334 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



e 1 . Smaller ; tail not decidedly, if at all, shorter than wing ; upper 

 tail-coverts not distinctly tinged with rusty ; wing 3.40- 

 3.70 (3.57), tail 3.35-3.80 (3.56), bill from nostril .40-.56 

 (.50), tarsus .80-.88 (.85). Hab. Southern Mexico (Guana- 

 juato, Tehuantepec, Chiapas, etc.), and south to western 

 Costa Eica (La Palma). 



M. nuttingi Ridgw. Nutting's Flycatcher. 1 

 e 2 . Larger ; tail decidedly shorter than wing ; upper tail-coverts 

 decidedly tinged with rusty (sometimes with rusty pre- 

 vailing); wing 3.65-3.90 (3.74), tail 3.45-3.60 (3.52), bill 

 from nostril .60-62 (.61), tarsus .85-.90 (.87). Hab. 

 Nicaragua. 



M. brachyurus Eidqw. Nicaraguan Crested Flycatcher. 2 

 a 2 . Inner webs of outer tail-feathers chiefly (sometimes entirely) dusky or dull 

 grayish brown. 

 6 1 . "Width of bill at frontal feathers decidedly less than length of gonys ; no 

 trace of streaks on breast. 

 c 1 . Bill very little flattened, its depth through middle nearly equal to 

 width at same place. 

 d 1 . Belly and flanks sulphur-yellow ; middle wing-coverts tipped with 

 dull grayish brown ; quills very distinctly edged with rusty. 

 Wing 3.40-3.50, tail 3.50-3.60, bill from nostril .52-.55, tarsus 

 .81-.85. Hab. Yucatan. 



M. yucatanensis Lawk. Yucatan Crested Flycatcher.' 



<P. Belly and flanks white or yellowish white ; middle wing-coverts 



tipped with pale brownish gray or grayish white ; quills very 



indistinctly, if at all, edged with rusty. 



&. Middle wing-coverts tipped with light brownish gray ; top of 



head deep sepia-brown; wing 3.20-3.45 (3.33), tail 3.20- 



3.40 (3.33), bill from nostril .55-.58 (.57), tarsus .78-.80. 



Hab. Cuba. 



M. sagrae Gtjndl. Cuban Crested Flycatcher.* 

 e 2 . Middle wing-coverts tipped with grayish white ; top of head 

 hair-brown ; wing 3.35-3.55 (3.46), tail 3.25-3.50 (3.40), bill 

 from nostril .58-.60 (.59), tarsus .85-.86 (.85). Hab. Ba- 

 hamas. 



M. lucaysiensis Bryant. Bahaman Crested Flycatcher. 5 

 c 2 . Bill much flattened, its depth in middle portion not more than two- 

 thirds its width at same place. 



1 Myiarchus nuttingi RiDSW., Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. Sept. 5, 1882, 395. (Type, No. 87391, U. S. Nat. 

 Mua., La Palma, Costa Rica, Apr. 27, 1882 ; C. C. Nutting.) 



2 New species; type, No. 91057, U. S. Nat. Mus., 6ad., Ometepec, Nicaragua, March 7, 1883; C. C. 

 Nutting. 



3 Myiarchus yucatanensis Lawr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1871, 235. 



* Muscicapa sagrm Gundl., Jour. Bost. Soc. N. H. vi. 1852, 313. Myiarchus sagrte Gundl., J. f. 0. 1872, 

 424. 



5 Tyrannula (Myiarchus) atolida (var. lucaysiensis) Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. 1866, 66. 



