No. 4.] COUES'S OENITH. BIBLIOGEAPHY TYRANNID^. 583 



1870. ScLATER, P. L. Descriptions of tliree apparently new Species of Tyrant-birds 



of the Genus Elainea, with Remarks on other known Species. K.P- Z. S., 

 xxxviii, 1870, pp. 831-835, woodcc. 



Elainea gigas, p. 831, fig. 1, p. 832 ; E. fallax, p. 832, fig. 2, p. 833 ; E. pudica, p. 833, fig. 3, 

 p. 834. ■With synopsis of 16 spp. of the genus. 



1871. Lawrence, G. JST. Description of New Species of Birds of the Families Troglo- 



dytidaj and Tyranuid.T?. < Proc. Acad. met. Sd. PMla., 1871, pp. 233-236. 



The Tyrannines here described are : Myiozetetes grandis, p. 234, Tumbes, Peru; Empidonax 

 atrirostris, p. 234, Venezuela?; suaA Myiarchus yucataneiisis, p. 235, Yucatan { = M. mexicanus 

 La-wr., Ann. Lyc.N. T., ix, p. 202, nee Kaup). 



1871. SCLATER, P. L. Notes on the Types of Tyrannula mexicana of Kanp and Tyran- 

 nula barbirostris of Swainsou. <^ P. Z. S., xxxix, 1871, pp. 84, 85. 



1. T. mexicana, Kaup, P. Z. S., 1851, 51 ^^Myiarchus cooperi Bd., E. N. A., 1858; M. mexi- 

 canus Bd. = -3f. cinerascens Lawr. — 2. Tyrannula barbirostris Sw., Phil. Mag., 1827, p. 367, 

 is West Indian, not Mexican, and ;= Blacicus tristis of Gosse. 



1871. SCLATER, P. L. Remarks on the Species of the Genera Myiozetetes and Cono- 



pias, belonging to the family Tyrannidse. <^ P. Z. S., xxxix, 1871, pp. 751-756. 

 8 spp. of Myiozetetes, 3 of Gonopias, the former quite fully treated. 



1872. Abbott, C. C. Occurrence of the Scissor-tail Flycatcher [Milvulus forficatus] 



in New Jersey. <^Am. Nat., vi, 1872, j). 367. 

 1872. Brewer, T. M. [Occurrence of Empidonax pusillus in Wisconsin.] <^Proc. 

 Boston Sac. Nat. Hist., xiv, 1872, pp. 303, 304. 



1872. COUES, E. OcciUTence of Couch's Flycatcher [Tyrannus melancholicus couchi] 

 in the United States. <C^Am. Nat., vi, 1872, p. 493. 



1872. CouES, E. Studies of the Tyrannidse. — Part I. Revision of the Species of Myi- 

 archus. <^Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. PMla., xxiv,. 1872, jjp. 56-81. 



Ko more published. — Monographic ; giving synonymy and characters of 9 spiJ. and 6 subspp., 

 with much criticism. The author enters at some length into the general characters of the 

 group, laying down several formal propositions applicable to the case, as well as the arbitrary 

 rules which may govern one in the distinguishing between species, varieties, and synonyms. 

 "With. Myiarchus are united Kaupornis, Blacicus, and Myionax. Five supposed species 

 are unknown to the author, who gives the history and synonymy of the remaining nine : — 

 1. M. validus; 2. M. crinitus, with three varieties, a. crinitus, 0. irritabiUs := erythrocercus, 

 Scl. & Salv. (Zool. Pec, iii, p. 83), inexicanus and yucatanensis, Lawr., y. cooperi (Zool. Pec, 

 viii, p. 58); 3. M. cinerascens ; 4. M. tyrannulus=^panamensis andvenezuelensis, Lawr. {Zool. 

 iSec, ii, p. 107); 5. M. phceocephalus ; 6. M. lawreneii=^rufimarginatus, and nigricapillus, 

 Cab.; 7. M. nigriceps ; 8. .5f. sioMcitfS, with three varieties, a. stoM(iMS = domMuce/isis, Bryant, 

 0. phoebe=^lucaysiensis and bahatnensis, Bryant, y. antillarum ; 9. M. tristis.^' (From Zool. 

 Pec.) 



187S. Hudson, W. H. Notes on the Habits of the Churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus). 

 < P. Z. S., Nov. 5, 1872, pp. 808-810. 

 An interesting biography. 



1872. LocKWOOD, S. The Kingbird [Tyrannus carolinensis] and Bee Martin. <]Jm. 



Nat., vi, 1872, pp. 769, 770. 

 Occupation by Tyrannus carolinensis of a nest of Progne subis. 



1872. SCLATER, P. L. [Exhibition of a Nest of the Tijereta (Milvulus tyrannus), con- 



taining eggs of Molothrus bonariensis.] <C-P. Z. S., 1872, pp. 862,863. 



1873. A[llen], J. A. Revision of the American or Tyrant Flycatchers. <[ Am. Nat., 



vii, 1873, pp. 35-38. 



Extended review of E. Coues's "Studies of the Tyrannida;, Part I" (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 PMla., 1872, pp. 56-81). 



1873. Bendire, C. Nest, Eggs and Breeding Habits of the Vermihon Flycatcher (Py- 

 rocephalus rubineus var. Mexicanus). <^ Am. Nat., vii, 1873, pp. 170, 171, 



1873. Gentry, T. G. Observations on Nests of Sayomis fuscus. < Proc. Acad. Nat 

 Sci. PMla., XXV, 1873, pp. 292-294. 

 An extended account of deviations from the usual style of nest-building. 



