48 TTEANNID^. 



The bill oi Myiodynastes, like that of the genera just dealt with, is strong, but not 

 so elongated as that oi Pitangus, being wider at the gape, the proportion of which to 

 the length of the tomia is rather more than 1 to 2, the sides are slightly convex, the 

 supranasal feathers and nostrils are as in Pitangus, the tarsi and toes are moderately 

 strong; the 2nd and 3rd quills are the longest, lst=6th; tail moderate and nearly 

 square, <f wing, tarsus =^ wing. 



a. Corpus suhtus, pectore et laterihus guttatis. 



1. Myiodynastes luteiventris. 



Myiodynastes luteiventris, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 657 ' ; Not. Orn. p. 87 ' (descr. nulla) ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 42 \ 366 *, 383 \ 1864, p. 1 76 " ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 183 ' j Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 56'; Sol. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 120'; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837'°; Cab. & 

 Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 75"; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 250"; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. 

 Soc. N. H. i. p. 557 "; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 114"; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 

 p. 26'°; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 287"; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 308"; Salv. 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 318"; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 537", 1882, p. 21'°; Henshaw, Wheeler's 

 Rep. v., Zool. p. 346, t. 14 (1875)"; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 448"; Ridgw. Man. N. 

 Am. B. p. 332 " ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 290 ". 



Tyrannus audax ?, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 297 ^\ 



Supra pallide brunneus, vix olivaoeo lavafcus, plumis singulis medialiter nigricantibus ; uropygio et cauda castaneis, 

 illo nigro guttato hujus rectricibus medialiter nigricantibus ; alis quoque nigricantibus, secundariis et tectri- 

 cibus omnibus albido distincte extrorsum limbatis ; capite summo crista celata flava omato, fronte cana, 

 Buperciliis et stria malari utrinque albidis : subtus sulphurous, gatture albo, mento et stria utrinque guise 

 nigricantibus, pectore et hypochondriis conspioue nigro striatis : rostro nigricant«, mandibulae basi pallida ; 

 pedibus nigris. Long, tota 7'75, alae 4-6, caudas 3'4, tarsi 0-75, rostri a rictu 1*15. (Descr. maris ex 

 Jalapa, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



2 mari simiUs. 



Hah. NoETH America, Arizona ^i. — Mexico, Eio Comacho in Nuevo Leon {F. B. Arm- 

 strong), Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas {W. B. Richardson), 

 Yaleta in Sonora [W. Lloyd), Mazatlan (Grayson ^^, Xantus'^^), Presidio near 

 Mazatlan {A. Forrer), mountains of Colima {Xantus ^^), Acapulco {Mrs. H. H. 

 Smith), State of Vera Cruz {Sumichrast ^^), Jalapa " {de Oca ^, M. Trujillo), Cor- 

 dova {Salle ^^^), Juquila {Boucard^), Orizaba {Botteri *), Atoyac (M7's. H. H. Smith), 

 I'apana {Sumichrast ^^), Buctzotz in Yucatan ( G. F. Gaumer) ; British Honduras, 

 Belize {Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala {Skinner ^ ^), Peten {Leyland ^), Savana of Santo 

 Toribio {0. S), Cahabon, Choctum {0. S. & F. B. G.), Escuintla {L. Fraser); 

 HoxNDUBAS, San Pedro {G. M. Whitely ^^) ; Salvador, La Union (/. M. Bow) ; 

 Nicaragua {Belattre ^ ^), Chontales {Janson ^^) ; Costa Rica, (Hoffmann i2), Irazu 

 (H. Sogers), Barranca ^\ Turrialba ^\ and Santa Rosa ^ (Carmiol), Birris (Zeledon i*), 

 San Mateo ^^ Cervantes ^^ (v. Frantzius) ; Panama (M'Leannan). — Eastern 

 Ecuador; Peru^^. 



Bonaparte's name for this species was based upon specimens brought from Nicaragua 



