438 Mr. C. F. Underwood on the Birds 



4 Oncostoma cinerbigulare, Scl. 

 Commou ; in habits similar to Platyrhynchus cancrominus. 



-f-MlONECTES OLEAGINUS (Licht.) . 



Some few examples procured. 



-f-ELAINEA PLACENS, Scl. 



Several procured ; prefers the open. 



, Myiozbtetes similis (Spix). 

 Common from Bebedero to Miravalles. 



/ Myiodynastes luteiventris, Bonap. 

 Common. 



i Myiodynastes audax (Gm.). 

 Common. 



/- Megarhynchus pitangua (Linn.). 

 Common. 



Muscivora mexicana, Scl. 



Miravalles is the only place in which I have seen this bird 

 at all plentiful. Its extreme tameness and familiar cry 

 render it conspicuous and an easy prey. Native name " Rey 

 de los traga-moscas '' (King of the Flycatchers). 



Myiobius sulphureipygius (Scl.). 

 Not uncommon. 



^ CONTOPUS BOREALIS (Sw.). 



One specimen procured in a patch of forest^ a favourite 

 hunting-ground of mine. There was an open spot where 

 some trees had been felled^ and whenever I happened to be 

 in the neighbourhood I made a point of visiting it, and going 

 straight to a certain tree looked for a particular dry twig, 

 and there nearly every time I observed a Contopus. 



This specimen was taken on the afore-mentioned twig, 

 and was the only one secured by me during my stay in 

 Miravalles. 



/ Tyrannus melancholicus (Licht.). 



As in most places, common in open country and by the 

 roadside. 



