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and incessantj but partakes little of the character of that of a 

 Wren. In its flight indeed it shows some affinity to these birds, 

 but hardly in any other respect. A nest of this species, to which 

 I ascended, was composed chiefly of dried vegetable matter, 

 including dried flowers. It was a large loose structure, about 

 fifteen inches in depth and twelve in diameter, placed in a fork 

 of one of the upper branches of a tree, and had a side entrance 

 near the top. It contained neither eggs nor young ; but before 

 ascending I saw one of the birds pass in and out several times. 

 — O. S. 



A well-known Mexican species, occurring in MM. Salle's 

 and de Oca's collections from Vera Cruz, but not previously 

 known from Guatemala. — P. L. S. 



6. Cistothorus elegans, Sclat. et Salv., sp. 18. 



I constantly see several pairs of this Wren frequenting a few 

 spots on the lake of Duenas. I have been unable to discover 

 the nest, but, as the young are not yet flying about, I may still 

 succeed this season. 



7. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) : Bp. Consp. p. 224. Vera 

 Paz (Skinner). In Mr. Gould's collection. 



8. Thryothorus maculipectus, Lafr., Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 

 338. Vera Paz (Skinner). In Mr. Gould's collection. 



9. Thryothorus pleurostictus, Sclater, sp. nov. 

 Umbrino-brunneus, reuiigibus extus et cauda tota nigro trans- 



fasciatis ; superciliis a fronte ad nucham distinctis et cor- 

 pore subtus albis : lateribus a cervice et crisso nigro late 

 transvittatis : rostri plumbei mandibulse inferioris basi 

 albida : pedibus pallide corylinis : long, tota 5*2, alee 2'2, 

 caudse 1*8, rostri a rictu '85, tarsi '9. 



Hab. in prov. Verse Pacis, reipubl. Guatemalensis. 



Mus. P. L. S. 



An example of this pretty Wren in my collection was kindly 

 presented to me by Mr. Gould, by whom it was received from 

 Vera Paz through Mr. Skinner. The species is a true Thryo- 

 thorus, allied to 2\ rufalbus, T. albigularis, &c., but easily di- 

 stinguishable by its pure white colouring below, broadly and 

 regularly banded with black all down the sides. 



