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Show 1879.] BIRDS FROM ANTIOQUIA. 513 170. T Y R A N N I S C U S C H R Y S O P S , Scl. P.Z. S. 1870, p. 842. Retiro, Concordia, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S.) 171. ELAINE A PAGANA (Linn.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 834. Medellin. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Mr. Salmon sends us examples, with their eggs, of what he considers two different species ; but both of them we refer to E. pagana. Eggs (no. 1) pale salmon-colour, with a zone of several shades of red spots round the larger end: axis *82, diam. *65. Eggs (no. 2) smaller, and less spotted: axis 72, diam. *58. Mr. Salmon's notes on these two forms are as follows: - " No. 1 builds a similar nest to the Cardinal, but larger, of dried grass, prettily ornamented on the outside with pieces of bark and white lichen, lined with feathers; and the situation also is the same. The eggs, two in number, are white, spotted at the larger end with grey and rust-brown, generally extending in a ring round the egg. " The bird is easily distinguished from all others by its harsh cry : and it is more restless than any others of the family; it does not sit silently waiting for its prey, but is continually moving about. " No. 2. The nest of this bird is built of coarse dry grass, lined with finer grass and, generally, with any moss or lichen. It is placed upon a horizontal bough near the extremity, at a normal height. The eggs are only two in number, cream-white, spotted at the larger end with small specks of purple and rust-red, often forming a ring." 172. ELAINEA FRANTZII, Lawrence, Ann. L. N. Y. vii. p. 173. Elainea pudica, Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 833. Medellin, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, insects. Nests on low branches. Eggs (no. 17) white, with a few small red spots near the larger end: axis '77, diam. *59. Having now received typical specimens of E.frantzii, we find that this Costa-Rican bird is not different from Sclater's E. pudica of Veragua and Colombia. 173. MYIOZETETES TEXENSIS (Giraud); Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 753. Envigado, Medellin. Iris dark. Fruit in stomach. Eggs (no. 37) white, spotted, especially at the larger end, with red : axis *82, diam. *62. 174. RHYNCHOCYCLUS FULVIPECTUS, Scl. P.Z. S. 1876, p. 92. Frontino. (Mus. S.-G.) Stomach contained insects. Eggs (no. 82) white, with an indistinct zone of small very pale red spots: axis *95, diam. *68. Originally described from Ecuador specimens (Fraser), but also occurring in Bogota collections. (Mus. S.-G.) PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1879, No. XXXIII. 33 |