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It has an exceedingly jaunty, dandified appearance, and, in flight; has 
the habit of slowly sailing over any suspicious object, especially a human 
being, uttering a curious, querulous note, and opening and shutting its 
long graceful tail-feathers in a manner very similar to the Scissor-Tail 
Flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus). 
The vocal powers of this Jay are indeed remarkable. I am not ac- 
quainted with any other bird which has so many distinct cries and notes, 
not even excepting the Parrots in their native state. 
I am almost certain that it imitates other birds, and it has often lured 
me into useless excursions into the dense, thorny forest, ottly to find 
that the supposed rarity was nothing but a rascally Jay, after all. The 
natives call it ‘“ Urraca,” and insist that it can be taught to talk like a 
Parrot. Four specimens. 
Fam. TYRANNIDZ. 
*15. Blainea frantzii Lawr. 
Rather common. Found generally in dense woods. Three speci- 
mens. 
16. Megarhynchus pitangua (Linn.),. 
Not verycommon. Has an unusually harsh, disagreeable note. Twe 
specimens. 
17. Myiarchus lawrencei nigricapillus (Cab.). 
Abundant. Seems to prefer sparsely wooded country. Five speci- 
mens. 
*18. Myiarchus nuttingi Ridgw. 
Very abundant. Six specimens. 
19. Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa (Caban.). 
Apparently rare. One specimen shot on the shore of the lake. 
Fam. COTINGIDA. 
20. Tityra personata Jard. et Selb. 
Common. Gregarious. It is generally seen in the tops of the tallest 
trees, where it usually congregates in small flocks of six or eight. Its 
manner of obtaining its food is much like that of the I'lycatchers, being 
insectivorus and catching its prey on the wing. . Its note, although per- 
fectly familiar to me, is entirely beyond my powers of description, being 
neither a whistle or cry. 
Iris brown. Bill and bare orbital region dark red. Eight specimens. 
*21. Hydrostomus “latirostris” (Scl.). 
Not common. Habits similar to last. Did nothear the note. Three 
specimens. 
{[ Notr.—Two adult males from Ometépe agree pretty well with Mr. Sclater’s Paohy- 
rhamphus latirostris (cf. P. Z. S., 1857, p 74), one of them having no trace whatever of 
rose-color on the throat, which, like the other lower parts, is uniform ash-gray. The 
