MYIODIO0TE8. 



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This genus differs from typical Selophaga in stouter feet and much 

 longer toes — the middle toe of S. ruticilla not exceeding the lateral 

 of M. mitratus. The tail is shorter than the wings, not longer than 

 or at least equal to them. The bill is differently shaped, being nar- 

 rower and more cylindrical, though decidedly depressed ; the lateral 

 outlines are slightly concave, not about straight. The tip is less 

 decurved. 



M. pusilla and canadensis are quite similar, generically with 

 rather more tumid bill, and perhaps narrower tail feathers. 



The species of Myiodioctes all belong to the United States, and 

 I have already given a synopsis of their characters in Birds N. Am. 



myiodioctes mitratus. 



Motacilla mitrata, Gmelin, S. N. 1, 1788, 293. — Si/lvia m. Lath. — ViEiL. 

 II, pi. 77. — Bon. ; Nutt. ; Acd. Orn. Biog. II, pi. 110. — Sylvicola m. 

 Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 113. — Sijlvania ,n. Nuttall, Man. 1, 1840, 

 333. — Setophaga m. Jaed.— D'Orb. Sagra's Cuba Ois. 1840, 89. — 

 Wihonia m. Boh. 1838. — Ailen, Pr. Essex Inst. 1864. — Myiodioctes 

 m. Ann. Syn. 1839,48.— Ib. B. A. II.pl. 71.— Sclatee, P. Z. S. 1856, 

 291 (Cordova); 1858,358 (Houduras).—lB, Catal. 1861,33,no. 202. 

 — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 292.— Jokes, Nat. Bermuda, 1859, 26 

 (March). — Sclatek & Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 11 (Guatemala). — Law- 

 EENCE, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VIII, 63 (Panama R. R.). — Gundlach, Cab. 

 Jour. 1861, 326 (Cuba,). —Mi/ioctonus m. Cab. Mus. Heln. 1851. — Ib. 

 Jour. Orn. Ill, 1855, 472 (Cuba). 



Muscicapa cucuUata, Wilsoh, III, pi. xxvi, fig. 3. 



Muscicapa selbyi, Aud. Orn. Biog. I, pi. 9. 



Hab. Eastern Province of United States, rather southern ; Bermuda ; Cuba ; 

 Jamaica ; eastern Mexico ; Honduras and Guatemala to Panama R. R. 



Specimens from various points in the Atlantic and Mississippi 

 Valley States as far north as Carlisle, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio • 

 also — 



myiodioctes canadensis. 



Muscicapa canadensis, LiNN. S. N. I, 1766, 327. (Muscicapa canadensis 

 cinerea, Beisson, II, 406, tab. 39, fig. 4) — Gmelin. — Wilson, III, pi. 

 xxvi, fig. 2. — Ann. Orn. Biog. II, pi. 103. — Setophaga can. Swains. ; 

 Rich. ; Geat. — Myiodioctes can, Ann. B. A. II, pi. 103, — Beewek, 



