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 isii. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gm.)- 



Lanius TyrannUK B dominkemia Gmelin, Sijst. Nat. i. (1788) p. 302 (ex Brias. — " S. Domingo "). 



Qniribana de Caicara : " ?" 31. iii. '9s. " Iris seal, feet black." 



(No. 10574 Cherrie coll.) 



Al. 114A, caud. s9, culm. 'Zl\, tars. IT.t mm. 



Apparently of rather rare occurrence on the Continent. Berlepsch has, however, 

 seen many specimens in Bogota collections. 



181. Tyrannus melancholicus (VieilL). 



Tyrannus melancholiata Vieill., Xour. Did. xxxv (1819) p. 84 (ex Azara — "Paraguay"). 



Altagracia: cJc? 5, 13, 9, 16. xi., 22, 9, 15, 17, 21, 24, 31. xii. '97 ; 3, 5. i., 

 13. iv. '98 ; ? ? 10. xi., 27. xii. (bis) '97 ; 4. i. '9S. 



Qairibana de Caicara : c? ? 13, 15. iv. 



Caicara : cJ 7. iv. '98 ; 14. ii., 14. iv. 'y.s ; ? 4. iv. '98 (breeding). 



Ciudad Bolivar : <? c? 23. ii., 28. vii., ? ? 1,7. vii., 20. xii. (Klages). 



" Iris seal (dark sepia) (dusky brown) (dusky) : feet blackish ; bill black." 



(Nos. 8481, 8539, 8557, s()19, 8791, 8911, 9116, 9222, 9239, 9264, 9329, 9350, 

 9391, 9392, 9469, 9486, 9513, 9526, 10058, 10606, 10639, 10712, 10716, 10744 

 Cherrie coll.) 



La Pricion : 2, 13. xii. 1900 (E. Andr^). 



A nest with two fresh eggs was taken on Ajjril 13th, another on the 15th. 

 The parent birds were shot iu both cases. The nest is loosely put together of dry 

 twigs, roots and grasses, and has no other lining, except that the material is finer 

 in the middle. The cup is flat and about 60 to 70 mm. across. The nests were 

 placed at the end of twigs in " scrulvoak," si.v to seven feet from the ground. They 

 were not concealed in auy way. 



One clutch of the eggs has the ground colour almost white, the other of a rosy 

 cream-colour. There are many red-brown and some underlying mauve-coloured 

 spots and blotches, more frequent towards the thick end. The eggs measure 

 26 by 18'6 and 24'7 by 17-5 mm. 



182. Milvulus tyrannus (L.). 



Miiecicapa tyrannus Linn., S^.s(. Nat. I. Eii. XII. (ITiilJ) p. 325 (ex Brisson — •' Canada " [errore], 

 et " Cayenne ").* 



Altagracia: c?c? 4, 15, 17, Is. xii., 6. i., ? ? 4, 15. xii. "Iris seal; feet 

 blackish ; bill black." 



Ciudad Bolivar : ,S <S 12. vii., 21. xii., ? ? 21, 25. vii. (Klages). 



(Nos. 886s, 9034, 9217, 921s, 9219, 922o, 9221, 9265, 9278, 9537 Cherrie coll.) 



183. Cirrhopipra filicauda (Spix). 



Pqira filicatuhi Spi.\, .Ir. Bruii. II. (182',l) p. 5. tab. 8. fig. I, 2 (hab. prope pagum S. Paulo, 

 Rio Solimoes). 



Maipures : 6'6 ad. 6, 12, 17, 24, 27. xii. '98 ; JcJ juv. 12, IS. xii. '98 ; ? ¥ ad. 

 6, 12, 16, 17, xii. '98. "Iris cream-colour, pale cream-colour; feet beliotrope- 

 pnrple ; bill blackish above, plumbeous below ; "i ? heliotrope-])urple below." 



(Nos. 11356, 11357, 11440, 11442, 11443, 11444, 11445, 114sl, 114S4, 11490, 

 11514, 11515, 11603, 11604, 11620, 11818 Cherrie coll.) 



• We accept Cayenne as the typical habitat. 



