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77. TYRANNUS. 



t\ n • Type. 



lyrannus, Cuvier, Leg. Anat. Comp. i. tab. 2 (1800) T. pipiri (?) 

 Drymonax, Ghger, Froriep's Not. xvi. p. 278 (1827) T. pipiri. 

 Laphyctes, Reiehenb. Av. Syst. Nat. t. lxvi. (1850) . . T. melancholicus. 

 Satellus, Reiehenb. Ad. Syst. Nat. t. lxvi. (1850) . . T vociferous. 

 Melittarchus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 80 (1859) T. magrdrostris. 



"Tail nearly even or moderately forked, rather shorter than the 

 wings ; the feathers broad and somewhat widened at their ends ; 

 wings long and pointed ; the outer primaries rather abruptly at- 

 tenuated near the end ; head with a concealed patch of red on the 

 crown." (iV. A. B. ii. p. 314.) 



_ Tyrannus extends all over Worth and South America to Argen- 

 tina, but not to Chili and Patagonia. It is also found in°the 

 Antilles. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Tail slightly rounded, squared or slightly forked. 



a. Bill moderate {Tyrannus). 



a'. Belly white ; tail slightly rounded 1. pipiri, p. 2G7. 



b'. Belly yellow ; tail squared or slightly 

 forked. 

 a". Breast grey. 

 a"\ Outer web of outer rectrix white . . 2. verticalis, p. 269. 

 V". Outer web of outer rectrix grey . . 3. vociferans, p. 269. 

 , „.*"■ Bre ast white 4. niveigularis, p. 270. 



b. Bill much enlarged (Melittarchus). 



c'. Belly yellow; tail squared 5. crassirostris, p. 271. 



d'. Belly white ; tail slightly forked. 

 c". Beneath greyish white : 



I bill smaller .., 6. yriseus, p. 271. 



| bill larger 7. rostratus, p. 273. 



d". Beneath white ; bill very strong 8. magnirostris, p. 273. 



Tail strongly forked (Lapkyctes). 

 e'. Throat cinereous : 



i belly bright yellow 9. melancholicus, p. 273. 



| belly tinged with yellow 10. apolites, p. 276. 



/. Throat white 11. albiyularis, p. 276. 



1. Tyrannus pipiri. 



Lanius tyrannus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 136 (part.); Wilson, Am. Orn. ii. 

 p. 66, pi. xiii. fig. 1. 



Lanius tyrannus, y. carolinensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 302. 



Tyrannus pipiri, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. i. p. 73, pi. 44; Cab. Journ. f. 

 Orn. 1855, p. 478 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 236 ; Gundl, J. f. O. 18(51, 

 pp. 328, 409, et 1872, p. 423 (Cuba) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 53 : 

 nd. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189 (Amazonia), 1870, p. 837 (Honduras), 

 1873, p. 282 (Amazonia), 1879, p. 515 (Antioquia) et p. 616 

 (Bolivia) ; Salv. et Godm. Lbis, 1880, p. 125 (Sta. Malta) ; Boncard, 

 P. Z. S. 1883, p. 448 (Yucatan) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 329. 



Tyrannus intrepidus, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. p. 214, pi. 133; id. Enc. 

 Meth. p. 849 j Sw. Phil. May. 1827, p. 368; id. Quart. Journ. Sc. 

 xx. p. 274 ; d'Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 313 (Bolivia) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



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