HA\(;S AM) I'lNAlU): SOMK ( UlTICAL NOTKS ON HIKDS. 2i) 



ever since lias figun-d as Siti/ornis citirracrd (Lafr.) or Sayoniis nigri- 

 cans rintraccd (Lafr.). 



Lafresnayi's description certainly docs not (it the South American 

 black phoebc, but agrees exactly with hi.s type-specimen now before 

 us, whicii is not a Sayornis but a Myiochanes, the wide bill, pale 

 lower inanihbic, and gray colors all l)cing mentioned by Lafresnaye. 



We give the following brief description of the type, possibly a little 

 faded by long exposure to light: — 



First primary shorter than fifth and longer than sixth (from outside). 

 Wing, S4; tail. 71; tarsus, IG; exposed culmen, 15. Crown well 

 crested, dusky; upper parts gray, al)out between mouse-gray and 

 deep mouse-gray of Ridgway ; lores whitish; wings dusky, no conspicu- 

 ous Anng-bands; tail dusky, outer web of outer rectrix whitish; 

 below mouse-gray, throat whitish and middle of abdomen white. 

 Most nearly like Myiochanes ardosiarus ardosiacus (Lafr.) but slightly 

 smaller, paler, and grayer in general coloration, with the throat whit- 

 ish, middle of belly white and outer web of outer rectrix whitish. 



Sayornis cincracca of authors, not of Lafresnaye, must become 



Sayoniis nigricans latirostris (Cabanis and Heine). 



Heleodytes pallescens (Lafresnaye). 



C am pylorhynchiis pallescens Lafresnaye, Rev. zool., 1846, p. 93 

 (" Mexique " — error, type-locality unknown, we suggest S. W. 

 Ecuador). 



Type.— :\I. C. Z. 76,137, Lafr. coll. 2,613. 



Cam pylorhynchiis pallidus Lafresnaye, Rev. zool., 1846, p. 94. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 76,137, Lafr. coll 2,613. 



Campylorhynchus palliceps Lafresnaye Ms. Ridgway, Proc. Bos- 

 ton soc. nat. hist., 1887, 23, p. 384. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 76,154, Lafr. coll. 2,614. 



Campylorhynchus balfeatus Baird, Rev. Amer. birds, 1864, p. 97, 

 98, 103. 



(Type from Babahoyo, Ecuador, ex Sclater, Cat. Amer. birds, 1862, 

 p. 16, species 102). 



We do not hesitate to pronounce Campylorhynchus pallescens 

 identical with Campylorhynchus balteatus Baird of western Ecuador 

 and northwestern Peru. Lafresnaye's t\'pe has two labels which read 

 respectively " Thryoi. pallidus ou pallescens .... (Florent ]Mexique ?)" 

 and "Camp, pallescens nob. rev. 1846, 93 (Mexique)." The doubt in 



