77. TYBANNUS. 273 



7. Tyrannus rostratus. 



Tyrannus rostratus, Scl Ibis, 1864, p. 87 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 272 

 (St. Lucia) ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 361 (Panama) ; iid. No- 

 tnencl. p. 53; Sender, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 651 (St. Lucia) ; Laior. 

 P. U.S. N. M. i. p. 60 (Dominica), p. 191 (St. Vincent), p. 234 

 (Antigua), p. 240 (Barbuda), p. 271 ( Grenada), p. 358(Martiuique) ; 

 Eidyw. P. U.S. A. M. i. p. 470 ; Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 41 (St. Vin- 

 cent) ; Cory, Ibis, 1886, p. 473 (St. Vincent), p. 475 (Grand Terre). 



Tyrannus magnirostris, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 236 (err.). 



Similar to T. griseiis, but witb a considerably larger bill : whole 

 length 8"5 inches, wing 4-7, tail 3-7. 

 Hub. Lesser Antilles. 



a, b. cS 2 ad- s k- Dominica, W. I. (Ober). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c,d. £ 2 ad.sk. Dominica, W. I. {Ober). Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. St. Lucia, W. I. (Semper). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. St. Lucia, W. I. (Semper). Sclater Coll. 



ff, h- 6 2 ad. sk. St. Vincent, W. I. (Richard- Sclater Coll. 



son). 



i. Ad. sk. Martinique (?). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



j, k. <$ 2 ad. sk. Grenada, W. I. (Wells). Sclater Coll. 



8. Tyrannus magnirostris. 



Tyrannus magnirostris, W Orb. in La Sap-a's Cuba, p. 69, pi. 13 j 



Bryant, P. B. S. N. H. xi. p. 66 (Bahamas) ; Gundl. J. f. 0. 



1872, p. 421 (Cuba) ; Set. et Sale. Nomencl. p. 53 ; Bidyiv. P. U.S. 



N. M. i. p. 469 ; id. Man. N. A. B. p. 328. 

 Melittarchus magnirostris, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 477; Cab. et 



Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 80. 



Above brownish grey, head blackish, with a concealed vertical 

 crest of deep orange; wings and tail blackish, with white edgings 

 to the secondaries and wing-coverts : beneath white, under wing- 

 coverts tinged with pale lemon-yellow ; outer primaries slightly 

 attenuated ; tail slightly rounded ; bill much swollen ; bill and feet 

 black : whole length 9*5 inches, wing 5'3, tail 3 - 9. Female similar. 



Hub. Cuba, and occasionally Bahamas and Yucatan. 



At once recognizable by its large size and powerful bill. 



a. Ad. sk. Cuba. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Mugeres I., Yucatan (Gaumer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. Tyrannus melancholicus. 



Suiriri guazu, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 152. 



Tyrannus melancholicus, Uieill. Nouv. Diet. xxxv. p. 48 ; id. Enc. 

 Meth. p. 851 ; iVOrb. Toy., Ois. p. 311 ; Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, 

 p. 151 ; L'urm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 41'4 ; id. La-Plata lieise, ii. p. 452 ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1860, p. 245 (La Plata) ; Cab. in Sciiomb. Guian. iii. 

 p. 700; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 150 (Bogota), 1856,p. 141 (Veragua), 

 p. 297 (Mexico), 1858, p. 70 (Rio Napo), p. 457 (Ecuador), 1860, 

 pp. 92, 281 (Ecuador), lb07, p. 342 (Peru) ; id. Ibis, 1859, p. 439, 

 vol. xrv. T 



