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As it evidently belongs to the same section of the genus as C. cyanocephala this locality 

 may be correct. It must be noted, however, that C. guatemalensis has been found in 

 Honduras and also in Nicaragua, so that this area seems occupied by an allied form. 



6. Cyanomjria cyanocephala. 



Omismya cyanocephalus, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-:Mouches, p. xlv ' ; Suppl. p. 134, t. 18 '. 



Cyanomyia cyanocephala, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. t. 286 (May 1856) ' ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 367'; 

 de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 159' ; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 32 '; Elliot, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 314^; Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Max. i. p. 96'; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 250'; Salv. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 197 ". 



Uranomitra cyanocephala, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 158". 



Agyrtria ^. Uranomitra faustina, Reich. Troch. Euum. p. 7, t. 760. ff. 4756-7'". 



Uranomitra lessoni. Cab. & Heine, ]\Ius. Hein. iii. p. 41 ". 



Supra nitenti-cupreo-viridis, pileo nitide caeruleo, cervicis lateribus nitide viridibus CEeruleo certa luce lavatis : 



subtus Divea, hypoehondriis nitenti-viridibus, abdomine medio albo ; Cauda et tectricibus subcaudalibus 



olivaceis his albo stricte limbatis : maxilla nigra, mandibula carnea apice nigra. Long, tota 4*0, alaj 2-3, 



caudae 1-35, rostri a rictu 0-9. 



5 mari simiHs, colore caeruleo pUei minus nitido. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Cordova, Mexico. Mus. Brit.) 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa i^ (^de Oca * ^, F. J). G. ^o, Ferrari-Perez ^^ 21. Trvjillo ^o), Coatepec 

 {de Oca^, F. Ferrari-Perez, M. Trvjillo ^% Mirador {Sartorius, in U. S. Nat. 

 2Ius.), H.uatusco {F. Ferrari-Perez), Orizaba (Sumichrast^, F. B. G., de Oca^), 

 Cordova [Salle, de Oca^), Oaxaca (Salle), Guichicovi [Sumichrast ^ ^), Chimalapa 

 ( W. JS. Michardson i°), Gineta Mountains (Sumichrast, in U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Though stated by Lesson to be a bird of Brazil ^ his description and figure suflBciently 

 indicate that it was this Mexican species that he was dealing with. Other names have 

 been suggested for it by Eeichenbach ^^, and by Cabanis and Heine ^3, but we see no 

 reason for not adhering to Lesson's title, which has been much used. 



The bird is very common, according to de Oca ^, in the neighbourhood of Jalapa, 

 Coatepec, Orizaba, and Cordova, where it remains throughout the year frequenting the 

 gardens of those towns. It builds its nest in April and May, constructing it of " tule " 

 (Cyperus), and covering it on the outside with bits of lichen. The hen bird makes the 

 nest in three or four days, the male helping. 



Several other travellers have observed this species in this part of the State of Vera 

 Cruz, but it is not confined to so limited an area, for a specimen in the Gould collec- 

 tion of M. Salle's preparation is marked Oaxaca ; and we have received several examples 

 from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec sent us by Mr. Richardson, and where others were 

 obtained by Sumichrast. The former were all shot in March and April. 



7. Cyanomyia guatemalensis. 



Cyanomyia cyanocephala, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 127 (nee Less.) ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 39 ", 



195 ', 261 '; G. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 114'. 

 Cyanomyia guatemalensis, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 148 ° ; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 204 ^ ; Cat. Birds 



