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TYRANNID^!. 



darker : beneath paler, -with a strong ochraceous tinge on the 

 abdomen, crissum, and under wing-coverts ; flanks with a concealed 

 white patch ; upper mandible brown, lower yellowish ; feet black : 

 whole length 7 inches, wing 4-4, tail 3-4. Female similar. 



Hah. Mexico, Arizona, and Guatemala. 



The nearly uniform colour and ochraceous tinge of the abdomen 

 distinguish this species. 



a. Ad. st. Mexico. M. Salle [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. North Mexico ( Ward). Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 



d. $ ad. sk. Plains of Colima, W. Mexico Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



(Xantus). 



e. Ad. sk. Mexico. A. Salle" [C.]. 



/. S jr. ; g. Ciudad, Durango, Mexico Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ad. sk. (Forrer). 



h. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



i. Ad. sk. Jalapa, Mexico (Hoge). Salvin-Godtnan Coll. 



j. Ad.sk. Volcan deAgua, Guatemala (Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vin). 

 h. $ ad. sk. Calderas, Volcan de Fuego, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guatemala (Salvm). 

 I, m. Ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salvm). 

 n. Ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala Sclater Coll. 



(Salvin). 

 o. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Sclater Coll. 



3. Contopus lugubris. 



Contopus lugubris, Later. Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 134, ix. p. 115 

 (Costa Rica) ; Frantz. J. f. 0. 1869, p. 308 (Costa Rica) ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 310. 



Contopus pertinax, var. lugubris, Ridgw. N. A. B. ii. p. 351. 



Similar to C. pertinax, but smaller in size and darker in colour ; 

 wing 3 - 8 inches. 



Hah. Costa Rica and Veragua. 



a. Ad. sk. Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Contopus brachyrhynchus. 



Contopus brackyrkynckus, Cab. J. f. 0. 1883, p. 214 ; Scl. et Huds. 

 Arg. Orn. i. p. 155. 



Above cinereous, lores whitish ; wings and tail blackish, with 

 slight whitish edgings to the wing-coverts and outer secondaries : 

 beneath paler, whitish in the middle of the belly ; flanks with a 

 concealed white patch ; bill above brown, beneath pale ; feet black : 

 whole length 7 inches, wing 4, tail 3*2. 



Hah. Prov. Tucuman, Argentine Republic. 



Nearest to 0. pertinax, but pure cinereous above, and without the 

 ochraceous tinge below. 



a. $ ad. sk. Tucuman (Schuh). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimen.) 



