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abundant. As often as one alights near another, there is an outburst 

 of salutations that can be heard all over the neighborhood. Iris 

 dark brown. 



139. Pitangus sulphuratus derbianus (Kaup). 



Derby flycatchers were not noticed above 4,000 feet, but they 

 were rather common up to that altitude. They sat where they could 

 see all about them, and acted very much like our northern kingbird 

 in preferring roadsides, pastures and shores to more densely wooded 

 places. Three specimens were taken, one at Los Amates, one at Lake 

 Amatitlan, and one at Mazatenango. Iris dark brown. 



140. Myiodynastes luteiventris Sclater. 



The only place where the sulphur-bellied flycatcher Was found 

 was near Patulul, where it frequented woodland which had been 

 thinned and planted to coffee. Here, for the most part, they re- 

 mained very high, in the tops of the enormous trees that had been 

 left to shade the coffee saplings. Only two were secured. Iris 

 dark brown. 



141. Megarhynchus pitangua mexicanus (Lafresnay) . 



A common bird below 2,000 feet. Specimens, seven in all, were 

 taken at Los Amates, El Rancho, Patulul and Mazatenango. So 

 far as could be observed it subsists mainly on berries. The colors 

 and their distribution on this flycatcher, as seen at a distance, are 

 remarkably like those pertaining to Pitangus and Myiozetetes, so 

 much so that until one has become somewhat familiar with the notes 

 and manners of each of these species, he finds it difficult to decide 

 which he sees. A female taken March i8th, contained an egg that 

 would have been ready for depositing'in two or three days. A nest 

 found about April ist, at Patulul, was saddled on a bare branch 

 about 40 feet above the ground, and about 8 feet from the body of 

 the tree, safely out of the reach of everything unable to fly. One 

 or both of the birds were by it constantly. This species feeds freely 

 on berries. Iris dark brown. 



142. Onychorhynchus mexicanus Sclater. 



Mr. Barber obtained one specimen and saw another at Patulul. 

 Both were in rather thick woods. Iris hazel; maxilla black; mandi- 

 ble wax yellow at base, shading to brownish at tip; legs and feet 

 clay color. 



