206 TIRANNIDJE. 



oval shape, slightly glossy, and of a white colour. Two examples 

 measure respectively : '75 by -57 ; '79 by -58. 



2. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godinan Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon}. 



Genus EMPIDONAX, Cab. 

 Empidonax pusillus (Swains, fy Richards.). 



Empidonax pusillus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 366 



(1874); Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 225 (1888); Bendire, Life- 



Hid. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 305, pi. ii. figs. 28 & 29 (1895) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 141 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 138 (1901). 

 Empidonax pusillus, var. trailli, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw, N. Amer, Birds, 



ii. p. 369 (1874). 

 Empidonax trailli, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 226 (1888) ; Salv. $ 



Go.lm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 71 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml p. 141 (1899). 

 Empidonax pusillus traillii, Bendire, Life- Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 310 



pi. ii. tig. 30 (1895). 



The eggs of the Little Tyrant-bird are of a pointed oval shape, and 

 slightly glossy. They vary from white to pale cream-colour, marked 

 with purplish red and lilac-red. On some specimens the markings 

 consist of small spots and specks; on others of spots and small 

 blotches. Examples measure from '67 to "74 in length, and from 

 51 to -55 in breadth. 



8. N. America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. N. America. Crowley Beques't. 



4. Black Hawk Co., Iowa, 9th July. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. McLean, Illinois, 16th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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1. California. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Honey Lake, California, 25th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (Henshaw Coll.}. 



Empidonax minimus ( Baird). 



Empidonax minimus, Ross, Canad. Nat. vii. p. 144 (1862); id. Nat. 

 Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 278 ; Baird, Brewer # Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 

 ii. p. 372 (1874) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 227 (1888) ; Salv. $ 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aces, ii. p. 72 (1889) ; Bendire, Life- 

 Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 312, pi. ii. fig. 31 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 141 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 138 (1901). 



The eggs of the Least Tyrant-bird are white, of a pointed oval 

 shape, and almost devoid of gloss. They measure from '6 to *7 in 

 length, and from -46 to -54 in breadth. 



13. N. America (Henshaiu Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. N. America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. N. America. Crowley Bequest. 



r>. Mackenzie River District. R. B. Ross, Esq. [P.], 



3. Cobourg, Ontario, 10th July. W. Radcliffe Saundera, Esq. 



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