Birds of Paraguay. 
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159. Milvulus tyrannus. 
Muscicapa tyrannus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 325 (1766: 
Surinam). 
Tixereta Azara, Apuflt. ii. p. 130. no. cxcii. (1805). 
Tyrannus violentus Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxxv. 
p. 89 (1819 : Paraguay). 
Milvulus tyrannus Selater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 2 77 ; 
Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 130 (Fortin Page). 
Milvulus tyrannus violentus Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, 
pp. 13, 118 (Lambare). 
Muscivora tyrannus Ihering, Bevista Mus. Paulista, vi. 
p. 326 (Paraguay). 
a, b. $ ? a( h Sapucay, November 17, 26, 1902. 
c. $ imm. Sapucay, March 24, 1903. 
d. 3 s ad. Sapucay, September 11, 1904. 
Bill and feet black ; iris brown. 
A clutch of three eggs, collected November 13, 1903, are 
pale cream-coloured with chestnut spots and blotches, more 
thickly grouped round the larger end, and underlying spots 
of lilac-grey. Axis 0‘85 inch ; diam. 0*65. 
This bird, according to Mr. Foster, is resident and 
generally distributed in the open country. 
Family Oxyrhamphid^e. 
160. OxYRHAMPHUS PLAMMICEPS PARAGUAYENSIS, Subsp. n. 
Oxurhunchus flammiceps Temm. PI. Col. iv. pi. 125 
(1823: Brazil). 
Oxyrhamphus flammiceps Selater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. 
p. 281. 
a. S a d. Sapucay, May 5, 1903. 
b. £ ad. „ October 22, 1902. 
Iris very light brown with a touch of orange. 
c. d. $ ad. Sapucay, June 5, 10, 1904. 
e. S a( h „ July 6, 1904. 
Bill dark horn-coloured above, slate-coloured below; tarsi 
and feet pale bluish ; iris orange-buff. 
f. 9, l 1 - ?;*.<£ a d. Sapucay, August 24-31, 1904. 
k. ? ad. Sapucay, September 1, 1904. 
