OCHTHCECA. MECOCERCTILTJS. 187 



Ochthceca cenanthoides (d'Orb. $ Lafr.). 



Ochthoeca fumicolor, apud Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 511. 

 Ochthoeca oenanthoides, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 20 (1888) : Sharpe. 

 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- 

 spectively : -75 by -58 ; '74 by '57 ; '74 by -58 ; '75 by -57. 



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

 Salmon). 



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



Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris (Lafr.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris, Scl. $ Salv. 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 are 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. 



(Salmon). 

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



Ochthceca diadema (Hartl.). 



Ochthoeca diadema, Scl. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 511 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiv. p. 26 (1888) ; Sharpe, 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 : '68 by *51 ; 

 7 by -54. 



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

 (T. K. Salmon). 



Genus MECOCERCULITS, Scl. 



Mecocerculus leucophrys (d'Orb. fy Lafr.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



Ochthoeca leucophrys, Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 121 (1888). 

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

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



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



