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as a siilispecies of .^f. fu/f/n.r, siiifu tliey iicc.iii- t,u;;etla'r at vaiimis Incalitics. In the 

 Tring Museum there are both sjiecies from tlie ]{io HujiurLimi, British Guiana, and 

 Natterer collected both at Barra do Rio Negro, N. Brazil. M. solitariitH has never 

 any trace of rufous on the tail ; the black stripes ou the under-surface are also more 

 extended and broader, especially on the throat, which in M. aiuhix is almost devoid 

 of dusky markings. The back, too, is blacker, and the rufous edges of the upper 

 tail-coverts much darker. 



68. Megarhynchus pitangua (Linn.). 



Liuiina p'llnnijiin Linnaeus, StjM. Nat. xii. i. (1766) p. 13ii (ex Brisson : " Brosil "). 



Eleven adults and one young bird from ( 'a])aro, March and April ; 1 c? ad. 

 Laventille, December; 1 (?, Pointe (iourde, January; 'Z $ i , Chaguaramas 

 January. They are not different in any way from topotypical Brazilian skins. 



6tt. Myiobius fasciatus (P. L. S. Mull.) . 



Muxi-irrijin/ufC/atn P. L. 8. JliiUer, ,Y(//«)■^//^7. Suppl. (177(5) p. 172 ["Ca/r«/)( "— e.x Daubentuu, PI. 



enl. hii, fig. 3).] 

 Jfn.tcioajxi iiarria Boddaert, Tab/. PI. ml. ( 1 7x3) p. 34 [based on Daubentoii]. 

 Mlf'n}hiuf< uafcf'fs auct. 



1 c? ad. from C'aparo, April, and I ? from Seelet, April, agreeing with 

 examples from (Himana, Cayenne, and Brazil. In the male the crest is lemon 

 yellow, in the female ferrnginous. 



'". Empidonax lawrencei Allen. 



Orhlhnrrii tl,n-im,lris Lawrence, Ami. .%'<■/'■ Ynrk Ar. Sri. iv. (1887) p. (57 (loc. ign.) uiide ; 

 Empidniiiix htirrfwri Allen, Bull. Aiiui: .!/«.<. .V. 1'. ii. (18811) p. 150: Chapman, Bull. Aiiiry. .Mkx. 



vi. (1894) p. 4-2 (Trinidad). 

 E. olim Sclater, Cal. Birih Biil. .Miis. xiv. (1888) p. 224. 



Seven specimens of both sexes from Caparo, April. They agree in every 

 respect with a series from Camana and the Caura River, Venezuela. 



E. luwrenrei is the bird commonly called E. olivri or /:,'. plleata (cfr. Sor. Zool. 

 ix. 101(2, p. 174) ; but it is almost certain that the " Gobe-raonche olive, de Cayenne " 

 of Daubenton, upon which both names have lieen based, does not refer to the species 

 in (piestion, which is not known to occur in Cayenne. It seems, therefore, best to 

 retain Mr. Allen's name. 



Measurements : \Ving 01— Uts ; tail .J.J— 05 mm. 



Tl. Blacicus brachytarsus (Sd.) (subsp. ?j 



Eiii/iirlniiii.i- bnirlii/tarsiin Selater, Jhix, I85',l. p. 441 [Cordova, South Mexico]. 



A series of •,'0 specimens {S d and ? ?) from Caparo, April; Pointe (iourde, 

 January, and Valencia, IMarch ; agreeing with others from Cumanu and Mount 

 Bucarito, Venezuela. 



Two skins from Vera Paz, Guatemala, hnve decidedly darker under ]iarfs. but 

 are not otherwise different. Perhai)s the South American birds could be sejiarated 

 subspecitically. EMjiii/ona.r ai)r/i//>t.t Tacz. seems to be the same as ('. >■//■<'/'.•< 

 (Liim.), so they would re((nire a new name. A larger series, however, should lie 

 examined. 



