r .M ) 



176. Myiarchus tyrannulus (P. L. S. Miill.)- 



Muscicajia tyrannulus P. L. S. Miill., Niiturxijsl. Siqipl. (1776) p. 169 (ex PI. Enl. 571, f. 1. 

 " Cayenne "). 



Altagracia : SS 26, 18, 25. xi., 20. xii., 24. i.. ¥ ? 15, 25, 27. xii. '97 ; 6, 6. i., 

 '98 ; 20. xi. 



Caicara : 6 i U, 16. ii., 18. iii. '98 ; ? iii. '98. " Iris seal ; fee^ blackish slate ; 

 bill black. Iris sepia brown.'' 



(Nos. 8713, 8749, 8849, 8869, 9223, 9394, 9456, 9526, 9542, 9791, 9987, 9988, 

 10057, 10112, 10318, 10517 Cherrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar : c? 11. vi., 6S 12. vii., <S lo. viii., 6 6. xii. (Klages). 



(N.B.— We have not beeu able to compare the Orinoco birds with Cayenne 

 specimens.) 



177. Myiarchus ferox venezuelensis (Lawr.). 



IMuscicapa ferox Gml., Syst. Nat. i. (1788) p. 934 excl. var. ^ (ex. Brisson— " Cayenne ").] 

 Myiarchus venezmleiinh Lawr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1865 p. 38 (Venezuela, coll. Nash). 



Altagracia : c?c? 22, 25, 29, 26. \\., 3, 21. xii., 3, 4, 13. i., ? 19. i. 

 Caicara : i 6 7, 10. v., 25. vi. " Iris seal ; feet blackish slate ; bill black." 

 (Nos. 8779, 8848, 8878, 8917, 8999, 9331, 9490, 9511, 9681, 9744, 9972, 10899, 

 10909, 10969, 11226, 11311 Cherrie coll.) 

 Perico: Si 22, 25. ix. 

 Ciudad Bolivar : ? 2. viii. (Klages). 



178. Myiarchus tricolor Pelz. 



Myiarcluis tricolor (Natterer) Pelz., Oni. Bras. II. (1870) pp. 117, 182 (typ. ex Rio de Janeiro). 

 Myiarchus coalei Ridgw., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. IX. (1886) p. 520 (loc. ign. !) (The type of .1/. coalei 



has been examined by Berlepsch. It i.s of the so-called Orinoco make, and is labelled " Orinoco 



Venezuela? ") 



Qniribana de Caicara : i ad., ? ad., 26, 21. iv. '98. 



Nericagua : ¥ ad., ¥ jnv. 29. iii. '99. 



" Iris seal ; feet and bill black, or feet slate-black." 



<?: al. 79, caud. 74, culm. 18i, tars. 18A mm. 



¥ ¥ : al. 7.5|— 73i, caud. 70— 07i, culm. 16|— 16^, tars. 18A mm. 



(Nos. 10799, 10817, 12300, 12301' Cherrie coll.) 



The Orinoco skins agree perfectly with a topotype from Sapitiba (Prov. Rio, 

 Natterer coll.) examined by Berlepsch, also with a Bahia skin in Mus. H. v. B., and 

 with skins of the so-called Orinoco or Venezuela make. 



179. Empidonomus varius (VieilL). 



Muscicajiii viiria Vieill., Xouc. Diet. xxi. (1818) pp. 458, 459 (ex Azara — " Paraguay "). 



Qniribana de Caicara : cJ ad. 25. iv., S juv. 6. iv., ¥ 14. iv. 

 Nericagua : ¥ 24. iii. 



Caicara : cJcJ 21. iv., 29. vi. '98, ¥ ¥ 23, 29. iv. '98. "Iris seal : feet black 

 bill })lack dusky horn-colour at base of mandible." 



(Nos. 10729, 10801, 10814, 10879, 10953, 11007, 12240, 12447 Cherrie coll.) 

 Ciudad Bolivar : cj 4. viii., ? ¥ 30. vii., 27. vii., 6. viii. (Klages coll.). 



