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Crowu-patcli deep orauge-rcd. Hal). — Ceutral America, Mexico, and South- 

 western United ytates ; norlll^Yal•d along eastern base of Rocky Mount- 

 ains as far as the 40th iiarallel; south to Costa Rica T. vociferaisS. 



&. End of outer primnrlcs not at all attenuated. 



12. Tail even, or very faintly eiuarginatcd. Wing, 4.15-4.25 ; tail, 3.25-:3.:'0 ; 

 bill, from nostril, .52, width .40, depth .28-32; tarsus, .75-.H0; middle 

 toe, Go. Head dull cinereous, with an indistinct grayish-white streak 

 above the auriculars. Crown-patch pure gamboge-yellow. Throat pure 

 white centrally, streaked with ash-gray laterally and across the jugulnm ; 

 sides of breast deep olivaceous ; rest of lower parts deep gamboge-yellow. 

 Back, scapulars, and rump dull brownish olive-green ; wings and tail 

 dull brownish, scarcely edged with paler, except in young. Hah. — Guiana 



(Cayenne and Demerara) T. lugokri. 



C. Mouse-graj^ beneath. 



13. Tail very slightly emargiuated. Extreme end of outer primaries ab- 

 ruptly attenuated. Wing, 3.50-4.00; tail, 3.10-3.30; bill, fromnostril, .40, 

 breadth .30, depth .20; tarsus, .60; middle toe, .42. Pilenm black, with 

 a concealed central patch of gamboge-yellow. Above, dull smoky slate- 

 color, the secondaries narrowly edged with whitish. Lower surface uni- 

 form mouse-gray. Hah. — Bolivia and Eastern Peru. 



T. ArRANTIO-ATROCRISTATUS. 



1.— TYRANNUS MAGNIROSTRIS. 



Ti/mnuHS magnirostris, D'Orb., in La Sagra's Cuba, Ois., 1839, pi. 13 (Cuba). — Bryaxt, 

 Pi". Boston Soc. IX, 186G, 66 (Inagua, Bahamas). — ScL. & Sax v., Nom. Xeotr. 

 1873, 53 (Cuba). 

 Melittarclius magnirostris, Caban., J. f. 0. 1855, 477; Mus. Hein. II, 1859, 80. — 

 GuNDL., Report, 1865, 238. 



Tjirannus matutinus (part), Yieill., Enc. M6th. 1823, 850. 



"2Iusciva2m dictator, Light., in Mus. Berol." (Caban. & Heine). 



Sp. Cn.— Wings, 5.25-5.305 tail, 4.00-4.25; bill, from nostril, 1.00-1.05, 

 its depth .42-.10, width .OO-.Ol ; tarsus, .88; middle toe, .72. Tail 

 slightly emargiuated. FiYe outer primaries attenuated at the end by 

 the abrupt emargination of the inner webs. 



AboYe brownish-slate, becoming much darker (blackish sepia-brown 

 or blackish slate) on the head, the wing-coYerts and secondaries broadly 

 bordered with grayish white, the rectrices and wing-coYerts tipped with 

 the same ; primaries and rectrices brownish dusky, narrowly and indis- 

 tinctly edged with grayish ; concealed crown-patch bright orange-red 

 (the feathers tipped with blackish), surrounded by white, the latter en- 

 tirely concealed. Lower surface entirely white, the sides and breast 

 washed with a faint (scarcelj^ perceptible) ash-gray shade, the lining of 

 the wings tinged with sulphur-yellow. 



The following specimens, in the collection of the National Museum, 

 ha Ye been examined : — 



34237 cf ad. 



— ad. 



55447^ d ad. 



Eemedios, Cuba. . Dec, 1873 



Bahamas ! 



Cuba I 



N. H. Bisbop. 

 Dr. H. Brvant. 

 Dr. J. GuiiiUach. 



