104 TYRANNLDiE. 



Supra griseo-brunneuB ; capite nigrioante, crista celata fulvo-aurantiaca omato ; alia nigricantibus, tectricibus 

 et seoundariis intends sordide albo limbatis; cauda nigrioante, reotrioibus omnibus albido stricte 

 tenninatis : subtus albus ; subalaribus pallide flavo vix lavatis : rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 9*5, 

 alae 5-2, caudse 3*75, tarsi 0-9, rostri a rictu 1-65. (Desor. exempl. ex insula Mugeres. Mus. nosfcr.) 



Hob. Mexico, Mujeres I. (6r. F. Gaumer 3).— Cuba i s 4 5 6 . Bahamas 2. 



Mr. Gaumer's collection from the island of Mujeres off the extreme north-eastern 

 point of the promontory of Yucutan contained a single specimen of this species. The 

 species had previously only been known from the island of Cuba, and with some doubt ^ 

 from the island of Inagua. 



In Cuba, according to Gundlach % T. magnirostris is not an uncommon bird, being 

 sedentary, and living in the woods, and on the plains where large trees grow. Its food 

 consists of insects, young birds, and lizards, and it also preys to some extent on honey- 

 bees. 



Its nest is composed of twigs, fibrous roots, and grasses, and is placed on a horizontal 

 branch of some large tree, such as the Ceiba {Eriodendron) ; its eggs are like those of 

 T. griseus. 



MILVULUS. 



Milvulus, Swainson, Zool. Joum. iii. p. 165 (1827) (type Muscicapa tyrannus, Linn.) ; Sclater, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 277. 



The two species constituting the genus Milvulus have, as a common character, very 

 elongated deeply forked tails, the bills also and the development of the supranasal 

 feathers are similar, but in other respects they differ rather widely, not only in coloration 

 but also in the way in which the outer quill-feathers in the males are reduced at their 

 extremities. Thus in M. forficatus the outermost feather only is narrowed in this way, 

 whereas in M. tyrannus three are involved. 



The range of the two species is widely different, M. forficatus being a bird of the 

 prairies of South-western North America, Eastern Mexico, Guatemala, and thence south- 

 wards as a rare visitor to Costa Rica. M. tyrannus, on the other hand, occurs in 

 suitable open localities over the greater part of South America, and in Central America 

 as far north as Southern Mexico. 



1. Milvulus tyrannus. 



Muscicapa tyrannus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 325 '. 



Milvulus tyrannus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, pp. 141", 297'; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 277 *j Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 55 ' ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 251 °; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 178', 

 ix. p. 116 ' ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. ] 864, p. 361", 1879, p. 516" ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 149 ", 

 1870, p. 199"; Ibis, 1872, p. 318"; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 309"; Sumichrast', 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 556 " ; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 309 " ; Ridgw. 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 496"; Nutt. & Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 375"; Scl. & 

 Huds. Axg. Orn. i. p. 160 ". 



Tyrannus violentus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xxxv. p. 89 "°. 



