"1897 J Nelson, Neiv Birds from Mexico ,i?id Guatemala. ^ I 



The type of this form came from the high, cold tahle-lands 

 about Chancol at an elevation of ten thousand feet. There they 

 were common in the open pine forest. In the lower and warmer 

 district about Nenton, Guatemala, with typical examples of 

 neglectus^ we obtained two specimens that, while agreeing with the 

 Chancol bird more than with obsoletus, show a gradation toward 

 the latter, and this probably continues through Chiapas. Speci- 

 mens from the plain about Quezaltenango and the adjacent 

 Volcano of Santa Maria are like the Chancol specimens. 



Although I have no specimens of 6". gnttatus at hand, the de- 

 .scription of that species shows it to be distinct from ncglectiis. 



Hylorchilus,! new genus. 



Type, Catherpes sumichrasti Lawk. Proc. Acad. Nat. .Sci. Pliila.. 1871. 

 P- m- 



The specimen used in describing the cliaracters of tliis genus i.s No. 

 142878, U. S. Nat. Museum, Dept. Agric. coll., $ (?), Motzorongo, Vera 

 Cruz, Mexico, March 5, 1894. Collected bv E. W. Nelson and Y.. A. (iold 

 man (Orig. No. 1806). 



Generic -Cliaracters.— Like Microcerculiis, this genus is characterized 

 by the plainness of its dark brown plumage, the tail and wings being 

 unmarked, as is most of the body. The secondaries aie\almost of the 

 same length as the primaries, and the tail is short and spiky in form, 

 being made up of soft slender feathers narrowed gradually at the tip. The 

 tail is so short that it does not reach to the end of the outstretched feet in 

 the dried skin. The body is short and stout, with strong legs and feet 

 as in Microcerculiis. The bill, however, is more as in Catherpes, being 

 long, unnotched at the tip and with similarly narrow, oval, slit-like jiare.s. 

 The bill is heavier and its curve is decidedly less than in Catherpes 

 mexicanus, the nares are slightly inclined toward the front instead of being 

 parallel to the -gape as in Catherpes, and the membrane forming the 

 upper border of the orifice is a little curved and inflated along its edge. 



Catherpes sujnichrasti was described from a single imperfect 

 specimen taken at Mata Bejuco in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Owing to 

 the absence of the tail in the only known specimen, it has been 

 referred provisionally to the genus Catherpes by all subsequent 

 authors. Fortunately we secured two perfect specimens at 



'vXij, forest, and opx^Xos, wren, in reference to the habits of the type 

 .species. 



