Description of a new <I>Myiarchus</I> from the West Indies

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Cory on a Nc-v Myiarchus. [J"'y

types thetailsare black.

Another

(No.78,124U.S.Nat.Mus., 9 ^ad., Guanajuato, Mexico,

A.

Dug6s), is very

much worn

and badlydiscolored.

The

speciesisfoundinconsiderable

num-

bers

among

thebushes andgrassesalongthedrainagecanalsand aboutthe lake shores.

A

^{fullseriesof the}

Savanna Sparrows

is greatlyneeded from

all parts of

Mexico

and Central

America,

andit seemsnot im- probablethatoneor

two

otherformswillhavetobecharacterized beforetliespecimenswillbeginto fit gracefully into the places

assignedtothem.

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW MTIARCHUS FROM THE WEST INDIES.

BY CHARLES

B. CORY.

Myiarchus

berlepschii, sp. nov.

Sp.Char. (Type, No. 12,535^Coll.C. B. Cory.) Topof thehead dark brown;back andrump^{distinctlydarkolive,}shading intorufous on the tipsof theuppertail-coverts. Throatpaleashy,somewhatdarkeronthe upperbreast; restof underparts pale yellow. Primariesandsecondaries darkbrownedged withdull rufous, the rufous color wanting on the ter- minal portion of the four outer primaries. The primaries show pale rufousonthe basal portion of the inner webs. All thesecondaries and tertialsarebroadlyedged withpalerufousontheinnerwebs. Tail dark brown; allthetail-feathers,excepting thetwo middleones,have nearly the entire innerwebsbright rufous, a narrow line ofbrown separating the rufousfromthe shaftof thefeather. Bill dark brown. The feetare black.

Length,7; wing,3.50; ^tail,3.25; tarsus, .95;bill,.65.

Habitat.

Island ofSt. Kitts,

West

Indies.

The

underparts ofthis species are similar in

marking

and general colorationto

M.

oberi,but the throatis

more

ashy and lighter, and the yellow of the belly is paler.

The

back and headoi

M.

berlepschii are darker,andthe birdissmaller.

DedicatedtoGrafHansvonBerlepsch ofGermany.