380 BULLETIN HUSEUU O] COMPARATIVE IOOLOGT. 



cited in t lu- synonymy above, nm_\ appl\ to this form or perhap to 

 7'. ///. nulattrhultciLs, bul as neither Spix nor Swainson gave sufficient 

 information in regard to th<- type-localities in Brazil, it would be 

 \ to examine and compare the types in order to determine to 

 which of the t w « > forms these names properly belong. In the plate 

 representing M.furoaia the chest-band is verj wide and dark, more 

 like that of true melancholicua, but Hellmayr (Abh. K. Bayer, akad. 

 wiss., 1906, 22, abt. 3, p. 666) says the type does not differ from a 



much worn specimen from Paraguay, and that the chest and hack arc 



shown much too green in the plate. 



3. TYRANNUS IIELANCHOLICU8 CHLORONOTUfl Berlepsch. 



Tyranny* chlomnotus Berlepsch, Proc. Int. ora. congress, 1907, p. 474 

 (Temax, Yucatan), Type. — Berlepsch collection. 



Si hsi'kcific characters. — Similar to Tyranniu mekmchoUctu melaucholicus 

 Vieillot and Tyrannus //uhmcholicus despotes (Lichtenstein), but chest-band 

 decidedly paler and much more yellowish; head slightly paler gray; throat 

 paler and becoming more whitish towards the chin. 



Measurements. — -Adult (134 specimens) — wing, 101.0-120.5 

 (112.7); tail, 84.5-102.0 (93.6). 



Range. — Venezuela (Merida), Colombia (Santa Marta region), 

 Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, British 

 Honduras, southeastern Mexico. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Venezuela: Merida, 2. Colombia (Santa 

 Marta region): Santa Marta, 3; Santa Marta Mountains, 1; Santa 

 Cruz, 1; Paloniina, 5; Maeotania, 2; San Sebastian, 3; La Con- 

 ception, 19. Panama: Savanna, near Panama, 2; Line of Panama 

 Railroad, 2; Loma del Leon, 11; Bogaba, 1; Boquete, 3; David, 4; 

 1 >i\ ala, 3; Pearl Islands, 42. ( osta Rica: San Jose, 1; Juan Vinas, 1; 

 Bolson, 1; Sipurro, 1; Boruca, 1; Cerro Sta. Maria, 1; Buenos Aires, 

 1; VA General, 1; no exact locality, 3. Nicaragua, 1. Honduras: 

 ( eiba, 7. Guatemala: Virginia plantation, 1 ; trade skins, 3. British 

 Honduras: Belize, 2: Toledo distr., 1 ; Mexico: Yucatan, 4; Quin- 

 tana Roo, 5; Tehuantepec (Chiluiitan), 1. Total, 140. 



REMARKS. This form is readily distinguishable by its whitish 

 throat and very much yellower chest-band. In birds from Pearl 

 Islands, Bay of Panama, the belly is, as a rule, of a deeper shade of 

 yellow, sometimes even distinctly orange; but this character is not 



