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remigum pogoniis internis subtus ochraceis ; rostro et pedibus 

 nigris. 



Long, tota 8"2, alse 4*6, caudse 3*75. 



Hab. In littoribus reipub, Equatorianse. 



Mus. Brit, et T. C. Eyton. 



Mr. Eyton's collection contains the type-specimen of this very 

 well-marked species of Tyrant, which I believe to have been hitherto 

 overlooked. It is labelled " Guyaquil," and that is no doubt its 

 right locality, for two examples of the same bird in the British Mu- 

 seum were obtained on the island of Puna in the gulf of Guyaquil 

 by Mr. Barclay, 



Melanoptila, gen. nov. 



Melanoptila, genus novum e familia Turdidarum. Rostrum 

 rectum, modicce longitudinis, fere ut in genere Turdo, sed te- 

 nuius et vibrissis rictalibus nullis ; alee breveg, ad finem sub- 

 caudalium attingentes, remige prima brevi, secunda secundarias 

 co-cequante, tertia longiore, sed a quarta, quinta, et sexta, 

 cequalibus et longissimis, superata : cauda longa, apice rotun- 

 data : pedes antiee scutellatce prout in genere Turdo. 



9. M. GLABRIROSTRIS, Sp. 110V. 



M. nigra unicolor, cceruleo-nitens ; alis caudaque ceneo 



splendentibus : rostro et pedibus nig?'is. 

 Long, tota 7'8, alee 35, caudse 3*3, tarsi 1*05. 

 Hab. In rep. Honduras, prope urbem Omoa. 



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