98 TTEANNIDiE. 



albo limbatis ; cauda nigra albo terminata : subtus albus, pectore cinerascente, Bubalaribns famosis ; alis 

 et Cauda nigris. Long, tota 8-3, alae 4*9, caudse 3*5, tarsi 0-75, rostri a rictu 0-95. (Deser. exempl. ex 

 Cozumel I. Mus. nostr.) 



Eah. NoETH America, temperate districts, Eocky Mountains eastward, rarer towards the 

 Pacific 2. — Mexico {Bullock i^), Acatepec {Boucard ^% Playa Vicente {Boucard 2°), 

 State of Vera Crxiz (Sumichrast ^6), Ventosa ^6, Tapana ^ {Sumichrast), Tizimin ^^, 

 Buctzotz, Cozumel I. {G. F. Gaumer); Beitish Hoitoueas, Saddle Cay 24, Half 

 Moon Cay 25 {0. S.) ; Guatemala {SJcinner 22), Yzabal, Eetalhuleu {0. S. & F. B. G.) ; 

 HoNDUEAS, Omoz. {Leyland^^), San Pedro [G. M. Whitely ^^) ; Nicaragua, Greytown 

 {Holland ^) ; Panama, Lion Hill {M'Leannan 2^), Paraiso Station {Hughes). — South 

 Ambeica, Colombia, Amazons valley, and Bolivia ^^ ; Bahamas 2 ; Cuba 1^. 



Tyrannus pipiri is a very well-known bird in North America during the spring and 

 summer months, where it is a migratory species. It passes southwards in autumn, and 

 returns again in spring. In Mexico and Central America it is probably only present 

 during the winter months and during passage. 



In Mexico its range seems strictly confined to the eastern slope of the mountain- 

 range until we come to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where it crosses to the Pacific and 

 is found on both sides of the cordillera of Guatemala and thence southwards to 

 Panama. In South America its range is very extensive, as it reaches across the 

 Amazons valley to Bolivia ^^. 



Its habits in North America, where it is a very familiar bird, have been very faUy 

 described ''. Its nest resembles those of T. griseus and T. melancJiolicus. The eggs are 

 white, with a roseate tinge and spotted with blotches of purple, brown, and red-brown, 

 which are sometimes collected in a ring round the larger end, and sometimes scattered 

 over the whole surface of the egg. 



2. Tyrannus griseus. 



Tyrannus griseus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. 1. p. 7Q, t. 46' ; Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 368 (?) '; 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 183 ° ; Sol. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 271 '. 

 Melittarchus griseus, Gundl. Orn. Cub. p. 73 '. 

 Lanius tyrannus, /3. dominicensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 302 °. 

 Tyrannus dominicensis, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 172 ^j Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 319'; 



Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 470°, viii. p. 570"; Man. N. Am. B. p. 329"; Coues, 



Key N. Am. B. ed. 2, p. 433"; Cory, Auk, 1886, p. 244". 

 Tyrannus rostratus, Sol. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 361 '*. 



Supra griseus, capite crista celata aurantiaca omato, lorie et regione parotica nigricantibuB ; alis nigricantibiis 

 tectricibus et secundariis albido limbatis ; cauda nigricante albo stricte marginata : subtus albus pectore 

 et hypochondriis paUide griseo lavatis, Bubalaiibus albis flavo vix tinctis. Long, tota 8'5 alse 4*6 caudse 

 rect. lat. 3-5, rect. med. 3-1, tarsi 0-7, rostri a rictu 1-2. (Descr. maris ex Santa Marta, Colombia. Mus. 

 nostr.) 



Hah. NoETH Ameeica, Florida s. — Mexico {BullockU^), Cozumel I. {Benedict ^°} ; 



