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tunity to assure myself of its accomplishmeDts in this respect. Three 

 specimens shot, but only one was in a fit condition to preserve. 

 1^0.258. S ad. April 26. 



21. Megarhynchus pitangua (Liun.). 



Common. A noisy and active bird, apparently not restricted to any 

 particular altitude, as it was secured both near Ban Jose and on the 

 coast. Iris brown. 



No. 276. 9 ad. April 28. 



22. Pitangus derbianus Scl. 



Abundant. Habits similar to the preceding species, but with even a 

 greater range of altitude. Iris brown. 

 No. 165. S ad. April 3. 



23. Myiodynastes nobilis Scl. 



Rather common. So far as observed this is rather a silent bird for 

 its family, and it seems to attend to its own business more strictly than 

 many of its relatives. Found usually at the edge of the woods, where 

 it is actively employed in capturing the numerous insects of the region. 

 Iris brown. 



Two specimens. 



No. 172. 5 ad. April 4. 



No. 251. S ad. April 23. 



24. Tyranmismelancholicus satrapa (LicLt.)- 



[Note. — The specimen obtained by Mr. Nutting is peculiar in the 

 very obtuse primaries, of which the outer ones are very slightly sinuated 

 at the tip ; the tail is very nearly truncated, but the two middle pairs 

 of rectrices are wanting. The bird is apparently in molting condition, 

 which may account for some of its peculiarities. — E. R.] 



Not common. Single specimen shot near a stream. Iris brown. 



No. 187. 9 ad. April 11. 



25. Myiarclius nuttingi Ridgway, sp. nov. 



[Sp. ch.— Similar in general coloration to M. mexicanus and M. cine- 

 rascensj but differing Irom both in the pattern of the tail-feathers, the 

 inner webs of all the rectrices (except the intermediae) being either 

 wholly rufous or else with a very narrow stripe of dusky next to the 

 shaft of the outer feather. Adult: Above brownish gray (exactly as in 

 M. cinerascens), occasionally tinged with olive, thepileum much browner 

 and with darker shaft-streaks ; wings and middle pair of rectrices dusky 

 brownish, the latter uniform ; last row of lesser coverts, middle, and 

 greater coverts, distinctly tipped with light brownish gray; tertialtj 

 edged exteriorly with grayish white (tinged with sulphur-yellow in fresh 

 plumage), the primaries edged with light rufous toward the base. Outer 

 webs of rectrices dusky brownish (like both webs of the intermedice), 

 the outer pair with the exterior edge much paler (nearly white in some 

 specimens) ; inner webs of all the rectrices excepting the middle pair 

 clear rufous, including the extreme tip, and usually extending quite to the 



