64 TYRANNIDZ. 
F. D. G.), Orizaba, Misantla (F. D. G.), Vera Cruz (Richardson), S. Antonio Coapa 
(Lerrari-Perez), Tierra templada of the Pacific slope, Morelia (/e Strange).—Cusa ? 
A well-known species of the Eastern States of North America as a summer visitor, 
where it remains to breed. - In the valley of the Rio Grande some birds of this species 
may be found throughout the year, for we have records of it in March from the river 
itself at Nuevo Laredo and opposite Brownsville, and in June Mr. Dresser found it in 
numbers near Houston. However, neither Mr. Sennett nor Dr. Merrill include its 
name in their lists. In Southern Mexico it is chiefly found on the eastern slope of the 
mountains of Vera Cruz from Orizaba and Jalapa to the low ground about Misantla 
and near the sea-coast at Vera Cruz. In the valley of Mexico it is a much rarer bird, 
for we only find a single specimen in Prof. Ferrari-Perez’s large collection, and this was 
shot at S. Antonio Coapa near Tlalpam. Mr. le Strange, however, considered it a bird 
of the temperate districts of the Pacific slope, such as the vicinity of Morelia. 
The habits of S. phabe resemble those of S. saya, and its nest is described as similarly 
placed and made of similar materials. The eggs, too, are usually unspotted white, but 
a small proportion show reddish-brown dots at the larger end. 
3. Sayornis nigricans. 
Tyrannula nigricans, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 3671. 
Sayornis nigricans, Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 2967, 1859, p-. 383°, 1864, p.175*; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
xiv. p. 83°; Baird, U.S. Bound. Surv., Zool., Birds, p. 8°; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. 
N. H.1. p. 557"; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 840°; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. 
N. H. ii. p. 285°; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 25"; Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 154". 
Aulanax nigricans, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 68 '*. 
Myiarchus nigricans, Duges, La Nat. i. p. 141. 
Muscicapa atrata, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vig. p. 2 (cf. J. f. Orn. 1863, p-. 587), 
Muscicapa semiatra, Vig. in Beechey’s Voy. p. 17”. 
Sooty Flycatcher, Sw. Orn. Draw. t. 69. 
Fuliginoso-nigra ; dorso medio paullo dilutiore; secundariis extrorsum, dimidio pogonii externi rectricis ex- 
time, subalaribus, ventre et crisso albis: rostro et pedibus nigris. Long. tota 6-0, ale 3:5, caudex 3°2, 
rostri a rictu 0-7, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. maris ex Mazatlan, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
© mari similis. 
Hab. Nortu America, South-western States from Texas to Arizona and California and 
northwards to Oregon §.—Mexico (Bullock +), Espia (Kennerly *), Cadereita 
(Couch ®), Rio de Monterey and Rancho de las Trivifas (Armstrong), Mazatlan 
(Grayson ®), Presidio near Mazatlan (Forrer), Venta de Zopilote in Guerrero 
(Mrs. H. H. Smith), Valle del Maiz, Aguas Calientes, and Sierra de Calvillo 
(Richardson), Guanajuato (Dugés 18), valley of Mexico ( White +), Chimalpa, Coapa, 
Mexicalcingo, Ixtapalapa, Culhuacan, all near Mexico city (Ferrari- Perez), Tem- 
perate and Alpine regions of Vera Cruz (Sumichrast ‘), Tanatepec (Swmichrast 1), 
Puebla and Orizaba (F. D. G.), Cordova (Sallé *), Morelia (F. D. G.), Cinco 
Sefiores (Boucard *), Oaxaca (Boucard *, Fenochio) 
