1862.) DR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM MEXICO. 369 
2. ViREO HYPOCHRYSEUS, sp. nov. (Pl. XLVI.) 
Flavicanti-olivaceus, alis fuscis dorsi colore extus marginatis : 
Sronte, superciliis et toto corpore subtus flavis, hypochondriis 
paululum olivacescentibus: rostro corneo, pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tota 5:0, alee 2°5, caudee 2:2, rostri a rictu 0°7, tarsi 0°8, 
rem. prim. spurii 0°95 poll. Angl. et dec. 
This Vireo is very distinct in coloration from any other species 
known to me, and is also slightly abnormal in form. The wings are 
very short, only reaching } an inch beyond the base of the tail. The 
longest primaries are about 0°3 inch longer than the secondaries. 
The first primary is unusually well developed, being only 0°75 inch 
shorter than the second. The bill is more elongated, and broader at 
the base than is usual in the genus, and nearly resembles that of a 
diminutive Icteria. The single specimen received from M. Par- 
zudaki is the only example I have seen of this interesting bird. 
3. MeLospiza GouLpu, Baird, B. N. A. p. 479(?). 
A skin of a Melospiza, received through M. Parzudaki, agrees 
with the Californian specimen which I have identified (Cat. Am. B. 
p- 113) with Baird’s Melospiza gouldii. But I cannot pretend to 
to say but what I am doubtful about the discrimination of the allied 
species of this group, and must remain so until I have the opportunity 
of comparing authentically determined specimens with those in my 
own collection. 
4, GLYPHORHYNCHUS MAJOR, Sclater, Cat. Am. B. p. 161. 
Mexican specimens of this northern form of G. cuneatus agree with 
Guatemalan examples obtained by Mr. O. Salvin. 
5. ELAINEA suBPAGANA, Sclater & Salv. < Ibis,’ 1860, p. 36. 
Mexican examples of this northern form of E. pagana, do not 
seem to differ from the typical specimen from Guatemala in my 
collection. 
6. Acamia pica, Reichb. Bp. Consp. p. 127. Ardea agami, 
Gm. 
A bird in immature plumage appears to belong to this species, 
which, as far as I am aware, has not been previously noticed so far 
north. 
7. MicropALAMA HIMANTOPUS, Bp., Baird, N. A. B. p. 726; 
Coues, P. Acad. Se. Philad. 1861, p. 174. 
I am not aware that this Sandpiper has been previously noticed 
so far south, except in the one instance of Mr. Salvin’s having ob- 
tained it in Guatemala, as recorded in the ‘ Ibis’*. 
8. AcTrOoDROMAS BAIRDII, Coues, Proc. Acad. Sc. Philad. 1861 
p- 194. 
Judging by Mr. Coues’s descriptions, a Mexican Sandpiper received 
from M. Parzudaki, and labelled “4. maculata?,’”’ must be referred 
to this species, which is in fact a small 4. maculata. 
* Ibis, 1859, p. 229. 
Proc. Zoor. Soc.—1862, No. XXIV. 
