14 Messrs. Sclatev and Salvin on the 



60. Myiadestes obscurus, Lafr. 



Every wooded ravine in the elevated region resounds with the 

 strange song of this bird, which, from its remarkable character, 

 has procured for the songster the title of ' Guarda barranca.' 

 The notes have a metallic ringing in their tone, and though 

 peculiar, are extremely soft in their cadence. It is a bird that, 

 of all others, when once heard and known, associates itself with 

 all that is beautiful in the grand mountain-scenery of Guatemala. 

 Deservedly this is a favourite cage-bird with the Spanish ladies, 

 and few houses are without it. 



Fam. X. CCEREBIDiE. 



61. CffiREBA LUCIDA, Sp. UOV. 



Affinis C. cceruletE ex Cayenna, et rostro simillimo, sed colore 

 cseruleo-viridescente, gula media usque ad pectus nigra, 

 alis et tarsis longioribus distinguenda. Long, alfe 2'4. 

 Numerous specimens transmitted by Mr. Skinner seem to 



agree in the above distinctions. 



62. Chlorophanes atricapilla, Vieill. ? 



Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. We have not yet had an op- 

 portunity of comparing this with southern specimens. 



63. DiGLOssA baritula, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 281 ; Gray & 

 Mitch. Gen. pi. 42. 



Transmitted by Sefior Constancia and Mr. Skinner. 



Fam. XI. TANAGRIDiE. 



64. Saltator atriceps (Less.). Arremon yiganteus, Bp. 

 P. Z. S. 1837, p. 117; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 358. Pyrrhnla 

 raptor, Cabot. 



Comayagua, Honduras {Taylor): common in Yucatan (Cabot). 



65. Saltator magnoides (Lafr.). 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



66. Saltator grandis (Licht.); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 72. 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner in the state described as adult. 



Specimens procured at Duenas are all in the stage described by 

 Lafresnaye as S. icterophrys, and may perhaps, after all, turn 

 out to be distinct. It is there not uncommon, frequenting the 



