Birds of Paraguay. 5'J7 



159. MlLVULUS TYRANNUS. 



Muscicapa tyrannus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 325 (1766: 

 Surinam). 



Tixereta Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 130. no. cxcii. (1805). 



Tyrannus violentus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxv. 

 p. 89 (1819 : Paraguay) . 



Milvulus tyrannus Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 277 ; 

 Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 130 (Fortin Page). 



Milvulus tyrannus violentus Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, 

 pp. 13, 118 (Lambare). 



Muscivora tyrannus Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. 

 p. 326 (Paraguay). 



a, b. S ? ad. Sapucay, November 17, 26, 1902. 



c. ? imm. Sapucay, March 24, 1903. 



d. <$ ad. Sapucay, September 11, 1904. 

 Bill and feet black ; iris brown. 



A clutch of three eggs, collected November 13, 1903, are 

 pale cream-coloured with chestnut spots and blotches, more 

 thickly grouped round the larger end, and underlying spots 

 of lilac-grey. Axis 0*85 inch ; diam. 0'65. 



This bird, according to Mr. Foster, is resident and 

 generally distributed in the open country. 



Family Oxyrhamphid^e. 



160. OXYRHAMPHUS FLAMMICEPS PARAGUAYENSIS, SUDSp. n. 



Oxyrhynchus flammiceps Temm. PI. Col. iv. pi. 125 

 (1823: Brazil). 



Oxyrhamphus flammiceps Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. 

 p. 281. 



a. S a d. Sapucay, May 5, 1903. 



b. ? ad. „ October 22, 1902. 



Iris very light brown with a touch of orange. 



c. d. $ ad. Sapucay, June 5, 10, 1904. 



e. S ad. „ July 6, 1904. 



Bill dark horn-coloured above, slate-coloured below ; tarsi 

 and feet pale bluish ; iris orange-buff. 

 /, g, h. ? ; i. <$ ad. Sapucay, August 24-31, 1904. 

 k. ? ad. Sapucay, September 1, 1904. 



