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Show 1879.] BIRDS FROM ANTIOQUIA. 515 branch for several inches, twisted round and fixed in a very clever manner, as though the bird was afraid it would slip from the end of the bough and fall. The nests which I have seen have always been deep, I suppose to prevent the eggs from falling out when the wind blows, which would of course cause a considerable motion on account of the position in which they are placed. They were also well sheltered from the rain from the leaves above. The eggs are cream-colour with a few rust-coloured spots at the larger end."-T. K. S. 183. PYROCEPHALUS RUBINEUS (Bodd.); Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 227. Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.). Iris dark ; food, insects; nests on low trees and shrubs. Eggs (no. 3) creamy white, with a conspicuous zone round the middle of large red-brown and lilac spots : axis '72, diam. '57. "This bird builds a pretty nest, the body of which is composed of dry grass, completely covered on the outside with lichen, and lined with feathers. " The nest is generally placed on an out-spreading branch, and securely attached to the supporting stem by pieces of lichen and bark. It would be often difficult to discover, were it not that the male bird is generally perched silently on a tree or bush near, his beautiful crimson colour forming a conspicuous object amongst the green leaves. " The female lays two eggs, with a ring of grey and sepia-brown blotches intermixed at the larger end."-T. K. S. 184. EMPIDOCHANES PCECILURUS, Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 112. One example, without exact locality, agreeing with the- type in Mr. Sclater's collection. (Mus. S -G.) 185. CONTOPUS ARDESIACUS (Lafr.); Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 52. Medellin and Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S.). 186. MYIARCHUS TYRANNULUS (Mull.) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 52. Myiarchus ferox auctt. Retiro, Concordia, Sta. Elena. Iris dark ; food, insects ; builds in hollow trees. Eggs (no. 33) creamy-white, thickly streaked with longitudinal streaks of red-brown and a few large lilac blotches near the larger end: axis *9, diam. *7. (Mus. Brit.) 187. TYRANNUS PIPIRI (Vieill.); Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 236. Medellin. Iris dark. This northern species descends to the Amazons (P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189) and Bolivia (d'Orb.). It also occurs in Bogota collections, (Mus. P. L. S.) 33* |