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running up the trunks of the trees and searching for insects in the 

 bark, He found it in the town of David. 



18. Rhimamphtjs ^stivus (L.), juv. 



Mr. Bridges found this bird not uncommon in the town of David 

 m the fruit-trees and Erythrince. 



19. Tyrannus melancholicus, Vieill. P. Z. S. 1855 p 150 

 Margius of the plains near David, very common. 



20. MiLvuLus TYRANNUS (Liun.),— " Tijerita " 



Rangės from the Southern United States as far south as Bogota 

 (i'. L. fc». 18o5, p. 150). Very common in the plains near David. 



21. TODIROSTRTJM CINEREUM (LinU.). 



See my remarks on the range of this species, P. Z. S. 1855, p 148 

 Mr. Bridges found it amongst the trees in the vicinity of David. 



22. Tyrannulus elatus (Spix),— P. Z. S. 1855, p. 150. 

 On the trees in the vicinity of David. 



• oo^' '^^'^^^^ mexicana (Less.). —Paan* mexicana, Less. R. Z. 

 1839, p. 41, et P. tityroides, Less. R. Z. 1842, p. 41. 



I consider this bird probably distinct from Tityra semifasciata of 

 Bolma and East Peru, to which it is generally united. It has all 

 the rectrices banded across with black ; while the other, speaking from 

 the specimens I have seen of it, has the inner web of the outer pair of 

 tail-feathers white. Delattre procured this bird in Nicaragua (Bp. 

 Notės Orn. p. 88) ; M. Salle' has lately brought specimens from Cor- 

 dova in Mexico ; Mr. Bridges' examples are from the forests on the 

 Boqueti. 



24. Chiroxiphia melanocephala (Vieill.). See P. Z. S. 1855, 

 p. 151. 



In the bushes on the margins of the rivers near David. 



25. Thamnophilus doliatus? 



26. Thamnophiltjs bridgesi, sp. nov. 



T. fumoso-brunneus : capite nigro, plumarum rachidihus albis : 

 alarum tectricibus nigris macidis apicalibus rotundis albis : re- 

 migibus et rectricibus fumoso-nigricantibus, harim trium utrin- 

 que extimarum apieibus nigro marginatis ; Ularutn marginibus 

 exterms brunnescentibus : gula et pectore toto ad siimmvm 

 ventrem nigricantibus, longitudinaliter albo striatis : tectrici- 

 bus subalaribus albis. 

 Long. totą 67, alae 28, caud^ 2-5. 



This is a typical Thamnophilus not very closely allied to any 

 described species, but to be placed near nigrocinereus, maculipennis, 

 &c. {vtde Edinb. Phil. Journ. n. s. 1855, i. p. 226 et seq.). Mr 

 Bridges found these two Bushshrikes in the thick bush on the mar- 

 gins of the river David. The first species was very common, but of 

 the present only one individual was seen. 



