334- Mr. C. W. Wyatt on the Birch of Columbia. 



114. Tyrannus melancholicls. 



The most common of all the Flycatchers, and apparently 

 universally distiibutcd up to an altitude of about 9000 feet. 

 Iris brown. 



115. MiLVULUS TYRANNUS. 



We first met with this graceful long-tailed Flycatcher on the 

 savanna in the neighbourhood of Aguachica. AVhen at Ocana 

 we used to see them congregated in considerable numbers just 

 before suuset, whirling round high up in the air^ and darting 

 down like rockets to the ground. It only frequents the open 

 parts of the country; and we did not meet with it at a greater 

 elevation than 5000 feet. The two middle rectrices are consi- 

 derably longer in the male than in the female. Iris brown. 



116. Pachyrhamphus, sp. ? 



This little brown bird we only met with in the scrub outside the 

 forest at San Nicolas. It was not uncommon. Altitude 3000 feet. 



117. LiPAUGUS HOLERYTHRUS. 



Obtained once in the dense forest of the Magdalena valley, 

 about a day's journey from Paturia. 



"118. Heteropelma amazonum. 



Another inhabitant of the thickest forests. Our specimen 

 was procured near Naranjo. Altitude 2000 feet, 



■119. RupicoLA peruviana. 



Only met with on one occasion, in the forest, three or four 

 hours^ ride from Portrerras {antea, p. 125). Iris bright yellow^ 

 Altitude 7000 feet. 



120. Heliochera rubro-cristata. 



A bird of the high regions. We shot it on the Pamplona 

 road, at an altitude of 9000 feet, among some oaks, and after- 

 wards on the paramo above Vetas. Altitude 10,500 feet. 

 Iris deep pink. 



•121. Pyroderus granadensis. 



We never met with this bird except on the occasion I have 

 already alluded to, at Canuto [antea, p. 123). At that particular 

 spot it was evidently not uncommon ; and doubtless we could 



