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The nest of this species is very large, and its construction differs from that of all the 

 Tyrannidse of which we have any knowledge except Myiozetetes texensis. It is dome- 

 shaped or covered, with the entrance on the side, whilst the other species build a nest 

 saucer-shaped. The nest of the Bull-headed Flycatcher is usually placed in the forks 

 of branches of very thorny trees, twenty-five or thirty feet from the ground ; it is com- 

 posed of very coarse material of either straw or lichen, sometimes both ; the lining, 

 however, is of firmer and more elastic fibres. Other birds sometimes make their nests 

 in the same or nearest tree, such as Myiozetetes texensis, Cacicus melanicterus, and 

 Icterus pustulatus. 



In Guatemala P. derbianus builds its nest in April and May : one found at Duenas 

 was a large loose structure with a great deal of superfluous matter about it, its entrance 

 being at one side ; it was composed entirely of small twigs, and placed at the end of a 

 branch about twenty feet from the ground : another, taken at San Geronimo, had two 

 openings, but one seems to be the rule. A favourite haunt is the banana-groves, 

 where the nest may be found wedged in among the clusters of fruit. The eggs are 

 slightly pear-shaped, of a pale creamy-white colour spotted and blotched with brick- 

 red ; they vary considerably in size and colour, especially as to the magnitude and 

 density of the spots. 



We never noticed P. derbianus feeding on fish and water-insects, as described by 

 Grayson ; but Mr. Hudson ascribes similar habits to P. sulphuratus in the Argentine 

 Eepublic. 



2. Pitangus lictor. 



Lanius lictor, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 49 '. 



Saurophagus lictor, Gray & Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 246, t. 62"; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 462'. 



Pitangus lictor, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 327'; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 359°; Salv. Ibis, 



1885, p. 296 ° ; Scl. Gat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 178 '. 

 Muscicapa cayennensis, Wied,,Beitr. iii. p. 846' (nee Linn.). 



Supra olivaoeo-fuscus ; capite nigro, fronte, superciliis cum linea nuchali albis, crista magna flava, plumis nigro 

 terminatis; uropygio ferrugineo tinoto : subtus flavus, subalaribus concoloribus ; alis fuscis, extrorsum 

 Btricte nifo marginatis, introrsum ad basin fulvis : rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 6-3, ate 3-4, 

 caudse 2-7, tarsi 0-8, rostri a rictu 1-0. (Descr. maris ex Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Panama, Lion Hill {M'Leannan^^).—^omB. America, Colombia 7, Guiana «, 

 Amazons valley ^, and Brazil ^. 



A species of wide range in Tropical South America, which just enters our fauna, 

 reaching the line of the Panama Eailway. Here M'Leannan found it and sent speci- 

 mens both to Mr. Lawrence and ourselves. 



Though like P. derbianus in general colour it may at once be distinguished by its 

 much smaller size and slender bill. 



Though specimens occur in the trade collections sent from Bogota we have no record 



