214 TYEANNIDiE. 



Tyrannus vociferans, Sivains. 



Tyrannua vociferans, Baircl, Breioer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. JBirds, ii. p. 327 

 (1874) ; Sclater, Cat. Birds B. M. xiv.p. 269 (18S8) ; Salv. S; Oodm. 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aces, ii. p. 99 (1888); Bendire, Life-Hist. N. 

 Amer. Birds, ii. p. 249, pi. i. figs. 18 & 19 (1895)-; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 143 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 149 (1901). 



The eggs of Casein's King-bird in the Cbllection are of a regular 

 oval form, and glossy. The colour is creamy white, marked with 

 spots of reddish brown and a few iinderlying markings of pale 

 lavender, which are more numerous towards the larger end. Five 

 specimens measure from -8.3 to 1-0 in length, and -65 to -70 in 

 breadth. 



5. California, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Tyrannus niveigularis, Sd. 



(Plate V. figs. 19 & 20.) 



Tyrannus niveigularis, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 753; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiv. p. 270 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 148 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 149 (1901). 



One of the eggs of the White-throated King-bird in the Collection 

 is marked with rich oohraceous brown and lavender, and resembles 

 some of the eggs of T. tyrannus. Two others are delicately spotted 

 and streaked all over with ochraceous brown and with lavender. 

 These examples measure respectively: -95 by -67; "95 by -7; "99 

 by7. 



2. Tumbez, Peru (L. Taczanowski). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Peru {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Tyrannus crassirostris, Swains. 



(Plate V. fig. 21.) 



Tyrannua crassirostris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 271 (1888) ; Salv. Sf 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 103 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 143 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 149 (1901). 



The eggs of the Thick-billed King-bird in the Collection are of a 

 creamy-white colour, blotched and spotted, chiefly at the broad end, 

 with deep purplish brown and lavender-grey. They diifer greatly 

 in size, one measuring 1"18 by "72 and the other •89 by '7. 



2. Mazatlan, Mexico (A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



Tyrannus dominicensis (Om.). 



Tyrannus dominicensis, Oosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 169 (1847) ; A. ^ E. 

 Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 146, pi. xii. fig. 4 ; Baird, Brewer Sf MidffW. 

 N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 319 (1874) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. 

 Birds, ii. p. 241, pi. ii. figs. 3 & 4 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 149 

 (1901). ■ ^ 



