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a. Terminal band of tail yellow. 
A. cedrorum, Wing bluish-ashy. Length, 7.00; wing, 4.00. 
Eyes blood-color (Wilson) ; brownish-black (Aud.). Nest on 
trees, like preceding, without the feathers; eggs very similar. 
Hab. Whole of North America, from 52° N., south (in winter?) 
to Guatemala; Jamaica and Cuba in winter. (Cedar-Bird.) 
3J Subfamily PTILOGONATIN Jl. (Page 38.) 
Char. Legs moderate. Nostrils oval, with wide naked membrane above and to some 
extent behind them ; the frontal feathers not reaching to their border, and rather soft. 
Wings graduated, shorter than the somewhat broad, fan-shaped tail ; the first quill nearly 
half the second. Adults plain. 
Ptilogonatese. Tarsi scutellate anteriorly ; not longer than middle toe and claw. 
Myiadesteae. Tarsi with a continuous plate anteriorly ; longer than middle toe and 
claw. 
Section PTILOGONATE/E. 
Crest narrow, pointed, its feathers stiff, their webs compact ; outer primaries 
broad. Tail rounded Phcenojoejpla. 
Crest broad, decumbent, soft, the feathers loose ; outer primaries attenuated. 
Tail even or cuneate. (Mexican.) Ptilogonys. 
Genus PH2ENOPEFLA, Sclater. 
P. nitens, Sclater. Male. Glossy greenish-black; a lengthened patch of white on 
inner webs of primaries. Female. Brownish-ash, paler beneath. No white on primaries. 
Length, 7.60. Iris red. Nest on horizontal branches; of plant fibre, etc., lined with 
finer materials. Eggs light slate-color, with purple and black blotches all over. Hab. 
Middle and Western Province of United States. South to Cape St. Lucas and Mexico. 
( Crested Black Flycatcher.) 
Section MYIADESTE/E. 
Genus MYIADESTES, SWAINSON. I 
An ochraceous band across base of secondaries and upper primaries, conspicuous on outer 
surface. 
1. M. townsendi. Generally dull ashy, paler beneath. Throat and abdomen ' 
whitish. Iris brown. Length, 8.00; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.85. Nest bulky; of sticks, 6 
placed in cavity of rocks? Eggs unknown. Hab. Middle and Pacific Provinces of | 
United States only. (Townsend's Solitaire.) | 
No ochraceous on outer webs of secondaries and primaries. About the size of preceding. | 
2. M. obscurus. Back and wings rusty-olive. Head and beneath ashy, top of head p 
deepest ash. Hab. Mountains of Mexico and Guatemala ; Tres Marias Islands. 
3. M. unicolor. Entirely dark bluish slate-color, lighter beneath. Lores black. | 
Hab. Central Mexico and Guatemala. Sj 
