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dad Bolivar and Barcelona ; in habits it seems very like a Fly- 

 catclier [Muscicapa). I do not believe that it ever occurs in 

 Trinidad : the specimens received from thence are, I believe, 

 killed on the main. 



JO. CoNTOPUs BOGOTENsis, Sclatcr's Cat. no. 1420, 

 I shot a specimen in a shady valley in Trinidad, near Port of 

 Spain ; but the species does not seem common there. 



71. Myiakchus ferox, Sclater's Cat. no. 1433. 

 I procured one specimen of this bird in Trinidad, and another 

 on the Orinoco; but it was not abundant in either locality. 



/72. Tyrannus melancholicus, Sclater's Cat. no. 1443. 

 Very abundant both in Trinidad and on the main. 



73. Tyrannus rostratus, Sclater, MS.* 



I shot a specimen of this fine and well-marked species in 

 Trinidad, not far from Port of Spain. I never saw it on any 

 other occasion. 



74. Pachyrhamphus niger, Sclater's Cat. no. 1473. 

 Obtained in Trinidad. 



7b. Pachyrhamphus albogriseus, Sclater's Cat. no. 1477. 

 Obtained in Trinidad. 



,T6. PiPRA AURiCAPiLLA, Sclatcr's Cat. no. 1514. 

 Not uncommon in Trinidad. 



'77. Chiromach^ris manacus, Sclater's Cat. no. 1531. 

 Very common in Trinidad, frequenting thick shady woods, 



* This is the bii-d entered in my Catalogue as Tyrannus magnirostris 

 (no. 1449, p. 236). I am now, however, convinced that it is not the 

 T. magnirostris of D'Orbigny (in La Sagra's Cubaj, but quite a different 

 species, and I propose to call it 



Tyrannus rostratus, sp. nov. 

 T. supra cinereus ; crista ceiata coccinea ; alls caudaque cinerascenti-fuscis, 

 secundariorum marg. ext. auguste albidis : subtus albus, pectore et 

 lateribus cinereo adumbratis ; tectricibus subalaribus et crisso vix flavi- 

 cantibus : rostro et pedibus nigris ; long, tota 9'0, alae 4'5, caudse rectr. 

 med. 3'2, rectr. ext. 3'5, tarsi 8, poll, el dec. Angl. 

 Hab. in ins. Trin. et in Guiana. 

 Mus. P. L. S. et Edv. Taylor. 



Obs. Affinis T. griseo et coloribus huic plerumque similis, sed rostro 

 majore, crassitie paulo miuore, et Cauda magis furcata dignoscendus. — 

 P. L. S. 



