MYIOZETEIliS. riXANGUS. 199 



Myiozetetes similis, Sd. Cat. Birds B. ^^. xiv. p. IGl (1888) ; Snlo. if- 

 Gudni. Biol. C'c'/ifr.-A?ner., Aves, ii. p. 41 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersnminl. p. 131) (1899) ; von Uieriiu/, Beo. Mws. Baiilista, iv. 

 p. 233 (1900) ; Sharpe, JIand-l. iii. p. li'ti (1901). 



The eggs of Giraud's Tyrant-bird are normally of a narrow oval 

 shape and exhibit a varying amount of gloss. They are white, 

 marked with spots and small blotches of jiurplish red, lilac-red, and 

 lavender. In the majority of specimens, the markings are more 

 dense at the broad end and form an irregular cap, but in others 

 they are evenly distributed over the entire shell. Examples 

 measure from -85 to r02 in length, and from Mi? to '71 in breadth. 



2. Mexico. Gould Coll. 



2. Mexico ( Tristram Coll.). Crawley Bequest. 



2. Yucatau. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P-]- 



1. Central America. ^ Crowley Bequest. 



2. San Gei'onimo, Guatemala {It, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Owen). 



4. San Geronimo, 5th May (i?. 0.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Guatemala {R. O.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Duenas, Guatemala, 12tli June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(0. Salvin). 



8. British Honduras (F. Blancaneaux). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Rio Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P.]. 

 1, Iguape, Brazil, 15th Oct. Crowlej' Bequest. 



Genus PITANGUS, Swains. 

 Pitangiis derbianus {Kaup). 



Pitangus derbianus, Scl. S,- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 120, pi. v. fi?. 3 ; Owen, 

 Ibis, 181')], p. 03 ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 175 (1888) ; Sali>. ^■ 

 Crodni. Biol. Centr.-Amer., ylws, ii. p. 43 (1889) ; Bendire, Life-IIisf. 

 N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 251, pi. i. figs. 20 & 21 (1895) ; NehrJc. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 140 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 127 (1901). 



The eggs of Lord Derby's Tyrant-bird are of a broad, pointed oval 

 shape, and slightly glossj'. They are cream-coloured, and while some 

 are marked with spots and small blotches of dark umber-brown and 

 lavender, others are marked with huge confluent blotches of light 

 reddish brown together with spots of dark reddish brown and 

 lavender most densely at the broad end, where the markings often 

 form a cap. Specimens measure from 1'06 to \-2b in length, and 

 from -81 to -9 in breadth. 



2. Mazatlan, Mexico, 8th June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Duenas, Guatemala, 29th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(0. Scdvin). 



5. San Geronimo, Guatemala, 10th Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April [R. Oicen). 

 4. San Geronimo (ii*. O.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. San Geronimo {'R. 0.). Crowley Bequest. 



