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TYRANNIDJE. 



shape and slightly glossy. They are pale green, densely mottled, 

 especially at the broad end, with deep reddish brown and lavender. 

 They measure '85 by -6. 



3. Bogota (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus FLUVICOLA, Swains. 



Fluvicola albiventris (Spix). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



Fluvicola albiventris, Set. # Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 121 (1888) ; Scl. 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 36 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 137 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 224 (1900) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 95 (1901). 



The egg of the White-bellied Tyrant-bird in the Collection is of 

 a regular oval shape, slightly glossy and white, blotched, almost 

 entirely round the broad end, with umber-brown. It measures '73 

 by -56. 



1. Argentine Eepublic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ARUNDINICOLA, d'Orb. 



Arundinicola leucocephala (Linn.). 



Arundinicola leucocephala, Scl. 8f Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 122 (1888) ; 

 Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 37 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 137 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 224 (1900) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 95 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-headed Tyrant-bird in the Collection are 

 white, of a narrow oval shape, and slightly glossy. They measure 

 8 by *55. 



2. Iguape", Brazil, 24th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ALECTRURUS, Vieill. 



Alectrurus risorius ( Vieill.). 



Alectrurus guira-yetapa, Gibson, Ibis, 1885, p. 279. 



Alectrurus risorius, Scl. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 123 (1888) ; Scl. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xiv. p. 39 (1888; ; Holland, Ibis, 1893, p. 485 ; von 

 Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 225 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 96 (1901). 



The eggs of the Racket-tailed Tyrant-bird are of a regular oval 

 shape, slightly glossy, and of a plain white colour. Four examples 

 measure respectively : -86 by -61 ; -87 by -67 ; '85 by -67 ; -88 

 by -65. 



4. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



