88 TTEANNID^. 



Myiarchus crinitus, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 131 ' ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 250 ' ; Lawr. Ann. 



Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 327 \ ix. p. 115 ' ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 27 * ; Frantz. J. f. Orn. 



1869, p. 308'; Cones, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1873, p. 63 '; Key N. Am. B. ed. 2, p. 434°; Baird, 



Brew., & Eidgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 334 " ; Duges, La Nat. i. p. 141 " ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. 



Coll. p. 315"; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1884, p. 303"; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 333"; Scl. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mns. xiv. p. 247 ". 

 Myiarchus cinerascens, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 121 (partim) ". 



Supra olivaceus, capite paulo obscuriore ; alls nigrioantibus, rectricibus et secundariis internis palUde fnsco 

 Umbatis, remigibus medialiter striate rufo marginatis ; cauda nigricante, rectricibus omnibus prater duas 

 medias in pogomo interne usque ad apicem rufls, parte rhachidi proxima stricte nigricante : subtus usque 

 ad pectus cinereus ; abdomine et subalaribus sulphureis : rostro comeo, pedibus nigris. Long, tola S'O, 

 else 3"75, caudas 3-4, tarsi 0'85, rostri a rictu 1"0. (Deser. feminse ex Livingston, Guatemala. Mus. 

 nostr.) 



S feminae similis. 



Hob. NoKTH America, Canada and Eastern States to the edge of the great plains 

 southwards ^0 1*. — Mexico (GaleoUi ^^), Soto la Marina in Tamaulipas (W. B. 

 Richardson), Guanajuato {Buges'^'^), Tehuantepec city (Sumichrast ^) ; British 

 HoNBUEAS, Cayo [Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala (Skinner ^), Livingston ^^, Choctum 

 (0. S. (& F. B. G.); Costa Rica^ {v. Frantzius^, Carmiol^); Panama, Lion Hill 

 [M^Leannan *). — Colombia ^^ ; Cuba. 



The decidedly olive tint of the back, the deeper grey of the throat and breast, and 

 the brighter yellovr of the under surface render this species readily distinguishable 

 both from M. cinerascens and M. magister, though in the distribution of the rufous 

 colour on the inner web of the lateral tail-feathers all these birds resemble one another. 



M. crinitus is a familiar species in the Eastern States, where it is a summer visitor 

 during the breeding-season, and its habits are fully described by writers on North- 

 American birds. Its nest is placed in a hole in a tree and the eggs " curiously marked 

 with fine 'pen-lines' and intricate pencillings of black and various shades of rich 

 purplish brown over a buffy or creamy brown " lo. 



2. Myiarchus inquietus, sp. n. 



M. crinifo similis, sed multo minor, abdomine pallidiore flavo distinguendus. Long, tota 7-0, alffi 3-4, caudffi 3-3, 

 rostri a rictu 0-9, tarsi 0-8. (Descr. femin86 ex Acaguisotla, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico, Acaguisotla, Chilpancingo, Tierra Colorada, Rio Papagaio and Acapulco 

 in the State of Guerrero (Mrs. H. H. Smith). 



In the large collection of birds recently received from Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. 

 Smith from the State of Guerrero are several specimens of a Myiarchus which we are 

 unable to associate with any known species. At first we thought they might belong to 

 the long disputed M. mexicanus, but the shorter wings and brighter yellow abdomen 

 show that this is not the case. The species is evidently a small resident form of the 

 migratory M. crinitus of Eastern America, which, being isolated in the Sierra Madre del 

 Sur, has acquired distinctive characters. 



