340 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



tween April 12 and May 14. " Two of the nests have three eggs each, 

 one has one egg, and the other eight nests have each two. 



"The nests are of moderate size, with the outside diameter 120 to 

 160 mm.; the inside about 65 mm. Externally the nest is formed of 

 rather coarse vegetable stems, neatly lined with finer material of the 

 same character, the whole forming a neat, compact, substantial struc- 

 ture, deeply cupped, and saddled on a branch, usually at a fork, so 

 that it is very securely supported. 



" The eggs are quite variable in size,, ground color, and markings. 

 In an average set, the ground-color is very pale bufify white, blotched 

 with dark chocolate, sparsely at the ends, but heavily about the middle, 

 the large blotches often extending nearly to the larger end. The 

 ground-color varies in different sets from nearly clear white to deep 

 pinkish buff, and the blotches from chocolate to blackish. The eggs 

 vary in measurements from 22X IS to 24 X 18.5." 



291. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus). 



Tyrannus pipiri Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 123 (Santa Marta). — 

 ScLATER, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 1888, 267 (Santa Marta). 



Tyrannus tyrannus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 142 (Sal- 

 vin and Godman's reference). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 364 (Santa 

 Marta, ex Salvin and Godman). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXI, 

 1905, 276 (Bonda and Buritaca; Salvin and Godman's record). 



Eight specimens : Bonda, Buritaca, La Tigrera, Trojas de Cataca, 

 and Tierra Nueva. 



A rare winter visitor in the lowlands. All the specimens on record 

 seem to have been taken in September, October, April, and May, sug- 

 gesting that it may only be a transient during migrations. September 

 19 (1899) is the earliest date, and May 3 (1913) the latest. No. 

 43,275 (Tierra Nueva, October 12) is an adult, very much worn, but 

 with no sign of moult, while No. 43,287 (taken a day later), a bird of 

 the year, is still in comparatively fresh plumage. 



292. Pitangus lictor (Lichtenstein). 



Pitangus lictor Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 146 (Caca- 

 gualito). — RiDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 1907, 675 (Caca- 

 gualito, in range). 



Twelve specimens : Fundacion, Trojas de Cataca, Don Diego, and 

 Arroya de Arenas. 



These Colombian specimens are constantly a little larger than those 



