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2.-TYEANNUS EOSTRATUS. 



Tyrannus rosfratus, Scl., Ibis, Jan., 1864, 87 (Trinitlad; Guiana).— Taylor, Ibis, 1864,^ 

 87 (Trinidad).— Scl. &SALV., P. Z. S. 1864, 061 (Istli. Panama ?); Nom. Neotr. 

 1873, 53.— Sempek, P. Z. S. 1871, ^2 (Sra. Lucia, W. I.) ; 1872, 651 (do. — "Pip- 

 pcrie").— Lawr., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, 1878, 60 (Dominica), 191 (St. Vin- 

 cent, common), 234 (Antigua, extremely abundant), -40 (Barbuda, common). 



" Tyrannus magnirosfris," SCL., Catal. 1861, 263, No. 1449 (ncc D'Orb.). 



Sp. Ch.— Wings, 4.70-4.75 ; tail, 3.85-4.20 ; bill, I'rom nostril, .92-.95 

 depth at base .34-.40, widtli .58-.G0; tarsns, .70; middle toe, .58-.62 

 Adult : Above uniform clear plumbeous, tlie auriculars darker (nearly 

 black); feathers of the pileum with blackish sliaft-streaks, and pure 

 white at the base ; a concealed patch of bright orange-red. Wings and 

 tail blackish slate, the larger wing-coverts and secondaries edged with 

 whitish gray; rectrices faintly paler along edges and at extreme tips. 

 Lower parts white, shaded across the breast with pale ash-gray, the 

 sides of the breast strongly of this color; lining of the wing white, the 

 axillars (in some specimens) tinged with sulphur-yellow. 



Hab. — ISTorthern coast of South America and the Lesser xVntilles. 



Remarks. — This bird so closely resembles T. dominicensis in color and 

 form as to suggest the probability of its being a local race of that spe- 

 cies. It is proper to state, however, that I have never seen an interme- 

 diate specimen, though many of both species have been examined, and 

 the slight difference in coloration (noted under the head of T. domini- 

 censis and in the synoptical table), as well as the quite marked difference 

 iij size, may be found entirely constant. 



3.— TYRANNUS DOMMICENSIS. 



Tyrannus dommkenais, Bniss., Orn. II, 1760, 394, pi. 38, fig. 2.— Rich., List, 1837,—.— 

 GOSSE, Birds Jam. 1847, 169.— Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 172 (coast S. Carolina,: 

 Florida Keys; West Indies); Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 125.— Newton, Ibis, 

 1859, 146 (St. Croix, W. I.; biogr.).— Cass., Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. PMl. 1860, 143 

 (Cartagena, New Granada).— Bryant, Pr. Boston Soc. 1866, 248 (Porto Rico). 

 — B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 1874, 315, 319, pi. 43, fig. 8 (Cuba, Jamaica, 

 St. Thomas, Santa Cruz, Sombrero, and St. Batholomew, W. I. ; Cartagena, 

 New Granada; Greytown, Nicaragua; Florida Keys; coast of S. Carolina; 

 accidental in Massachusetts).— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. II, No. 3, 1871, 

 300 (St. Augustine, Florida; May, several). 



Lanius tyrannus, var. /3. dominicensis, Gmel., S. N. I, 1788, 203 (ex Buff. PI. Enl. 

 537). 



Melittarchus dominicensis, Caban., J. f. O. 1855, 478 (Cuba); Mus. Hein. II, 18bi), 

 80, footnote (Hayti and Cuba). 



Muscicapa dominicensis, Aud., Om. ]5iog. II, 1834, 392, pi. 46; Birds Am. 1, 1840, 201, 

 pi. 55. 



Tyranmilus dominicensis, Jard., Coutr. Orn. 1850, 67 (Bermudas). • 

 Ti/mw<i«n, Buff., PI. Enl. 53,7. 



Tyrannus griseus, Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 76, pi. 46.— Swains., Quart. Jour. 

 Sci. XX, 1826, 276.— Gray, Gen. I, 1844,247.— BoNAP.,Consp. I, 1850,192.— 

 Scl., Catal. 1861, 980, No. 1450 (Jamaica).— Marcu, P. A.N.S. 1863, 287 (do.)— 



