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Laphyctes melancholicus, Caijan. & Heine, Mus. Heine. II, 1859, 76 (Brazil; excl. 



syn. albogularis, Burm.). 

 Muscicapa dcspotes, Licht., Verz. Dc-ubl. 1823, 55. 

 Muscicapa furcata, Spix, Av. Bras. II, 1825, 15, pi. 19. 



Tyrannus furcatus, Max., Beitr. Ill, 1831, 884. 

 Tyrannus crudelis, Swains., Quart. Jour. XX, 1826, 275 (Brazil). 



0. couclii. 



Tyrannus couclii, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 175 ("Northeastern Mexico to Rio Grande"); 

 ed. 1860, pi. 49, tig. 1; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 128.— Scl., Ibis, 1859, 439 

 (Orizaba) ; Catal. 1862, 235, No. 1445 (Mexico).— Dresser, Ibis, 1865,472 (com- 

 mon near Matamoras and Brownsville). 

 Tyrannus melancholicus var. couclii, B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 1874, 329, pi. 43, 

 fig. 7. 



Tyrannus melancholicus couclii, Coues & Senxett, Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. 

 Terr. IV, No. 1, 1878, 31 (Hidalgo, Texas ; common). 



il Tyrannus melancholicus Scl. & Sal v., Ibis, 1859, 121 (Duenas, Guatemala; descr. eggs); 



(?) P. Z. S. 1870, 837 (coast Honduras); Norn. Neotr. 1873, 53 (part).— Taylor, 

 Ibis, 1860, 113 (Honduras). — Owen, Ibis, 1861, 63 (San Geronimo, Guat. ; descr. 

 nest).— La wr., Ann. Lyc. N. Y. IX, 1869, 204 (Yucatan).— Scl., P. Z. S. 1870, 

 439 (Cordova, Jalapa, and Oaxaca, Mexico ; Guatemala). 



" Tyrannus satrapa" (part), Scl., Catal. 1862, 235, No. 1444 (specs, ex Vera Paz and Ori- 

 zaba). 



Couch' 's Flycatcher, Baird, 1. c. 



y. satrapa. 



" Tyrannus melancholicus,'' 1 Tsciiudi, Wiegm. Arcliiv, 1844, 12 (?) ; Faun. Per. Aves, 

 1844-46, 131 (?).— Caban., in Scbomb. Guiana, III, 1848, 700. — Scl., P. Z. S. 1855, 

 150 (Bogota); 1856, 141 (David, Cliiriqui) ; 1858, 70, 457; 1859,55; 1860, 92 

 (E. Ecuador); 281 (Babahoyo, Ecuador); 1867, 342 (Lima, Peru),— Baird, 

 B.N. Am. 1858, 176 (part; specs, described from " Vera Cruz " aud Panama). — 

 Scl. & Salv., P.Z. S. 1864, 360 (Isth. Panama) ; 1867,279 (Mosquito coast),578 

 (Para), 751 (Huallaga P., E. Peru); 1869, 189 (Nauta, Peru), 598, (Conispata, 

 Peru); Norn. Neotr. 1873, 53 (part).— CASS., Pr. Philad. Ac. I860, 143, (New 

 Granada).— LaWR., Ann. Lyc. N. Y. VI 1, 1861, 295 (Panama); IX, 1869, 237 

 (Puna I.,\V. Ecuador). — Taylor, Ibis, 1864,87 (Trinidad; Venezuela). — Saj> 

 vin, P. Z. S. 1870, 199 (Veragua).— FlNSCH, ib. 572 (Trinidad).— Wyatt, Ibis, 

 1871, 334 (New Granada, up to 7,000 feet; 'iris brown). 



Laphyctes satrapa, Caban. & Heine, Mus. Hein. 11, Oct. 15, L859, 77 (Guiana ; Caracas; 

 ex "Muscicapa satrapa, Licht., in Mus. Bcrnl."). — Caijan., J. f. 0.1861,251. 

 Tyrannus satrapa, Scl., Catal. 1862, 235, No. 1444 (part; specs. ex Tobago and Sta. 

 Marta and Bogota, New Granada).— Scl. &. Sala ., P. Z. S. 1864, 360 (Isth. Pa- 

 nama). 



u Tyrannus verticalis," LEOT., Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 213 (nec Say). 



Sp. Ch. — Tail more or less decidedly emarginate (depth of the fork 

 .20-.85 of an inch) ; live outer primaries more or less narrowed at the 

 ends by the emargination of the inner web (nearly obsolete in some 

 females and in the young). Wing, 4.25-4.85 ; tail, 2f.70-4.50j bill, front 

 nostril, .G0-.77, width .40-.52, depth .24-.:35; tarsus, .(J0-.80 ; middle 

 toe, .50-.60.* Head cinereous, the auriculars perceptibly darker, the 

 malar region, chin, and throat paler (whitish in more northern specimens). 

 Back, scapulars, and sides of the breast greenish cinereous, the green 



* Forty-eight adults measured! 



