DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIRDS OF VERA CRUZ. 557 



150. Pitangus Derbianus. Vulg. Portugues-Campeador. Hot and temperate regions. Same 

 distribution with the preceding. 



151. Myiodynastes luteiventris. Hot and temperate regions. The same distribution. 



152. Tyrannus inirepidus. Hot region. Quite rare. The specimens I have seen came 

 from the hot lands. I found it a few years since at Ventosa, near Tehuantepec. 



153. Tyrannus voeiferans. Vulg. Madrugador. Hot and temperate regions and the 

 plateau. Common throughout the department. 



154. Myiozetetes texensis. Vulg. Portuguis. Hot and temperate regions. Throughout the 

 hot and the temperate lands rising to the height of 1400 metres. 



155. Myiarchus mexicanus. Hot region. I have only met with this species in the hot 

 region. 



156. Myiarchas Laivrencii. Vulg. Triste. Temperate and hot regions. This is a resident 

 species, common to both the hot and the temperate regions. 



157. Legatus varkgatws. Hot region. Confined to the hot region. 



158. Myiobius sulphureipygius. Hot region. The same habits with the preceding; both 

 live principally in the woods. 



159. Oncostoma cincreigulare. Hot region. The only specimen of this species that I have 

 been able to procure came from the hot region. 



100. Platyhrynckus cancroma ? Hot region. From the forests of the hot country. 



161. Sayornis nigricans. Vulg. Aguador. Temperate and alpine regions. Very common 

 in the temperate and colder portions of the department. It nests in the houses of Orizaba. 



162. Pyrocephalus mexicanus. Vulg. San Gabrklito. Hot, temperate, and alpine regions. 

 Common everywhere and at all heights. 



163. Contopus mesoleucus. Vulg. Tcngo frio. Alpine region. 



164. Contopus sordidulus. Vulg. Tengo frio. Alpine region. These species are both 

 residents of the alpine region, but occur as low down as Orizaba. 



165. Contopus pertinax. Alpine region. 



166. Contopus virens. Alpine region. I have found both these species common in the 

 mountains of Orizaba, between 1200 and 2500 metres. 



167. MitrepJwrus phceocercus. Vulg. Burlista. Alpine and temperate regions. Not rare 

 in the upper portions of the district of Orizaba, as also in the lower alpine region. 



168. Empidonax pusillus. Temperate region. I place this bird among the number of 

 resident species from finding it quite common around Orizaba in summer, dune and July. I 

 can say the same in regard to a species of Elcenia, probably E. placens. 



I pass by, without mention, several Tyrannidce, resident within the department, not being 

 entirely assured as to their determination. 



The Sayornis Sayus, S. fuscus, Empidonax Hammondii, E. flaviventris, and E. obscurus, are all 

 found within the department, but I am not able to state whether they are residents or only 

 migratory. 



TlTYRIN^E. 



In regard to this group of birds, we have again to note one of those curious facts such 

 as we have observed in connection with a Grallaria (No. 141 ), and the Xiphocolaptes emigrans. 

 I refer tc the appearance of types eminently tropical in localities indisputably alpine. We 

 know, in fact, that the Tityrincc belong to the hottest regions of South America, y< in 

 Mexico, of the four species that belong to this group, twi d to the 



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