color ; quills brownish black, the primaries narrowly edged with dark 

 ferruginous ; the outer secondaries are margined with very pale rufous, 

 and the other secondaries with pale yellowish- white ; wing-coverts dark 

 brown, ending with pale ashy tinged with rufous; under wing-coverts 

 pale, dull yellow, inner margins of quills light salmon-color ; lores, throat 



