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Show 1866.] MR. p. L. SCLATER O N T H E BIRDS O F LIMA. 99 the spiders. Makes its nest in old walls, banks, &c. Irides dark brown."-W. N. 12. MUSCISAXICOLA MENTALIS, Lafr. et D'Orb. " Perhaps migratory. I saw this species for the first time last March in a meadow, running on the ground very fast and moving its tail. It feeds on Coleopterous insects. Irides dark brown."-W. N. 13. SERPHOPHAGA CINEREA (Strickl.). " Frequents sides of rivers, stony places in streams, and old arches. Hunts on the wing and on the ground. Feeds on Coleopterous insects. Solitary. Irides reddish brown."-W. N. 14. CYANOTIS AZAR^E, Licht. " Haunts tufts of reeds in an inaccessible swamp a few miles from Lima. In habits and manner of feeding just like the American Marsh- Wren. Feeds on small insects on the reeds. Irides nearly black." - W . N. 15. ELAINE A PAGAN A (Licht.). "Migratory, arrives in December, departs in June. Feeds on berries of Cestrum auriculatum. I never saw a vestige of an insect on dissecting it. Irides blackish brown."-W. N. 16. PYROCEPHALUS RUBINEUS (Bodd.). " Found all the year near Lima. Has all the habits of a Tyrannus. Frequents fields and open plains; feeding entirely on Coleopterous insects. Irides dark brown."-W. N. I have hitherto referred west-coast specimens to P. nanus, Gould, described (Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 45) from the Galapagos. But I find on comparison they are not fairly distinguishable from the eastern bird. On the other hand, the northern P. mexicanus is decidedly of larger dimensions, as far as I can judge from my examples, and may for the present remain apart. 17. PYROCEPHALUS OBSCURUS, Gould. "Has all the habits of the last species. I have shot some with a few red feathers on the breast mixed with the others. Irides dark brown."-W. N. In my American Catalogue (p. 228) I have omitted to insert an important synonym of this species, viz. Myiobius atropurpureus, Tsch. F. P. Aves, pp. 24, 156. 18. MYIOBIUS NATIONI, sp. nov. (PI. XL fig. 1.) " Resorts to bushes of the thickest foliage and in the most unfrequented places ; hunts on the wing from branch to branch like a Dvndroeca. Makes its nest at the extremity of a slender branch, in the fork. Irides dark brown."-W. N. This little Tyrant appears to belong to an undescribed species of |