6 Messrs. Sclater mid Salvin on the 



breeds commonly at Duenas in the months of April and May, 

 making a nest of roots, fibres and small twigs with a lining of 

 dry grass and fine roots. The eggs, three in number, are more 

 or less covered with spots and blotches of red-brown on a 

 ground of pale bluish green, the spots being more concentrated 

 at the obtuse end. They measure 1 inch 2\ lines in axis and 

 lOi lines in diameter. 



The song of Turdus grayii is very rich and of considerable 

 compass, quite rivalling any of its congeners. It is a favourite 

 cage-bird with the Spaniards, and enjoys the name of ' Sinzonte' 

 in common with all other thrushes. 



2. Turdus leucauchen, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858 (Nov. 9th). 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. In the collections of P. L. S. 



and Mr. Gould. 



3. Turdus infuscatus, Lafr. Kev. Zool. 1848, p. 3. 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. In Sir William Jardine's 



collection. 



4. Turdus rufitorques, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 214; 

 Du Bus, Esquisses Orn. pi. 19 et 20. 



It is only in the higher parts of the Cordillera that this species 

 is found ; it occurs on the northern spur of the Volcan de Fuego, 

 near a small village called Calderas, at an elevation of about 

 7000 feet. At Las Gordinas, in the Altos of Guatemala, and 

 about the lofty hills that surround the Lake of Atitlan, it is 

 tolerably numerous. In short, wherever the evergreen oaks 

 attain their maximum growth, 7'. rufitorques may be found. 



5. Turdus mustelinus (Gm.). (N. A.) 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



6. Turdus swainsoni (Cab.). Turdus olivaceus, Brewer, 

 Baird's Rep. p. 216. (N. A.) 



Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



7. Catharus MELPOMENE (Cab.), Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 97. 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



Fissirostres, and Sctinsores. The Passeres we divide, according to Mliller's 

 views, into Oscines and Tracheophonce, the latter group passing on towards 

 the F'issli-osfres. 



