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mention of its nest, nor of the situations in which it is placed. The iris in life is 

 white 9. 



b. Abdomen flavum, gula alba. 



2. Todirostrum nigriceps. 



Todirostrum nigriceps, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 66, t. 84. f. V; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 72 =; 

 Cassia, Pr. Ac. PhU. 1860, p. 144'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 330', ix. p. 110'; Scl. 

 & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 358 \ 



Supra flavo-olivaceum ; alis et cauda nigris, rectricibus et remigibus primariis striote, secimdariis et alarum tectri- 

 cibus latius flavido limbatis ; pileo toto cum nucha et capitis lateribus nigerrimis ; subtus flavum, gutture 

 albo ; rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 3'0, alse 1'4, caudae I'l, rostri a rictu 0"6, tarsi 0'6. (Desor. 

 maris ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Eal. Costa Rica, Angostura (Carmiol^); Panama, Lion Hill {McLeannan ^^),T\ixho 

 ( Wood 3). — Colombia, Santa Marta ^ ; Ecuador ^. 



This pretty little species appears to have a limited range restricted to the north- 

 western parts of South America, the Isthmus of Panama, and thence to Costa Rica ; 

 but from the latter country we have only a single record of its occurrence. No speci- 

 mens of it were included in the collections sent us from Chiriqui or from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Santiago de Veraguas. M'Leannan, however, met with it on the line of 

 the Panama Railway, and sent specimens both to Mr. Lawrence and ourselves, and 

 Mr. C. J. Wood found it at Turbo, on the Isthmus of Darien, in the drier parts of the 

 forest 3. It had the same habits as T. cinereum, but was not common. 



Mr. Sclater's type was obtained near Santa Marta ^. 



c. Abdomen album. 



3. Todirostrum schistaceiceps. 



Todirostrum schistaceiceps, Scl. Ibis, 1859, p. 444^; P. Z. S. 1859, p. 384^; Cat. Am. B. p. 208, 

 1. 18. f. 2 ' i Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 74 * ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 399 '; P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 358 ^ Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 473'; Bull.U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 26^ Nutting 

 & Eidgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 402"; Zeledon, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 108". 

 Todirostrum super ciliaris, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 9 . 



Olivaceo-viride ; pUeo toto cum nucha schistaceis ; loris albis; aUs et cauda nigris illis viiidi-oUvaceo hac 

 olivaceo extrorsum limbatis, hujus quoque reotricum extemarum bitriente basali cinerascente : subtus 

 cinerascens; abdomine albido; hypochondriis oHvaceo indutis; subalaribus et campterio alari flavissimis : 

 rostro nigricante, tomiis pallidis ; pedibus coryHnis. Long, tota 3-6, alse 1-9, caudae 1-4, rostri a nctu 0-6, 

 tarsi 0-75. (Descr. exempl. ex Choctum, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico \ Playa Vicente- {Boucard 2), Guichicovi (Sumichrast ^), Teapa m Tabasco 

 {E. IT. Smith); British Honduras, Orange Walk {Gaumer); Guatemala, Choctum 

 {0. S. & F. D. (?.5); Nicaragua, Los Sabalos (iVaWm^r 9) ; Costa Rica {Zeledon^^); 

 Panama, Lion Hill {M'Leannan ^ 6)._Colombia ^ ; Venezuela 1 n. 



Specimens from Playa Vicente, in the hot region of the Mexican State of Vera Cruz, 



