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I Dendrceca bryanti 



was found b}^ Mr. Richardson among the lagoons of Tampico, 

 showing a considerable extension of its range along the shores 

 of the Gulf of Mexico in this direction. 



_^ Geothlypis cucullata, sp, n. 



^ . Supra flavo-olivacea^ pileo antico, loris et capitis lateribus 

 nigerriniis : subtus Irete flava ; hjq^ochondriis olivaceo 

 lavatis ; rostro nigro^ pedibus corylinis : long, tota 4*5, 

 alse 2'1, caudse 2*1^ rostri a rictu 0*6, tarsi 0'8. 

 $. Supra unicolor^ ioris et superciliis pallidioribus ; subtus 

 flava^ pectore ochraceo tincto. 

 Hab. Mexico^ Jalapa, Cofre de Perote {M. Trujillo). 

 This species is closely allied to G. semiflava, but is much 

 smaller, with the exception of the tail, which hardly differs 

 in length from that of the allied species. The black fore- 

 head does not extend so far back as in G. semiflava. There 

 is no species at all like this in Mexico, the differences 

 separating it from G. melanops and G. speciosa being very 

 obvious. 



-^. Chlorospingus albifrons, sp. n. 



Supra olivacea, capite summo unicolore brunneo ; loris et 

 macula suboculari nigris ; fronte stricte et lunula post- 

 oculari albis; alis et cauda fusco-nigricantibus extrorsum 

 olivaceo limbatis : subtus gula cervina ; pectore ochra- 

 ceo ; abdomine medio pallide griseo ; hypochondriis et 

 crisso olivaceis ; rostro nigro, pedibus plumbeis : long, 

 tota 5 5, alse 2"9, caudse 2*5, rostri a rictu '65, tarsi "65. 

 Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Sierra Madre del Sur, alti- 

 tude 8000 feet {Mrs. H. H. Smith). 



Mrs. Smith's collection contains several specimens of this 

 interesting species, all obtained in the high range called the 

 Sierra Madre del Sur, in the Mexican State of Guerrero. 

 Its nearest ally is C. albitemporalis of Costa Rica and the 

 Andes, but it differs in having a narrow row of white frontal 

 feathers, in the less extent of the postocular white spot, and 

 in its more ochraceous chest. From C. ophthalmicus, which 

 takes its place in the eastern highlands of Mexico, it differs 

 in many respects, such as the paler colour of its head, the 



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