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3. On a Series of Birds collected in the vicinity of 

 Jalapa, in Southern Mexico. By Philip Lxjtley 

 ScLATER, M.A., F.L.S., Secretary to the Society. 



Mr. J. H. Gurney has kindly placed in my hands for examina- 

 tion a series of about 850 skins of birds collected by Senor Raphael 

 Moutes de Oca in the vicinity of Jalapa in the State of Vera Cruz. 

 The greater number of the species have already occurred in M. Salle's 

 and other collections formed in the same country, which I have from 

 time to time brought before the notice of the Society * ; but there 

 are several amongst them which have not been obtained by former 

 collectors, and others of rare occurrence. 



The following is a list of all the species, with remarks upon such 

 as are new or rare in each family. 



Fam. TuRDiDiE. 



1. Tui'dus infuscatus, hafr. 7. Catharus melpomene (Cab.). 



2. migratorius, Linn. 8. Melanotis ccerulescens (Sw.). 



3. grayii, Bp. 9. Galeoscoptes carolinensis 



4. assimilis, Cab. (Linn.). 



.5. pinicola, Sclater. 10. Harporhynchus longirostris, 



6. mustelinus, Gm. Sw. 



These birds have all occurred in previous collections from this 

 State, with the exception of Turdus pinicola and Turdus infuscatus. 

 The former of these I described in my "Synopsis of American 

 Thrushes," read before the Society in June last (see antea, p. 334), 

 from M. de Oca's specimens, which are now. in my collection. M. 

 de Oca informed me that he met with but a single pair of this species 

 on the high land among the pines, whence I named it pinicola. 

 The Mexican representative of our Blackbird (Turdus infuscatus), 

 I have until lately only seen in collections from Guatemala. The 

 present series contained five males and a single female — so that bird 

 would appear not to be rare in these parts. M. Boucard has re- 

 cently obtained specimens, as noted below, in the State of Oaxaca. 



Fam. CiNCLiD^. 



1 1 . Cinclus mexicanus, Sw. 



A single specimen of this Dipper was in the collection. 



Fam. Sylviid^. 



12. Sialia wilsoni, ^m . 14. Regulus calendula. 



13. Sialia mexicana, Sw. 



Fam. Certhiid^. 

 15. Certhia mexicana, Reichb. 



* See P. Z. S. 1856, p. 283 ; 1857, pp. 81, 201,210, 226; and 1858, p. 294. 



