42 TURDIDZ. 
Schistaceus fere unicolor, loris nigris, oculorum ambitu albo; subtus paulo pallidior, ventre medio albicantiore ; 
alis nigris, extus brunnescenti-oleagineo partim marginatis ; cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus mediis dorso 
concoloribus, rectricum lateralium parte apicali pallidiore et apicibus ipsis albis; rostro nigro; pedibus 
corylinis. Long. tota 7-5, ala 3-8, caudee 3:4, rostri a rictu ‘6, tarsi -73. (Descr. exempl. ex Coban, 
Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sallé 1), Orizaba (Botteri?), State of Vera Cruz (Sumichrast ®) ; 
GuatemaLa, Coban*, Choctum, and forests northwards to Peten (0. 8. & F. D. G.). 
This interesting bird was one of M. Sallé’s discoveries in Southern Mexico, where he 
obtained the specimens described by Mr. Sclater in 1856 *, one of these type specimens 
being afterwards figured in ‘Exotic Ornithology’ *. Cordova * and Orizaba 2° are the 
only recorded localities in Southern Mexico where M. wnicolor is found, it being 
apparently absent from the western parts of the country, the territory of M. obscurus. 
Prof. Sumichrast, who found it in the State of Vera Cruz, states ® that it is an inhabitant 
of the temperate region, where it is quite a characteristic species, being especially 
abundant in the deep ravines of the districts of Jalapa and Songolica. In Guatemala 
M. unicolor is exclusively found in the northern parts of the department of Vera Paz, 
the line of demarcation between it and MV. obscurus being singularly well defined. A 
traveller journeying to Coban hears the song of the last outlier of J. obscurus just 
after passing the village of Santa Cruz; before he reaches Coban the notes of M. 
unicolor alone strike his ear. Around Coban the present species is abundant in all the 
patches of wood that clothe the peculiar conical hills of the district; in the vast 
forests which stretch northwards to the confines of Peten the song of M. unicolor is 
constantly to be heard. Its range in altitude thus extends from about 1000 to 4900 
feet above the sea. 
The name by which this species is known in Guatemala is “ Pito real ;” and it is even 
more esteemed than the “Guarda-barranca” as a cage-bird. Its song is very similar 
to that of its congener; but the difference between the two is very apparent to one who 
has ever heard them. 
A nest of VM. unicolor; obtained near Coban by one of our hunters, was a cup-shaped 
structure formed of fine roots and small twigs, and lined principally with moss. The 
eges were very similar to those of M. obscwrus, described above. 
3. Myiadectes melanops. 
Myiadestes melanops, Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 580, t. 36°; Baird, Rev. Am. B. p. 426°; Lawr. Ann. 
Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 97°; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 296°. 
Schistaceus fere unicolor, subtus dilutior; fronte, loris, ciliis oculorum et mento nigris ; alis nigris, primariis ad 
basin schistaceis, secundariis extus parte distali et tectricibus alarum mediis schistaceo limbatis ; plaga 
magna alba in pagina alarum inferiore; cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus utrinque extimis albo terminatis, 
rectrice utrinque extima pro majore parte distali schistacea, rostro et pedibus flavissimis. Long. tota 7:0, 
alee 3°4, caude 3-0, rostri a rictu °65, tarsi °75. (Descr. exempl. typici ex Tucurriqui, Costa Rica. Mus. 
nostr.) 
