64 TTRANNID^. 



F. D. G.), Orizaba, Misantla (F. B. G.), Vera Cruz {Richardson), S. Antonio Coapa 

 [Ferrari-Perez), Tierra templada of the Pacific slope, Morelia {le Strange). — Cuba 1 



A well-known species of the Eastern States of North America as a summer visitor, 

 where it remains to breed. In the valley of the Eio Grande some birds of this species 

 may be found throughout the year, for we have records of it in March from the river 

 itself at Nuevo Laredo and opposite Brownsville, and in June Mr. Dresser found it in 

 numbers near Houston. However, neither Mr. Sennett nor Dr. Merrill include its 

 name in their lists. In Southern Mexico it is chiefly found on the eastern slope of the 

 mountains of Vera Cruz from Orizaba and Jalapa to the low ground about Misantla 

 and near the sea-coast at Vera Cruz. In the valley of Mexico it is a much rarer bird, 

 for we only find a single specimen in Prof. Ferrari-Perez's large collection, and this was 

 shot at S. Antonio Coapa near Tlalpam. Mr. le Strange, however, considered it a bird 

 of the temperate districts of the Pacific slope, such as the vicinity of Morelia. 



The habits of S. phosbe resemble those of S. saya, and its nest is described as similarly 

 placed and made of similar materials. The eggs, too, are usually unspotted white, but 

 a small proportion show reddish-brown dots at the larger end. 



3. Sayornis nigricans. 



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



Sayornis nigricans, Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 296', 1859, p. 383', 1864, p. 175 *; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 



xiv. p. 33'; Baird, U. S. Bound. Surv., Zool., Birds, p. 8 ' ; Sumichrast, Mem. Best. See. 



N. H. i. p. 557"; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 840'; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. 



N. H. ii. p. 285 ' ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 25 " ; Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 154 ". 

 Aulanax nigricans, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 68 ' ^ 

 Myiarchus nigricans, Dugfes, La Nat. i. p. 141 ". 



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

 Muscicapa semiatra, Vig. in Beechey's Voy. p. 17". 

 Sooty Flycatcher, Sw. Orn. Draw. t. 69 ". 



Fuliginoso-nigra ; dorso medio pauUo dilatiore; secundariis extrorsum, dimidio pogonii extemi rectricis ex- 

 timae, subalaribus, ventre et crisso alMs : rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 6-0, ala; 3-5, caudse 3-2, 

 rostri a rictu 0-7, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. maris ex Mazatlan, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



2 mari similis. 



Hah. North America, South-western States from Texas to Arizona and California and 

 northwards to Oregon 8._Mexico {Bullock i), Espia [Kennerly e), Cadereita 

 {Couch «), Eio de Monterey and Eancho de las Trivinas {Armstrong), Mazatlan 

 {Grayson^ Presidio near Mazatlan {Forrer), Venta de Zopilote in Guerrero 

 {Mrs. H. H. Smith), Valle del Maiz, Aguas Calientes, and Sierra de Calvillo 

 {Richardson), Guanajuato {Dug^s^^),\&\\ey oi Uexico {White % Chimalpa, Coapa, 

 Mexicalcingo, Ixtapalapa, Culhuacan, all near Mexico city {Ferrari- Perez), Tem- 

 perate and Alpine regions of Vera Cruz {Sumichrast ^), Tanatepec {Sumichrast ">), 

 Puebla and Orizaba {F. B. G.), Cordova {Salle ^), Morelia {F. B. G.), Cinco 

 Senores {Boucard ^), Oaxaca {Boucard ^, Fenochio). 



