^°i8 8^^! Nklson, A'^y/t'.? on Mexican Birds. I Co 



The synonomv of Piranga hidciilatu should sl;nul ;is follows : 



Pyraiiga bidcntata Svv. Phil. M.ng. 1827, p. ^28; Sci.. I'. Z. S. 1856, p. 

 126 (part) ; 1857, p. 205 (part) ; 1859, p. 364 (part); Ibid. Sjn. Av. Tan. p. 

 50 (part) ; Ibid. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 82 (part) ; Sci.. and Salvin, Nomencl. p. 

 82 (part) ; FiNscii, Abh. Nat. Ver. z. Bremen, II, p. 3S8 (X. W. Mexico) ; 

 RiDGw. Man. N. Am. Bds. 1887, p. 456 (part). 



The sjnonomj of Piraiiga sangiiinoleiiia is as follows: 



Pyranga sanguinolenta Lafr. Rev. Zoo). 1839, p. 97; Bp. Consp. I, p. 

 241 (1850). 



Pyranga bidentata ScL. P. Z. S. 1S56, p. 126 (part — Jalapa) ; 1857, p. 

 205 ; 1859, P- 364; Hid. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 50 (part) ; Ibid. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 

 82, (part) ; ScL. and Salvin, Ibis, i860, p. 32 (Guatemala) ; Ibid. Nomencl, 

 p. 82 (part); Cassin, Proc. Ac. Sci. Phil. 1865, p. 171 (Costa Rica); 

 Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 187 (Chiriqui) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye N. Y. IX, p. 99 

 (Costa Rica) ; Sumichr. Mem. Boston Soc. N. H., I, p. 549 (Vera Cruz) ; 

 Frantzius, Journ. f. Orn. 1869, p. 299 (Costa Rica); Salvin and God- 

 man, Biol. Cent. -Am. Aves, I, p. 296 (part — all east Mexican and Cen- 

 tral American references) ; Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 456 1S87. 

 (part); Chapm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. X, p. 27 (Feb. 1898.) 



Ph [cenicosomal bidentata Cabanis, Mus. Hein. I, p. 24. (1850.?) 



Compsothlypis inornatus (Bd.). — Common in the high forests of east- 

 ern Chiapas, near Tuxtla Gutierrez. 



Dendroica decora (Ridgw.). — -Specimens were taken by us near To- 

 nala, Chiapas, and at Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, on the Isthmus of 

 Tehuantepec. 



Setophaga miniata flammea [Katcf). — Common in the highland for- 

 ests of Chiapas. 



Setophaga picta guatemalae Sharfe. — Not uncommon in pine forests 

 of interior Chiapas. 



Ergaticus versicolor Salv. — Common on the highlands of central 

 Chiapas. 



Basileuterus culicivorus (Z/c/^^.). — Not uncommon in the mountains 

 of western Jalisco ^vhere we took specimens near San Sebastian. We 

 found it also at Pluma in Avestern Oaxaca. 



Basileuterus belli (G/V-.). — Common in the mountains of western Mex- 

 ico. We took specimens near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, and at San Sebas- 

 tian, Jalisco These records add the two last named species to the fauna 

 of western Mexico. 



Mimus _gracilis lawrencei (^Ridgiv.'). — We found Minitis gracilis rang- 

 ing over all the open parts of the interior of Chiapas and thence down to 

 the Pacific coast, where in the region about the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 

 it merges into Miinus lmvre?icei. J\f. gracilis also ranges along the east 



