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I have repeated the characters of the male of this interesting species 

 in order to add those of the female, which M. Boucard has now for- 

 warded with another male specimen from Plaj^a Vicente. Grana- 

 tellus venustus (Bp. Consp. p. 312), of which M. DuBus has kindly 

 sent me a figure, is a closely-allied species, but easily known by its 

 white throat and narrow black bi-east-band, and white terminations 

 to the external tail-feathers. There is an imperfect specimen of the 

 latter bird in the British Museum. 



Fam. Laniid^. 



50. Lanius mexicanus, Brehm, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. ii. p. 145. 

 — L. excubitoroides, Baird, Rep. p. 327? 



Four examples, S and $: Oaxaca (Feb. and March 1858). 



In the absence of specimens for comparison, I think it best to refer 

 this species to Brehm' s L. mexicanus, though my impression is that 

 it does not differ from L. excubitoroides, as described by Baird. 

 This is the most southern point in the New World at which Lanius 

 has yet been noticed. 



Fam. ViREONiD^. 



51. ICTERIA VELASQUEZI, Bp. 



Playa Vicente. 



52. ViREO soLiTARius, Vieill. 

 Talea. 



53. ViREOSYLViA FLAvoviRiDis, Cassin. 

 Playa Vicente (April). 



54. Hylophilus ochraceiceps, sp. nov. 



Olivacescenti-fuscus, pileo rufescenti-ochraceo, alis nigricantibus 

 pallido brunneo extus limbatis ; cauda pallide brunnea : subtus 

 pallide Jlavicans, gutture grisescenti-albo, pectore et lateribus 

 ochracescenti-fuscis: rostro pallide corneo,pedibus pallide cory- 

 linis. 

 Long, tota 4 "3, alse 2*2, caudse 1*5, tarsi 0"65. 

 Hab. In statu Oaxaca reipubl. Mexicanse. 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



This is the only species of the little genus Hylophilus I have yet 

 seen from the country north of Panama. It is tolerably typical in 

 form, the bill being rather longer and more slender than in H. p)oeci- 

 lotis, and the tail longer. The first pi'imary is short (0"8 inch from 

 the insertion) ; the fourth, fifth, and sixth nearly equal and longest. 

 Two examples, obtained at Playa Vicente in April 1859, of different 

 sexes, are coloured alike. 



