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Empidonomus varius (Vieillot). 
Muscicapa varia Vieill., Nouv. Diet. XXI. 1818. pp. 458. 459. 
Empidonomus varius Berlepscli & Hartert, p. 51. 
Not uncommon in the denser clumps of timber bordering shal- 
low streams on the savannas and also frequenting the borders of the 
heavy timber growth along the Orinoco. 
Immature birds differ from the adults in not having the tips of 
the primaries abruptly attenuated, nor have they the yellow crown 
patch. A male in juvenal plumage (taken at Caicara, May ist) has the 
entire top of the head covered with rather short blackish feathers nar- 
rowly margined with ferruginous ; the back is brownish black with 
ferruginous edges to the feathers ; wings and tail brownish black, 
the rectrices broadly margined on both webs with ferruginous ; prim- 
aries, lesser and median coverts narrowly margined with bufi'y 
rufous, greater coverts and inner primaries margined with white. 
That the yellow crown patch is not assumed until after the second 
moult is indicated by an immature female, taken at Caicara June 19th, 
that is just assuming the adult plumage. 
The crown is pale dusky brownish sprinkled with -a few black 
feathers with bright }^ellow bases. The edges of the back feathers 
and wing-coverts, as in the case of the immature male, are rufous. 
The abdomen is a pale sulphur \ellow, very much brighter in color 
than in any of the adults before me. 
The food of this Flycatcher consists largely of berries and other 
small fruits. 
Tyr.^nnus dominicensis (Gmelin). 
Lanius tyrannus B. dominicensis Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 17S8. p. 302. 
Tyrannus dominicensis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 52. 
Observed in the immediate vicinity of the river only and noted 
as not uncommon from the delta region up as far as Ciudad Bolivar. 
Occasionally specimens were noted as far up as the mouth of the 
Apure River. 
This species -was nesting at Agua Salada de Ciudad Bnli\ar. in 
April. The nest is similar in construction to that of T. inclainitolicns. 
TvR.\NNUS mel.ancholicus s.a.tr.ap.\ (Cabanis & Heine). 
Laphyctes satrapa Cab. & Hein., Mus. Hein., II. 1859. p. -j. 
Tyrannus melcmcholicus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 52. 
