212 TYRANNID.5. 



The eggs of the Blaek-hilled Tyrant-bird are of a regular oval 

 shape, and almost devoid of gloss. They are of a cream3'-white 

 colour, spotted, chiefly round the broad end, with rusty brown and 

 lilac-grey. Two examples measure respectively: •1 by '52; '72 

 by -53. 



2. Jamaica. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus EMPIDONOMUS, Cah. ^- Heine. 



Empidonomus varius ( Vieill.). 

 (Plate V. fig. 10.) 



Empiilonomus varius, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 26o (1888) ; Xchrh. 

 Kaf. Eiermmml. p. 143 (1889) ; i-on Iherinq, lie.v. Mus. Paulista, iv. 

 p. 237 (1900) ; Shar^ye, Haml-l.m. p. 148 (1901). 



The eggs of the Striated Tyrant-bird in the Collection are of a 

 blunt oval form, and almost devoid of all gloss. They are cream- 

 coloured, marked with more or less confluent streaks and blotches 

 of rich umber-brown, purple, and lavender-grey. They measure 

 respectively : -83 by -G^ ; -82 by 'Q2. 



2. Tguape, Brazil, 11th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Empidonomus inca {Scl.). 

 (Plate V. figs. 14 & 15.) 



Empidonomus aurantio-atro-eristatus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 206 

 (1888); id. S,- Huds. Arcjent. Orn. i. p. 157 (1888); Nehrk. Kaf. 

 EiersammJ. p. 143 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 237 

 (1900). 



Empidonomus inca, Sliarpc, Ilaml-l. iii. p. 148 (1901). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Black-aud- Yellow-crested Tyrant- 

 bird, differ from each other. One is of a narrow oval form and of a 

 pinkish cream-colour, marked round the broad end with a wide 

 band of confluent smears and spots of pale rusty, purplish brown, 

 and lavender-grey. The second is of a broad oval shape and cream- 

 coloured, marked, chiefly at the broad end, with well-defined spots 

 of blackish brown and lavender-grey. They measure respectively : 

 •8G by -59 ; -88 by -66. 



■2. Argentine Piepublic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TYRANNUS, Cuv. 



Tyramms tyrannus (Linn.). 



Tyrannus carolineusis, Lo)-d, Proc. R. A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 338 

 (18G5) ; Baird, Brewer ^- Ridyiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 316 (1874). 



Tyrannus pipu-i, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 267 (1888) ; Scdv. ^- Godm. 

 Biol. Centr.-Amcr., Acex,\\. p. 97 (1889): Xehrk. Kat. Eiersatnml. 

 p. 143 (1899). 



