202 MR. O. SALVIN ON NKW BIRDS FROM GUATEMALA. [May 14, 



MiNLA ciNEREA, Bljth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 449. — Leiothrix cine- 

 rea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 142. 



In new plumage, this species has a greenish wash on the back, 

 and the lores, supercilia, and under parts are strongly tinged with 

 yellow. 



IxuLus STRIATUS, Blyth, J. A. S. xxviii. p. 413. 



This species was described from the mountains of Burmah. A 

 second specimen from Sikkim has a strong rufous-chestnut tinge on 

 the supercilia and ear- coverts, but not on the crown, or it might be 

 considered absolutely identical with I. castaneiceps (Moore, P. Z. S. 

 1854, p. 141). The latter, it may be remarked, is, of course, not 

 from Afghanistan, as stated by Mr. Moore, but doubtless from the 

 Khash'ya hills. {Vide note to J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 413.) 



3. Descriptions of Three New Species of Birds from 

 Guatemala. By Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.Z.S. 



The three birds I propose to describe in this paper form part of 

 a collection lately brought to this country by Mr. Robert Owen, 

 Corresponding Member of this Society, from Vera Paz, Guatemala. 

 The greater part of this collection was formed by one of the col- 

 lectors I employed during a visit to Cohan in the early part of last 

 year : the low-lying lands of Central Vera Paz in the neighbourhood 

 of a village called Chisec, situated on one of the confluents of the 

 Rio de la Passion, is the locality from which they were derived. The 

 rest of the collection was formed by Mr. Owen himself at Cohan, or 

 in the adjacent mountains. Amongst the known forms are many of 

 considerable rarity, besides several additions to our knowledge of the 

 Avi-fauna of the country from which they come. 



1. CyPHORHINUS PHILOMELA. 



Supra hrunneus, plumis anguste nigra marginatis, piho et uropygio 

 ohscurioribus : suhtus fuUginosus, plumis medialiter nigris, et 

 nigro terminatis, gula palli(liore,lateribus hrunneis 7iigro trans- 

 fasciatis : alis cmidaqiie nigris, plumis tectricum remigum ma- 

 cula parva subapicali ochracescenti-alba : rostro nigro, pedibus 

 fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 4, alse 2"3, caudae 1 poll. angl. et dec. 

 Hab. In Prov. Verae Pacis sylvis montium. 



Obs. Affinis Qyphorhino bamblce ex Cayenna, sed tectricibus alarum 

 maculatis et non albo vittatis facile notabilis. 



This Wren belongs to the division of this genus which Dr. Sclater 

 has classed under the name of Microcer cuius. It is known to the 

 natives as the ' Ruisenor, ' or Nightingale — a name it has acquired 

 from its great vocal powers. 



2. Embernagra chloronota. 



Supra olivacea, pileo cinereo : subtus cinerea, gula et ventre 

 medio albis,crissoJlavidiore, lateribus olivaceis : citta utrinque 



