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As it evidently belongs to the same section of the genus as C. cyanocephala this locality 
may be correct. It must be noted, however, that C. guatemalensis has been found in 
Honduras and also in Nicaragua, so that this area seems occupied by an allied form. 
6. Cyanomyia cyanocephala. 
Ornismya cyanocephalus, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, p. xlv'; Suppl. p. 134, t. 18°. 
Cyanomyia cyanocephala, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. t. 286 (May 1856)*; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 367+; 
de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 159°; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 82°; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, 
p. 3147; Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Mex. i. p. 96°; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 250°; Salv. 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 197". 
Uranomitra cyanocephala, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 158". 
Agyrtria B. Uranomitra faustina, Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7, t. 760. ff. 4756-7". 
Uranomitra lessoni, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 41 ™. 
Supra nitenti-cupreo-viridis, pileo nitide ceruleo, cervicis lateribus nitide viridibus ceruleo certa luce lavatis : 
subtus nivea, hypochondriis nitenti-viridibus, abdomine medio albo; cauda et tectricibus subcaudalibus 
olivaceis his albo stricte limbatis: maxilla nigra, mandibula carnea apice nigra. Long. tota 4:0, ale 2:3, 
caude 1:35, rostri a rictu 0:9. 
Q mari similis, colore cxruleo pilei minus nitido. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Cordova, Mexico. Mus. Brit.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa 8 (de Oca*®, FP. D. G.1, Ferrari-Perez 4, M. Trujillo), Coatepec 
(de Oca®, F. Ferrari-Perez, M. Trujillo), Mirador (Sartorius, in U. S. Nat. 
Mus.), Huatusco (f. Ferrari-Perez), Orizaba (Sumichrast®, F. D. G., de Oca®), 
Cordova (Sallé, de Oca®), Oaxaca (Sallé), Guichicovi (Sumichrast °°), Chimalapa 
(W. B. Richardson), Gineta Mountains (Sumichrast, in U. S. Nat. Mus.). 
Though stated by Lesson to be a bird of Brazil! his description and figure sufficiently 
indicate that it was this Mexican species that he was dealing with. Other names have . 
been suggested for it by Reichenbach !?, and by Cabanis and Heine?!*, but we see no 
reason for not adhering to Lesson’s title, which has been much used. 
The bird is very common, according to de Oca®, in the neighbourhood of Jalapa, 
Coatepec, Orizaba, and Cordova, where it remains throughout the year frequenting the 
gardens of those towns. It builds its nest in April and May, constructing it of “ tule” 
(Cyperus), and covering it on the outside with bits of lichen. The hen bird makes the 
nest in three or four days, the male helping. 
Several other travellers have observed this species in this part of the State of Vera 
Cruz, but it is not confined to so limited an area, for a specimen in the Gould collec- 
tion of M. Sallé’s preparation is marked Oaxaca; and we have received several examples 
from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec sent us by Mr. Richardson, and where others were 
obtained by Sumichrast. The former were all shot in March and April. 
7. Cyanomyia guatemalensis. 
Cyanomyia cyanocephala, Sci. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 127 (nec Less.) *; Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 39°, 
195 *, 261*; G. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 114°. 
Cyanomyia guatemalensis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 148°; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 204°; Cat. Birds 
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