TYRANNUS. . 99 
Nicaragua, Greytown (Holland *) ; Panama, Lion Hill (M‘Leannan 4).—Co.omsia *. 
Bahamas, Greater Antilles to Virgin Islands 1%. 
This species is probably of only casual occurrence in our region. It is a very 
common and characteristic bird in the Greater Antilles and Virgin Islands, but in the 
Windward Islands is represented by 7. rostratus, which is doubtfully distinguished by 
its larger bill. 
The accounts of this species in the West Indies are numerous and full of interesting 
details as to its habits, nesting, &c. ; and copious extracts from the writings of Gosse, 
Hill, Professor Newton, and others are given by Brewer in the ‘History of North- 
American Birds’®. It is there also stated to appear in Florida as a migratory species, 
arriving in March and leaving again in September. It is also said to migrate to and 
from Jamaica. The rarity of the species on the mainland of Central and South 
America makes us doubt whether there is any very general movement from the larger 
islands, for were this the case we should undoubtedly find it in greater abundance on 
the mainland. As it is, we have a very few instances of its occurrence on record, and 
these only of single individuals from widely distant points. 
The nest and eggs of this species are very similar to those of 7. melancholicus. 
b. Subtus flavus. 
al. Cauda fere rotundata. 
3. Tyrannus vociferans. 
Tyrannus vociferans, Sw. Quart. Journ. Sci. xx. p. 273’; Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 368°; Baird, 
B. N. Am. p.174,t. 48°; Mex. Bound. Surv., Zool., Birds, p. 8‘; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 
p. 121°; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 383°, 1864, p. 176"; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 269°; 
Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 557°; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. 
p. 327°; Coues, Birds N. W. p. 238"; Key N. Am. Birds, ed. 2, p. 433°; Henshaw, 
Rep. Geol. Surv. West 100th Mer. v. p. 343; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 288"; 
Dugés, La Nat. i. p. 141"; Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 480%; Man. N. Am. B. 
p. 380"; Zeledon, Cat. Av. de Costa Rica, p. 15"; Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. 
p. 155. 
Laphyctes vociferans, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 77”. 
Tyrannus cassini, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. v. p. 39, t. 3. £. 2”. 
Muscicapa satelles, Licht. Mus. Berol.” 
T. melancholico similis, sed rostro minore, pectore saturate cinereo, cauda quadrata stricte albo terminata, 
facile distinguendus. 
Hab. Nortu America, Rocky Mountains from Wyoming southwards, Southern Cali- 
fornia 17.—Mextico 7° (Bullock?), Santa Rosa, Trinidad, Micoba in Sonora (W. 
Lloyd), Los Nogales (Kennerly*), Plains of Colima (Xantus™), Guanajuato 
(Dugés !°), near Mexico city (White’, le Strange), Culhuacan, Coapa, Ixtapalapa, 
Coajimalpa, and Chimalpa in the vicinity of Mexico city (Lerrari-Perez), 
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