OCHinCECA. — MECOCEECULUS. 187 



Ochtliceca cenanthoides {cVOrh. Sf Lafr.). 



Ochtlioeca fumicolor, apml Scl. ^- Sah\ P. Z. S. 1879, p. 51 L 

 Oclitlia>ca cenanthoides. Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 20 (1888) ; Sharr)e, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 91 (1901). 



The eggs of the Colombian Tyrant-bird do not appear to be 

 separable from those of 0. fumicolor. Four examples measure re- 

 spectivelj' : '75 by '58 ; '74 by •57 ; "74 by '58 ; "70 by •57. 



2. Antioquia, U.S. Colombia {T. K. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salmon). 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia (T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



OchthcBca cinnamomeiventris (Lafr.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Oclithceea cinnamomeiventris, Scl. ^- Scdv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 511 ; Scl. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xiv. p. 24 (1888) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 93 (1901;. 



The eggs of the Chestnut-bellied Tyrant-bird arc of a regular oval 

 shape and almost devoid of all gloss. They are cream-coloured, 

 marked, more thickly at the broad end than elsewhere, with specks 

 and dots of lilac-red and here and there a small dot of pale lavender. 

 They measure from '71 to ^76 in length, and. from "55 to ^57 in 

 breadth. 



3. Antioquia, U.S. Colombia (7'. K. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Salnio7i). 

 2. Sta. Eleua, Antioquia {T. K, 6.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Ochthceca diadema {Hartl.). 



Ochthceca diadema, Scl. 8,- Sal v. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 511 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiv. p. 26 (1888) ; Sharjje, Hand-l. iii. p. 93 (1901). 



The eggs of Salmon's Tyrant-bird in the Collection are of a 

 pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They are of a plain 

 yellowish-white colour, and measure respectively: •GS by "51; 

 •7 by -54. 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia; U.S.Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



Genus MECOCERCULUS, Scl. 



Mecocerculus leucophrys (cVOrb. iSf Lafr.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



Ochthceca leucophrys, Scl. Sj- Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 121 (1888). 

 Mecocerculus leucophrys, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 27 (1888) j 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 94 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-browed Tyrant-bird are of a regular oval 



