672 BIBDS FROM MARGARITA— ROBINSON. vol. xvm. 



4i;. CHLOROSTILBON CARIBB^A, Lawrence. 

 ATALA'S EMERALD. 



Abuiulaut iu El Valle and around tlie plantations in rear, but very 

 few seen in the coast region. 



Humming birds wbicli in Colombia are called " i)ica Acres " or 

 ''chupa flores" (flower peckers or flosrer suckers), aie called '• colibri" 

 farther to the east, and at Laguayra " tocuso " or " tocusito.''' In Mar- 

 garita, where the i)eculiarities of language amount almost to a dialect, 

 these terms become "tocucho" and '• tocuchito." 



[Ten siDeciuieus from Margarita are indistinguishable from others of 

 this species. — C. W. E.] 



Family PIPEID.E. 



47. CHIROXIPHIA LANCEOLATA (Wagler). 

 LANCE-TAILED MANAKIN. 



Native names ''comi toro" and ''tintoro," from the fancied resem- 

 blance of their notes to these words. 



They were abundant in the heavy forests in rear of El Yalle and 

 usually kept near the water courses. Their notes had a peculiar liquid 

 and bell like quality to them, like the lower tones of our wood thrush, 

 and it was especially difficult to judge the distance and direction of 

 the singer. At times the notes appeared double, and as I repeatedly 

 saw a pair of males x)erched on the same branch and almost in contact, 

 they may have been singing together, although in perfect unison. At 

 Laguayra on July 25 I found a nest of this species. It was suspended 

 in a fork of a stinging nettle, about 5 feet from the ground, and was so 

 very shallow that I wondered why the eggs were not thrown out by the 

 gentlest breeze. It contained two eggs, one addled and one on the 

 point of hatching. They were large for the size of the bird and resem- 

 bled the eggs of our red bird {CardinaJls). 



Family TYRAXNID.E. 



48. MILVULUS TYRANNUS (Linnaeus), 

 FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



Xative name "tijereta."' 



Abundant and coming in large numbers at early dawn to feed on the 

 seeds of the copey. All that I saw were iu badly worn plumage. 



49. TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS (Gmelin). 



GRAY KINGBIRD. 



The native name '• pitiri,'' derived from its note, recalls at once the 

 similar name, ''pipiri," given by Audubon. They were common both 

 along the coast and in the interior. 



