MYIOZETETES. 41 



2. Myidzetetes similis. 



Muscicapa similis, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 18, t. 25 '. 



Myiozetetes similis, Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 161'. 



Tyrannula temensis, Giraud, Birds of Texas, t. 1'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 65*. 



Elcenea texensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 296'. 



Myiozetetes texensis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 56'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 366 ^ 1864, p. 176'; 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv, p. 162 " ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 123 " ; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 " ; 



Owen, Ibis, 1861, p. 64 '^ Cab. J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 245"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 



p., 183", ix. pp. 112", 201 "; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 286"; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



no. 4, p. 26"; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 307"; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. 



p. 557 ''" ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 309 " ; Nutt. & Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 374", 



384 ^% 402 '* ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 500 '° ; Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 154 '". 

 Myiozetetes colombianus, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 62 " ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 328 "", 



viii. p. 178 ''; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 359'°; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 197". 

 Tyrannula cayennensis, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 367 ''^ 



Muscicapa cayennensis, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vog. p. 2 (cf . J. f . Orn. 1863, p. 58) ". 

 Tyrannus super ciliosus, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 118 (nee Swains.) ". 



Supra obscure olivaceus ; capite summo nigricanti-griseo, crista celata coccinea ornato ; fronte griseo-albida, 

 superciliis elongatis albis ; loris et genis nigricantibus ; alis et Cauda fusco-nigris, illis medialiter obscure 

 olivaoeo striate limbatis : subtus flavissimus, subalaribus concoloribus ; gutture toto albo : rostro et 

 pedibus nigris. Long, tota 7'0, alas 3*8, caudse 3-0, tarsi 0'8, rostri a rictu 0'7. (Descr. maris ex Vera 

 Cruz, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico ^^ Mazatlan {Grayson ^'^, Xantus^'', Forrer), Tepic {Grayson'^'^), plains of 

 Colima and Tonila [Xantus ^'^), Acaguizotla, Dos Arroyos [Mrs. II. H. Smith), 

 Acapulco (A. II. Markham, Mrs. II. H. Smith), Aldama and Tampico ( W. B. Bich- 

 ardson). State of Vera Cruz (Sumichrast ^°), Jalapa (de Oca '', F. B. G.), Chietla 

 (Ferrari-Perez^'^), Cordova (Salle% Vera Cruz (W. B. Bichardson & F. B. G.), 

 Teapa (Mrs. H. H. Smith), Juchitan, Barrio, Chihuitan, Sta. Efigenia (Sumi- 

 chrast^^), Tabi in Yucatan (P. B. G.), Buctzotz and Peto (G. F. Gaumer), Merida 

 in Yucatan (Schott^^), Cozumel I. (G. F. Gaumer); British Hondueas, Orange 

 Walk (G. F. Gaumer), Belize (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala ^^ (Constancia ^^), 

 Choctum, Coban, Tactic, Duenas lo, Escuintla, Patio Bolas, Retalhuleu (0. S. & 

 F. B. G.), San Geronimo (R. Owen i2) ; Honduras, Omoa (Leyland % San Pedro 

 (G. M. Whitely ^^) ; Nicaragua, Grey town (Holland^^), S. Juan del Sur^a, Sucuya ^s, 

 Los Sabalos ^^ (Nutting) ; Costa Rica (Hoffmann, v. Frantzius ^% San Jose (Nutt- 

 ing ^^), San Jose, Angostura (Carmiol^% Cartago (Cooper^^); Panama, David 

 (IIic1fs^% Castillo, Chitra, Bngaba, Calovevora (Arce^^), Lion Hill (M'Lean- 

 ^^^28 30)_ — South America from Colombia and Amazons valley^ to South Brazil 12. 



The northern birds of this widely ranging species have hitherto been called 

 Myiozetetes texensis as distinguished from the Brazilian M. similis, the distinction 

 resting upon the darker upper surface and the redder margins to the wings of the 

 southern form. Generally speaking these characters hold, but they are of very slight 



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