326 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [May 28, 



b'. plaga peetorali nigra . 



(2) Pyrgisoma cabanisi, nobis. 



Hah. Costa Rica. 

 Mus. Paris, et P. L. S. 



(3) Pyrgisoma rubricatum. 



Tanagra rubricata, Licbt. in Mus. Berol. 



Atlapetes rubricatus. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 140. 



Melozone rubricata, Cab. J. f. O. 18G0, p. 413, et 1866, p. 234. 



Pyrgisoma xanthusi, Baird ; Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. viii. p. 480. 



Hab. Mexico: Plains of Colima (A^ffJiMws) ; Atlisco (Bovcard). 



Mus. S.-G. 



(4) Pyrgisoma kieneri. 

 Pyrgisoma kieneri, Bp. Coasp. i. p. 486. 



Similis prsecedenti, sed vostro magis crasso, pedibus robustioribus, 

 et colore corporis superi brunnoscentiore : regione parotica dorso 

 concolori. 



Hab. Western Mexico (?). 



Miis. Paris. 



Sect. b. Pileo medio cinereo, laferaliter nigro : gutture toto nigro. 



(5) Pyrgisoma leucote. 



Melozone leucotis, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 413; Cassin, Pr. Ac. 

 Phil. 1865, p. 169. 



" Chamceospiza torquata," Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 274. 

 Pyrgisoma leucote, Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 20.5. 

 Hab. Costa Rica {Hoffmann, Cartniol) ; Guatemala {Salvin). 

 Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



.5. Oxyrhamphus frater, sp. nov. 



Clare viridis ; pileo nigro variegato, crista mediali coccinea : alis 

 caudaque nigris extus viridi limbatis, secundariormn et tectricum 

 marginibus eocternis et caudce apice extremo pallide Jlavis : 

 subtus pallide Jlavus, nigro squamatus, ventris medii et crissi 

 maculis fere evanescentibus : rostro corneo, pedibus plumbeis : 

 long, iota 6'5, alee 3'5, caudee 2'1, rostri a rictu 085, tarsi 0'8. 

 Hab. Veragua (J.rce). 

 Mus. S.-G. 



Obs. Similis O. flammicipiti quoad colores, sed rostro longiore, 

 alis brevioribus et cauda multo breviore distinguendus. 



Arce's last collection contains two skins of this northern repre- 

 sentative of the Brazilian Oxyrhamphus flammiceps, from which it is 

 easily distinguishable by its short tail. In coloration it scarcely 

 differs, except in its generally brighter plumage, and rather broader 

 cream-coloured edgings to the outer webs of the secondaries and 

 wing-coverts. 



It is rather surprising to meet with a second species of this pecu- 



