MYIOZETETES. 4] 
2. Myiozetetes similis. 
Muscicapa similis, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 18, t. 25°. 
Myiozetetes similis, Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 161’. 
Tyrannula texensis, Giraud, Birds of Texas, t. 1°; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 65°. 
Elenea texensis, Scl. P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 296°. 
Myiozetetes texensis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 56°; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1859, pp. 366", 1864, p. 176°; 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 162°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 128"; P.Z.S. 1870, p. 887"; 
Owen, Ibis, 1861, p. 641°; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 245"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 
p. 183“, ix. pp. 112*°, 201"; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 286; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
no. 4, p. 26"; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 307; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H.i. 
p. 557°; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 309"; Nutt. & Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 374”, 
384°, 402%; Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p.500”; Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 154 * 
Myiozetetes colombianus, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p.62; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. p. 328”, 
viii. p. 178"; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 359"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 197". 
Tyrannula cayennensis, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 367”. 
Muscicapa cayennensis, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vég. p. 2 (cf. J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 58)”. 
Tyrannus superciliosus, Bp. P. Z. 8. 1837, p. 118 (nec Swains.) *. 
Supra obscure olivaceus; capite summo nigricanti-griseo, crista celata coccinea ornato ; fronte griseo-albida, 
superciliis elongatis albis; loris et genis nigricantibus; alis et cauda fusco-nigris, illis medialiter obscure 
olivaceo stricte limbatis: subtus flavissimus, subalaribus concoloribus; gutture toto albo: rostro et 
pedibus nigris. Long. tota 7:0, ale 3°8, caude 3-0, tarsi 0°8, rostri a rictu 0°7. (Descr. maris ex Vera 
Cruz, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico 3, Mazatlan (Grayson 17, Xantus™, Forrer), Tepic (Grayson '"), plains of 
Colima and Tonila (Xantus 17), Acaguizotla, Dos Arroyos (Mrs. H. H. Smith), 
Acapulco (A. H. Markham, Mrs. H. H. Smith), Aldama and Tampico (W. B. Rich- 
ardson), State of Vera Cruz. (Sumichrast °°), Jalapa (de Oca’, F. D. G.), Chietla 
(Ferrari-Perez?°), Cordova (Sallé*>), Vera Cruz (W. B. Richardson & F. D. G.), 
Teapa (Mrs. H. H. Smith), Juchitan, Barrio, Chibuitan, Sta. Efigenia (Sumi- 
chrast 18), Tabi in Yucatan (7. D. G.), Buctzotz and Peto (@, FP. Gaumer), Merida 
in Yucatan (Schott '*), Cozumel I. (@. F. Gaumer); British Honpuras, Orange 
Walk (G. F. Gaumer), Belize (Blancaneaur); Guatemata** (Constancia **), 
Choctum, Coban, Tactic, Duefias !°, Escuintla, Patio Bolas, Retalhuleu (0. S. & 
F. D. G.), San Geronimo (R. Owen 1); Honpuras, Omoa (Leyland *), San Pedro 
(G. M. Whitely 11) ; Nicaragua, Greytown (Holland'4), S, Juan del Sur, Sucuya *, 
Los Sabalos 24 (Nutting); Costa Rica (Hoffmann, v. Frantzius 8), San José (Nutt- 
ing 5), San José, Angostura (Carmiol !°), Cartago (Cooper ©); Panama, David 
(Iicks 29), Castillo, Chitra, Bugaba, Calovevora (Arcé™), Lion Hill (M*Lean- 
nan?88°),—SourH America from Colombia and Amazons valley * to South Brazil’. 
The northern birds of this widely ranging species have hitherto been called 
Myiozetetes texensis as distinguished from the Brazilian MM. similis, the distinction 
resting upon the darker upper surface and the redder margins to the wings of the 
southern form. Generally speaking these characters hold, but they are of very slight 
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