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Supra olivaceo-viridis ; capite summo obscure cinereo, medialiter late flavo subcristato ; loris et capitis lateribus 
cinereis albo intermixtis; alis et cauda nigricantibus, extrorsum olivaceo-viridi stricte limbatis: subtus 
gula albicante; pectore pallide cinereo ; abdomine crisso et subalaribus pallide sulphureis : rostro et pedibus 
nigris, Long. tota 4:7, ale 2°5, caudx 2-3, tarsi 0-6, rostri arictu 0°6. (Descr. maris ex Jalapa, Mexico. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Q mari similis. 
Hab. Mexico, Tres Marias I. (Grayson, Forrer), Cordova (Sallé!*), Jalapa (ML. Trujillo), 
Alvarado (Deppe), Merida in Yucatan (Schott ®), Mugeres I. (Gawmer), Cozumel I. 
(Benedict 2, Gaumer); Guatemala (Skinner?), Coban®, Cahabon, Choctum, 
Retalhuleu (0. 8. & F. D. G.), Volcan de Agua (O. S.); Costa Rica, Barranca, 
Guaitil, Grecia (Carmiol*); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Chitra®, Boquete de 
Chitra ®, Calovevora® (Arcé), Lion Hill (M‘Leannan*").—Sovutn America, 
Colombia to Bolivia 5; Brazil ; Paraguay 14? 
It is quite possible that this bird should bear the name of WM. viridicata (Vieill.), 
which was based upon a bird of Paraguay, the ‘“‘ Contramaestre pardo verdoso corona 
amarilla” of Azara; but until specimens are examined from that country it is safer to 
continue the use of Mr. Sclater’s name, Hlainea placens, bestowed upon a Mexican bird 
which formed part of M. Sallé’s first collection made in the vicinity of Cordova 18. 
The species enjoys a wide range in our country, being abundant in Guatemala in the 
more heavily forested parts of the temperate and hot districts. We found it especially 
abundant in the cocoa-plantations near Retalhuleu in the Pacific coast district of 
Guatemala. Here it frequented the lower branches of the forest trees, its habits being 
similar to those of the arboreal species of the family. The northern range of M. placens 
reaches the Tres Marias Islands, where both Grayson and Forrer met with it, but where 
itis not common. It occurs nowhere else in Western Mexico, but in the forests of the 
eastern slope of the mountains it has been found in several places. 
M. placens occurs rarely in Yucatan, but appears to be very common on the island of 
Cozumel. Mr. Ridgway seemed doubtful whether the bird of this island was really 
the same as that of the mainland, but with many specimens from both places before us 
we do not see any grounds for their separation. 
2. Myiopagis macilvaini. 
Elainea macilvainii, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. x. p. 10°. 
Elainea caniceps?, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 359”; Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 315°. 
Precedenti similis, sed crista pallida et fasciis alarum duabus obviis, distinguenda. (Descr. feminz ex Panama. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Panama, Lion-Hill Station (1/*Leannan *).—VENEZUELAt}. 
In 1864 Sclater and Salvin considered this Panama bird to belong probably to 
E. caniceps (Sw.), recognizing at the same time £. elegans of Pelzeln as distinct *. In 
his recent revision of the Tyrannide, Mr. Sclater unites the so-called £. caniceps with 
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