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Supra olivaeeo-viridis ; capite summo obscure cinereo, medialiter Isete flavo subcristato ; loris et capitis lateribus 

 cinereis albo mtermixtis ; alis et Cauda nigricantibus, extrorsum olivaceo-viridi stricte limbatis : subtus 

 gula albicante ; pectore pallide cinereo ; abdomine crisso et subalaribus pallide sulphureis : rostro et pedibus 

 nigns. Long, tota 47, alse 2-5, caudsB 2-3, tarsi 0'6, rostri a rictu 0-6. (T)escr. maris ex Jalapa, Mexico. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis. 



Hob. Mexico, Tres Marias I. {Omyson^\ Forrer), Cordova {Salle^% Jalapa {M.Trujillo), 

 Alvarado [Dep'pe), Merida in Yucatan (Schott^), Mugeresl. (Gaumer), Cozumel I. 

 (Benedict ^^, Oaumer); Guatemala [Skinner % Coban^, Cahabon, Choctum, 

 Eetalhuleu {0.S.& F. B. G.), Volcan de Agua {0. S.) ; Costa Riga, Barranca, 

 Guaitil, Grecia (Carmiol ^) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Chitra «, Boquete de 

 Chitra^, Calovevora ^ (Arce), Lion Hill (M'Leannan ^'').—Sovm America, 

 Colombia to Bolivia ^^ ; Brazil ; Paraguay ^^ ? 



It is quite possible that this bird should bear the name of M. viridicata (VieilL), 

 which was based upon a bird of Paraguay, the " Contramaestre pardo verdoso corona 

 amarilla " of Azara ; but until specimens are examined from that country it is safer to 

 continue the use of Mr. Sclater's name, Mainea placens, bestowed upon a Mexican bird 

 which formed part of M. Salle's first collection made in the vicinity of Cordova i^. 



The species enjoys a wide range in our country, being abundant in Guatemala in the 

 more heavily forested parts of the temperate and hot districts. We found it especially 

 abundant in the cocoa-plantations near Retalhuleu in the Pacific coast district of 

 Guatemala. Here it frequented the lower branches of the forest trees, its habits being 

 similar to those of the arboreal species of the family. The northern range of M.placens 

 reaches the Tres Marias Islands, where both Grayson and Forrer met with it, but where 

 it is not common. It occurs nowhere else in Western Mexico, but in the forests of the 

 eastern slope of the mountains it has been found in several places. 



M. placens occurs rarely in Yucatan, but appears to be very common on the island of 

 Cozumel. Mr. Eidgway seemed doubtful whether the bird of this island was really 

 the same as that of the mainland, but with many specimens from both places before us 

 we do not see any grounds for their separation. 



2. Myiopagis macilvaini. 



Elainea macilvainii, Lawr. Aim. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 10 \ 



Elainea caniceps?, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 359 " ; Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 315 '. 



Prsecedenti similis, sed crista pallida et fasciis alarum duabus obviis, distinguenda. (Descr. feminae ex Panama. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Panama, Lion-Hill Station {M'Leannan ^). — Venezuela! i. 



In 1864 Sclater and Salvin considered this Panama bird to belong probably to 

 E. caniceps (Sw.), recognizing at the same time E. elegans of Pelzeln as distinct ^. In 



his recent revision of the Tyrannidse, Mr. Sclater unites the so-called E. caniceps with 



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