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mensions and differently colored from that species. The upper 

 plumage of the new bird is clear deep olive, not at all brown- 

 ish as in the other; the under plumage is of a lighter ash, and 

 has a much greater extent of white ; the striations on the 

 throat are darker and more clearly defined. 



2- Thryothorus G-renadensis- 



Femalk. Upper plumage of a rather bright ferruginous, a little inclining 

 to brownish on the head and hind neck, and brighter on the rump ; hores 

 whitish tinged with rufous ; a light rufous stripe extends over the eye to the 

 hind neck ; tail dull rufous, barred with blaek ; the primary quills have their 

 outer webs of a dull light rufous, with broad black bars ; the inner webs are 

 brownish-black; the wing-coverts and tertials are rufous with narrower black 

 bars ; under wing-coverts pale rufous ; the throat is very pale rufous, inclin- 

 ing to whitish ; the breast light rufous ; the middle of the abdomen is of a 

 rather paler shade ; the sides and under tail-coverts are of a bright darker fer- 

 ruginous ; the upper mandible brownish-black ; the under pale yellow, dusky 

 at the tip ; tarsi and toes hazel-brown. 



Length (fresh), 4 3-4 inches ; wing, 2 1-4 ; tail, 1 1-2 ; tarsus, 3-4 ; bill from 

 front, 11-16. 



There is also a specimen of the male, but as it was in poor condition, I cho6e 

 the female as the type, from which it does not differ in plumage ; its measure 

 is given ; length, 5 inches ; wing, 2 1-4 ; tail, 1 1-2. 



Habitat, Grenada. "Abundant.'' 



Type in National Museum, Washington. 



Remarks. This species differ from T. rufescens, from 

 Dominica, in having the coloring lighter throughout, especially 

 below, the entire under-plumage of T. rufescens being of 

 a dark rufous ; there are subterminal black markings on the 

 under tail-coverts of T. rufescens, whereas those of the new 

 species are immaculate. 



T. musicus, from St. Vincent, is at once distinguished by its 

 white under-plumage. 



3- Blacicus brunneicapillus. 

 Blacicus Blancoi, Lawr., nee Gundlach. 



Male. The plumage above is of a clear olive-brown, assuming an ochreous 

 cast on the rump ; the crown is of a much darker brown, forming a decided 

 cap ; tail and quill-feathers brownish-black ; the tertials are edged with very 

 pale fulvous ; the throat is gray with just a tinge of fulvous on the lower 



