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and jugulum very pale asli gray (exactly tbe same shade as in 

 M. mexkanus and M. cinerascens) tlie remaining Iower parts sul- 

 pbur-yellow (same as in mexlcanus but deeper than iu cinerascens). 

 Bill black, the mandible sometimes browuish, paler at base; iris 

 brown, legs and feet deep black. 



Wing 3,45—3,80; tail 3,20—3,80; culmen 0,60—0,80; gonys 

 0,50-0,00; width of bill at base 0,35—0,40; tarsus 0,78—0,90; 

 middle toe 0,45—0,52. 



Hab.: Southwesterii Mexico (Tehuant^epec) to Costa -Rica 

 (Pacific side). 

 -+- 254. Ornithium imberhe Ridgwayi, 



W. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. Vol. 7. No. 4. p. 208. 



Similis 0. imherbi, sed rostro robustiore; colore obscuriore ac 

 magis cinerario. 



Length4,60; wing 2,23; tail 1,96; culmen 0,42; tarsus 0,56 inclies. 



Hab. : Arizona. 



255. Pipra suavissima. 



Salvin audGodman, Ibis. Vol. 6. No.21. 1882. p. 79. pl. 1. 



P. serena Cab. iu Schomb. Eeise in Guiana III. p. 697 (nee L.)? 

 Nigerrinm, fronte cretaceo-alba, uropygio caeruleo, abdomine laete 

 aurautiaco; rostro et pedibus nigris. 



Lg. 2,6; al. 2,3; caud. 1,1; rostri a rictu 0,5; tars. 0,7. 



$ olivacea, pileo caeruleo vix induto ; subtus pallidior, abdomine 

 medio flavicante. 



Hab. : Guiana Brit. 



Obs. : P. serenae valde affinis, sed fronte latius alba, abdomine 

 magis aurantiaco et plaga pectorali aurantiaca absente dignosceuda. 



256. Platyrliynclius saturatus. 



Salvin and God man, Ibis. Vol. 6. No. 21. 1882. p. 78. 



Supra saturate brunueus, alis et cauda extus laetioribus, pileo 

 paulo obscuriore, capitis lateribus et torque pectorali iadistincto 

 dilutioribus, crista verticali ferruginea, superciliis a naribus incipi- 

 entibus indistincte albis, gula alba, abdomine flavido tincto, rostro 

 nigro, pedibus plumbescenti-carneis. 



Lg. tot. 3,5; al. 2,3; caud. 1,2; rostri a rictu 0,6; tarsi 0,7. 



Hab. : Guiana Brit. in montibus Merume dictis. 



Obs.: P. mystaceo et P. cancromino affiuis, sed colore satura- 

 tiore brunneo et crista verticali ferruginea uec flava distinguendus. 

 Fam. ANABATIDAE. 



257. AcantJiidops n. g. 



E. Ridgway, Proc. ün. St. Nat. Mus. Vol. 4. 1881. March 10. 

 1882. p. 335. 



Most nearly related to Automolus, Phacellodomus and allied 

 genera iu strueture of the feet etc., but very differeut in form of 

 bill, and other characters. Bill about as long as the middle toe, 

 cuneate in all its profiles, somewhat swollen basally, the culmen 

 and lateral outlines decidedly concave in the middle portion ; man- 

 dibular tomia very strongly, inflrxed, with a prominent ande near 



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