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1870. SCLATER, P. L. Descriptions of three apparently new Species of Tyrant-birds 



of the Genus Elainea, with Remarks on other known Species. <^P. Z. S., 

 xxxviii, 1870, pp. 831-835, woodcc. 



Elainea gigas, p. 831, fig. 1, p. 832 ; E. fallax, p. 832, flg. 2, p. 833 ; E. pudica, p. 833, fig. 3, 

 p. 834. "With synopsis of 16 spp. of the genus. 



1871. Lawrence, G. N. Description of New Species of Birds of the Families Troglo- 



dytidae and Tyrannidfe. < Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Phila., 1871, pp. 233-236. 



The Tyrannines here described are : Myiozetetes grandis, p. 234, Tnmbes, Peru ; Empidonaz 

 atrirostris, p. 234, Venezuela? ; and Myiarchus yucatanensis, p. 235, Tucatan { = M. mexicanus 

 Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, p. 202, nee Kaup). 



1871. SCLATER, P. L. Notes on the Types of Tyrannula mexicana of Kaup and Tyran- 

 nula barbirostris of Swainson. <^P. Z. S., xxxix, 1871, pp. 84,85. 



1. T. mexicana, Kaup, P. Z. S., 1851, 51 := Myiarchus cooperi Bd., B. N. A., 1858; M. mexi- 

 canus Bd. ^Jf. cinerascens Lawr. — 2. Tyrannula barbirostris Sw., Phil. Mag., 1S27, p. 367, 

 is West Indian, not Mexican, and = Blacicus tristis of Gosse. 



1871. SCLATER, P. L. Remarks on the Species of the Genera Myiozetetes and Cono- 



pias, belonging to the family Tyraunidae. <^ P. Z. S., xxxix, 1871, pp. 751-756. 

 8 spp. of Myiozetetes, 3 of Conopias, the former quite fully treated. 



1872, Abbott, C. C. Occurrence of the Scissor-tail Flycatcher [Milvulus forficatus] 



in New Jersey. <[ Am. Nat, vi, 1872, p. 367. 

 1872. Brewer, T. M. [Occurrence of Empidonax pusillus in Wisconsin.] <^Proc. 

 Boston Sac. Nat. Hist., xiv, 1872, pp. 303,304. 



1872. CouES, E. Occurrence of Couch's Flycatcher [Tyrannus melancholicus coucbi] 

 in the United States. <^Am. Nat., vi, 1872, p. 493. 



1872. CouES, E. Studies of the Tyrannidae. — Part I. Revision of the Species of Myi- 

 archus. <^Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xxiv, 1872, pp. 56-81. 



No more published. — Monographic ; giving synonymy and character.s of 9 spp. and 6 subspp., 

 with much criticism. The author enters at some length into the general characters of tho 

 group, laying down several formal propositions applicable to the case, as well as the arbitrary 

 rules which may govern one in the distinguishing between species, varieties, and synonyms. 



' ' With Myiarchus are united Kaupornis, Blacicus, and Myionax. Five supposed .species 

 are unknown to the author, who gives the history and synonymy of the remaining nine : — 

 1. M. validus; 2. M. crinitus, with three varieties, a. crinitus, 0. irritahilis^=erythrocercus, 

 Scl. & Salv. (Zool. Bee, iii, p. 83), mexicanus and yucatanensis, Lawr., y. cooperi (Zool. Bee., 

 viii, p. 58) ; 3. M. cinerascens ; 4. M. tyrannulus=panamensis a.nAvenezuelensis, Lawr. (Zool. 

 Bee., ii, p. 107); 5. M. phceocephalus ; 6. M. lawrencii^rufimarginatus, and nigricapiUus, 

 Cab. ; 7. M. nigriceps ; 8. M. stolidus, with three varieties, a. stolidus^^dominicensis, Bryant, 

 0. phoebe=zlucaysiensis and bahamensis, Bryant, y. antillarum ; 9. M. tristis." (From Zool. 

 Bee.) 



187S. HxjDSON, W. H. Notes on the Habits of the Churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus). 

 <P. Z. S., Nov. 5, 1872, pp. 808-810. 

 An interesting biography. 



1872. Lock WOOD, S. The Kingbird [Tyrannus carolinensis] and Bee Martin. <^Jm. 

 Nat., vi, 1872, pp. 769, 770. 

 Occupation by Tyrannus carolinensis of a nest of Progne subis. 



1872. ScLATER, P. L. [Exhibition of a Nest of the Tijereta (Milvulus tyrannus), con- 



taining eggs of Molothrus bonariensis. ] < P. Z. S., 1872, pp. 862, 863. 



1873. A[llen], J. A. Revision of the American or Tyrant Flycatchers. <^Am. Nat.. 



vii, 1873, pp. 35-38. 



Extended review of E. Coues's "Studies of the Tyrannidae, Parti" (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1872, pp. 56-81). 



1873. Bendire, C. Nest, Eggs and Breeding Habits of the VermiUon Flycatcher (Py- 

 rocephalus rubineus var. Mexicanus). <^ Am. Nat., vii, 1873, pp. 170, 171. 



1873. Gentry, T. G. Observations on Nests of Sayornis fuscus. < Proc. Acad. Nat 

 Sci. Phila., xxv, 1873, pp. 292-294. 

 An extended account of deviations from the usual style of nest-building. 



