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also a specimen of Basileuteims delattrii, of which we have 

 recently received other examples from Chinandega, in Nica- 

 ragua; these appear to be strictly couspecific with Costa- 

 Rican specimens, and to be the true B. c^e/a/Zrii of Bonaparte, 

 as Mr, Cherrie has recently suggested (Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xiv. p, 34;0). The relative value of these very closely allied 

 forms, however, requires further examination, which we defer 

 for another occasion. So far as we can see at present, 

 two forms occur in Guatemala, of which the bird found in 

 the vicinity of Duenas and the Volcan de Fuego is not separ- 

 able from the Nicaraguan B. delattrii. The Vera Paz bird, 

 which spreads northwards to Teapa, in the Mexican State of 

 Tabasco, differs in the greater extent of white on the chin, 

 this colour spreading under the eye, and in the chestnut 

 ear- coverts. This is Mr. Cherrie's B. salvini. 



Fam. TANAGRIDiE. 



There are several specimens of Calliate lavinice in the col- 

 lection, but this bird has already been noticed in the province 

 of Cliontales. Specimens of a Chlorospingtis seem undis- 

 tinguishable from C. postocularis of Southern Guatemala. 



Fam. Fringillid^. 



A Spizella is referable to /S. pinetorum, this bird having 

 already been noticed in Honduras (Ridgway, Pr. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. X. p. 587) and in the island of Ruatan (Salv. Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 262). Worn specimens of a Hamophila are referable 

 to H. rvfescens, though the crown does not show the mesial 

 stripe so distinctly as in freshly moulted birds. A Pyrgisoma 

 is the true P. leucote, and not the northern form, P. occipitale 

 — a noteworthy fact. 



Fam. Tyrannid^. 



Specimens of a Miti^ephanes he\on^ to the northern form, 

 -f' M. phaeocercus. 



Fam. C0TINGID.E. 

 !Mr. Richardson sends two male specimens of Chasmo- 



