Female: – Front, crown and occiput dark brown, each feather of the crown and occiput with a shaft stripe of dull pale rufous; upper plumage reddish oli\'aceous brown, deeper in color on the upper part of the back and on the wing-coverts: the latter Before their ends marked with small spots of light reddish brown, which possibly In I patch; wing-coverts, except the primary coverts, broadly edged with gray like the back; inner secondaries almost entirely' so; inner tissue of the quill white at the base, forming a broad bar on the underside of the wing; edge of wing greyish white. The pattern on the head as M. geniborbis, except that the black stripe below the eye extends further back on the ear, and that the white part of the malar stripe occupies the anterior half.
Upper surface light brownish olive, ashen on head and croup; wings dull brown edged with light ash oil; tail brown edged with olive brown; central feathers dull brown, outer feathers stitched with white; throat and belly dull white; chest and sides that are shaded; a faintness of white at the base of the forehead; lores and eye feathers showing pale buff"; coverts dull olive-brown, with narrow white shaft lines; sides showing an olive-brown; axillary ashen, with a buff tinge; underwing coverts bufl". Abdomen and hinder parts brownish; a beautiful yellow form of a bracelet on the feathers of flower part of bone; feet brown; length 6 inches, 3 lines." (Vieill. Male:— Above dark brown, feathers bordered with light brown- primaries dark brown, edges with reddish brown; inner secondaries tipped with white; throat heavily marked with white on upper part, shading to dark brown on the breast, the feathers edged with white; middle of the belly dull white; sides spotted with white and brown; under tail-coverts white, streaked with brown;.
Male: Top of head dark brown, remainder of upper surface dark brown, with hint of chocolate brown on back; lores and under eyes black, becoming brown on ear coverts; Male:– Upper parts brown, darkest on head; the belly is a dull brownish white, the white being clearly visible on the throat and belly, but never quite free from a grayish tinge; wings and tail. Male:– Grey-brown above, ash-like visible on the back; belly white, slightly tinged with ashy on chest; wings brown; all primaries are heavily marked with, and the eighth and ninth are almost entirely white; tail dark brown, with the first. two and the inner web of the third feathers are white; beak black; legs brown-.
Char.- Above the graj'ish brown, ashy in the hemp and forehead;. underparts pale white; wings lightly streaked with brown, wings brown, lips pale white; under wing-coverts distorted with brown; tail dark brown, all feathers tipped with white, center feathers very little, sometimes not at all, white increasing on outer feathers, which show white on top of inner web, about three-quarters of an inch long, extending to a lesser extent on the outer web; bill and legs black. A specimen from Cuba has more white on the tail feathers than any other from it. The general appearance is the same as that of M.gundlachi, differing from it in being a little browner on the head, and somewhat paler on the underparts, with more white at the base of the tail-feathers.
Char.iJ/i'^/e;-Upperparts dark brown, very narrowly lined on back; wing feathers and tail connected with narrow lines;. Alale:-Bright yellow underparts, dull streaked on breast and sides; forehead yellow, shaded olive green on top of head; a tinge of rufous shades the hidden parts of the feathers on the forehead; olive green; wings and tail. brown, edged in yellow; under surface of tail having the appearance of bright yellow, feathers tipped with green; upper surface of tail-feather shaved inside yellow. Sp.Char.Male:-All white and black, general looks-. the black mark becomes heavier on the chest and abdomen; top of head heavily streaked with black and white; upper integument olive-brown grained; wings and tail brown, showing a pale tinge; underwing-coverts white.
Female:-Color similar to the female sex, greater softness; less black. on the lower surface; browner on the lower back, mushroom and. 1S59) (Bahamas). Male:- Upper head bright olive green, this color extending to upper back; rest of upperparts gray-grey; throat and sides of head bright yellow, tinged with olive on cheeks and ear-coverts; bright yellow eyelid; grayish-grey parts refilled, white in the middle of the belly and olive tinged on the sides of the wings; a small stone in the carpus; under the wings - white cover, slightly tinged with yellow. Male:- Upper head and upperparts pale asli-grav; a faint indication of veliovv on the extreme forehead; sides of head (including eye), throat and underparts yellow, becoming pale on belly and ash-white on wings and rump; arms and
Char.^Superciliary stripe absent, or extremely indistinct before the eye: frontal region dull gray black; smoky black back, which sometimes shows a slight litho veining when held up to the light;. throat dark slate; lower part of cross showing olive green:. Eustatius, Guadeloupe and Saba. is probably a pbasis of plumage of this species, the yellow superciliarv stripe changes \\\\\\ age, as in species, the yellow superciliarv stripe changes \\\\\\ age, as in. Some specimens from Martinique in my collection have the superciliarv stripe yellow, and also show yellow on the throat.
Male:— Topofheadbright pale blue; a stripe of black that moves from the thigh and encircles the eye; sides of head, lower back, and entire breast dark purplish blue, wings and upper back black; inner webs of primaries and secondaries bright yellow; sides and flanks greenish. Female:—-Entire upper parts bright green; breast green, the quills of the feathers showing dull white, giving an afinel_\'pencil appearance to the throat and breast; central part of the stomach with a light yellowish tint. nindlacli writes me that tliis species abounds in many. Tanagrella ruficollis GossE, Bds.Jam. Male:—General plumage blue; a streak of dull black from. the beak on the eje, which points slightly on the forehead; large patch of reddish brown on the throat; quills and tail dark brown, feathers with blue; black-billed; foot thorn color.
Female:- Upper head bluish grey, with a greyish shade on the back; wings edged pale brown; underparts grey, with pale streaks; brown tail. Male: — Head and cheeks black, rest of plumage, including throat, bright bluish; mantels and tail dark brown, edge greenish; the subsurface of the steel gra)'. Mule:-All upper surface, throat, and sides steel blue, showing purplish reflections in some colors; rest of underparts white;. bill and tail dark brown, the feathers having a pale bluish tinge on the outer webs; white crissumdull; black mulberry.
Char.MjIc:-Throat and sides of the breast are pale reddish-brown, the color passing scar (in the neck in a narrow line near the nape; belly and dull white, the latter showing an indistinct tint; top of the head is bluish-black , the color nearly surrounds the eye; forehead and croup dark reddish brown; back bluish black, streaked with white; wings and tail dark brown; bill and feet black. Male: - Entire upper surface including head bright golden green; a slight blue tinge perceptible on the forehead, when held in the light; breast white; wings and tail brown, displayed.
