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the State of Panama to Southern Mexico; the other, which is also found in Ecuador, 
does not pass beyond Costa Rica. 
1. Anabazenops variegaticeps. 
Anabazenops variegaticeps, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 289; 1859, p. 382°; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. 
p. 106°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 398‘; Lawr. Aun. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 106°; Frantz. 
J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 304°; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H.i.p.5557; La Nat. v. p. 247°; 
Saly. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 192°; Boucard, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 59°; Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. 
Mex. i. p. 97"; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 414. 
Supra rufo-brunneus, pileo nigricante-olivaceo, plumis singulis medialiter pallidioribus, superciliis a naribus et 
macula infra oculos cervinis, tectricibus auricularibus nigris albido intermixtis; alis dorso paulo rufescen- 
tioribus, tectricibus majoribus ad apicem nigricantibus: subtus gutture sordide albo, plumis indistincte 
fusco marginatis ; abdomine toto pallide brunneo, hypochondriis saturatioribus ; cauda lete cinnamomea, 
tectricibus subalaribus et remigibus intus ad basin cervinis: rostro pallide corneo, mandibula albida, 
pedibus corylinis. Long. tota 6-0, ale 3-2, caude rectr. med. 2°65, rectr. lat. 2:2, rostri a rictu 0°8, 
tarsi 0-7. (Descr. exempl. ex Jalapa, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sanchez 1), Hot region of Vera Cruz 7, Uvero § and Omealca ® 
(Sumichrast), Jalapa (de Oca), Cofre de Perote (M. Trujitio), Cordova (Sallé *), 
Omilteme in Guerrero (Mrs. H. H. Smith), Villa Alta (MZ. Trujillo), 'Totontepec 
(Boucard?, M. Trujillo), Choapam (Boucard?), Chimalapa (Sumichrast ®) ; 
GuATEMALA, Pie de la Cuesta in San Marcos, Santa Maria near Quezaltenango 
(W. B. Richardson), Barranco Hondo and Savana Grande between the Volcan de 
Fuego and V. de Agua, Choctum 4, and Kamkhal in Vera Paz (0. S. & fF. D. G.°) ; 
Costa Rica, Dota and Barranca (Carmiol®), Rio Sucio (J. Cooper 1), Candelaria 
(Boucard 1°); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui ® and Bibalaz (Arcé). 
We can detect no variation in this widely-spread species, the range of which extends 
from Southern Mexico to the State of Panama. In the former country it has long 
been known as an inhabitant of the State of Vera Cruz, where it was discovered by 
Sallé near Cordova!, and where Sumichrast tells us it is found in the hot region 7. 
This statement is no doubt correct so far as it goes, but A. variegaticeps has a con- 
siderable vertical, as well as a horizontal range, for de Oca found it near Jalapa, 4000 
feet above the sea, Trujillo at a still higher elevation on the slopes of the Cofre 
de Perote, and Mrs. Smith’s collection from Guerrero contained a specimen which was 
shot in July near Omilteme at an elevation of 8000 feet in the Sierra Madre del Sur. 
In Guatemala, too, this species is found as low as 1200 feet, and as high as 6000 or 
7000 feet above the sea. 
Like most of the members of this family it is a denizen of forest districts, and is 
probably resident wherever it occurs. 
Its nearest ally is 4.temporalis of Kcuador, the differences being but slight, consisting 
in the paler, less rufescent back of A. variegaticeps and the breast also less tinged with 
that colour. 
