BIRDS OF SOUTHERN VERACRUZ — WETMORE 293 



slightly darker gray on the f oreneck and upper breast than specimens 

 from Oaxaca southward into Costa Rica. 



TODIROSTRUM CINEREUM FINITIMUM Bangs 



Todirostrum cinereum finitvmum Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 17, 

 May 18, 1904, p. 114 (San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, Mexico). 



The six specimens were taken as follows : Tres Zapotes, April 11 

 and 13, 1939, January 18, 1940 ; Tlacotalpam, February 5, 7, and 16, 

 1910. Carriker saw it at El Conejo. It was found in thickets and 

 low trees in the pastures and the borders of groves in masses of 

 creepers where it worked actively with much flirting of the slender 

 tail. Though rather rare at Tres Zapotes, it was common in the 

 dense thorny scrub around Tlacotalpam. Two from the latter point 

 are partially albino, one having a patch of white feathers on the 

 posterior part of the crown, and the others the whole back of the head 

 extensively white, with a large yellowish white patch in the center 

 of the back. 



TODIROSTRUM SYLVIA SCHISTACEICEPS Sclater 



Todirostrum schistaceiccps P. L. Sceateb, Ibis, 1859, p. 444 (State of Oaxaca, 

 Mexico). 



Seven specimens were taken near Tres Zapotes on March 21, 25, and 

 30, 1939, and January 29, 1910. They were fairly common, though 

 because of their tiny size they were difficult to see, and had it not 

 been that I soon learned their calls I would have considered them 

 rare. They ranged in tangles of vines and bushes in dense monte, 

 often in company with Oncostoma cinereigulare, and usually when 

 I succeeded in seeing them they were within a few feet of me. At any 

 distance their tiny forms disappeared behind the leaves. They 

 hopped about a great deal or fluttered short distances, ranging from 

 near the ground to an elevation of 15 feet or so. The call, uttered 

 in a nasal tone, was somewhat like that of Oncostoma but was quite 

 characteristic. 



ONCOSTOMA CINEREIGULARE (Sclater) 



Todirostrum cinereigulare P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1856 (Jan. 26, 

 1857), p. 295 (Cordoba, Veracruz). 



This tiny flycatcher was fairly common near Tres Zapotes, so that 

 it is represented by a small series taken from January 22 to April 1. 

 Carriker secured two on Cerro de Tuxtla, one near the base of the 

 mountain on April 3 and one at 1,500 feet on April 9. They range in 

 densely shaded thickets and in heavy undergrowth in the forest, 

 keeping always low down where they hop or flutter about or remain 



