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Nicaragua, Greytown {Holland 3) ; Panama, Lion Hill {M'Leaman i*).— Colombia ^. 

 Bahamas, Greater Antilles to Virgin Islands i^. 



This species is probably of only casual occurrence in our region. It is a very 

 common and characteristic bird in the Greater Antilles and Virgin Islands, but in the 

 Windward Islands is represented by T. rostratus, which is doubtfully distinguished by 

 its larger bill. 



The accounts of this species in the West Indies are numerous and full of interesting 

 details as to its habits, nesting, &c. ; and copious extracts from the writings of Gosse, 

 Hill, Professor Newton, and others are given by Brewer in the ' History of North- 

 American Birds ' ^, It is there also stated to appear in Florida as a migratory species, 

 arriving in March and leaving again in September. It is also said to migrate to and 

 from Jamaica. The rarity of the species on the mainland of Central and South 

 America makes us doubt whether there is any very general movement from the larger 

 islands, for were this the case we should undoubtedly find it in greater abundance on 

 the mainland. As it is, we have a very few instances of its occurrence on record, and 

 these only of single individuals from widely distant points. 



The nest and eggs of this species are very similar to those of T. melancholicus. 



b. Suhtusflavus. 

 a'. Cauda fere rotundata. 

 3. Tyraunus vociferans. 



Tyr annus vociferans, Sw. Quart. Journ. Sci. xx. p. 273' j Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 368^; Baird, 

 B. N. Am. p. 174, t. 48'; Mex. Bound. Surv., Zool., Birds, p. 8*; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 121'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 383 V 1864, p. 176'; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 269'; 

 Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 557"; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. 

 p. 327"; Coues, Birds N. W. p. 238"; Key N. Am. Birds, ed. 2, p. 433 ''; Henshaw, 

 Rep. Geol. Surv. "West 100th Mer. v. p. 343"; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 288"; 

 Duges, La Nat. i. p. 141 " ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 480 " ; Man. N. Am. B. 

 p. 330"; Zeledon, Cat. Av. de Costa Rica, p. 15"; Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. 

 p. 155". 



Laphyctes vociferans, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 77 "". 



Tyrannus cassini, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 39, t. 3. f. 2". 



Mmcicapa satelles, Licht. Mus. Berol.^^ 



T. melancholico similis, sed rostro minore, peetore saturate cinereo, cauda quadrata striete albo terminata, 

 facile distinguendus. 



Hah. NoETH America, Eocky Mountains from Wyoming southwards, Southern Cali- 

 fornia i''. — Mexico 20 (Bullock^), Santa Eosa, Trinidad, Micoba in Sonora (W. 

 Lloyd), Los Nogales {Kennerly% Plains of Colima {Xantus'^% Guanajuato 

 (Duges ^^), near Mexico city (White'', le Strange), Culhuacan, Coapa, Ixtapalapa, 

 Coajimalpa, and Chimalpa in the vicinity of Mexico city (Ferrari-Perez), 



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