i8S6.] Cory on the Binh of the West Indies. ^4^ 



Sp. Char. Male; — Bill large and heavy ; upper plumage slaty-gray, 

 tinged with brownish on the back; a concealed patch of scarlet- 

 orange on the head; ear-coverts dark; throat dull white, grayish 

 on the breast and sides of the body; belly and under tail-coverts 

 dull white, faintly tinged with j'ellow ; under wing-coverts pale 

 yellowish-white; quills and tail brown; secondaries edged with dull 

 white. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 9; wing, 4.50; tail, 4; tarsus, .72; bill, 1.05; 

 width of bill at base, .60. 

 Habitat. Lesser Antilles. 



Tyrannus magnirostns D'Orb. 



P Tyranuus tnattitinus Vieill. Enc. Mdth. 1823, p. 850. 



Tyrannus magnirostris'D'OR.ii. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 80 



(1840).— ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 236 (1862).— Bryant, Pr. Host. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 66 (1866).— ScL. & Salv. Norn. Avium 



Neotr. p. 53 (1873). — RiDGW. Smiths. Misc. Coll. XIX, p. 464 



(1880).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 99 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 



16 (1885). 

 Melittarchus magnirostris Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 447. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. 



Cuba I, p. 238 (1865) ; tb. J. f O: 1872, p. 421. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Larger than T. rostratns. Head dark brown ; ear- 

 coverts and cheeks blackish brown; a concealed patch of bright 

 orange on the crown; back slaty-brown; entire underparts white, 

 showing a faint tinge of yellowish in some specimens; under 

 wing-coverts pale yellow; quills and tail brown ; some of the prima- 

 ries and all of the secondaries edged with dull white ; wing-coverts 

 edged with dull white. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 10; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, .85; bill, 1.25; width 

 of bill at base, .65. 

 Habitat. Cuba. Inagua.^ 



Tyrannus melancholicus Vieill. 



Tyrannus melancholicus Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXXV, p. 48, D'Orb. Voy. 



Ois, p. 311. — .ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 235 (1862) — ScL. & Salv. 



Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. 



Am. Bds. II, p. 315 (1S74). — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 271, 



487 (1878).— RiDGVi^. Smiths. Misc. Coll. XIX, p. 473 (1880).— Cory, 



List Bds. W. L p. [6 (18S5). 

 Muscicapa desfotes Licht. Doubl. p. 55 (1823). 

 Muscicapa furcata Spix, Av. Bras. II, p. 15 (1825). 



