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2. (rranatellus fraucescsB. 



Granatellus francesca, Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. p. 232 1; Grayson, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 278%- 

 Salv. Ibis, 18r4, p. 307, t. 11'; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 270 ^ 



Similis pnecedenti, sed cauda elongata et torque pectoral! nigra nulla distinguenda. Long, tota 6'85, alae 2*51, 

 caudae reot. med. 3-4, reot. ext. 2-8, rostri a rictu 0-61, tarsi 0-8. (Descr. maris ex Tres Marias insulis. 

 Mus. Smiths, no. 37,312.) 



2 mari similis, colore rosaceo fere absente, capitis lateribus pallide fuscis nee nigro et albo omatis, hypochondriis 

 quoque fuscis nee albis distinguenda. (Descr. feminse ex Tres Marias insulis. Mus. Smiths, no. 37,314.) 



Hah. Mexico, Tres Marias islands [Grayson, Forrer). 



This species, which seems restricted in its range to the Tres Marias islands, is a close 

 ally of G. venustus, having the lateral tail-feathers tipped with white ; but it lacks the 

 black pectoral collar, so that the two species are easily distinguished. 



The late Col. A. J. Grayson first procured specimens of the bird, those in the National 

 Museum at Washington, of a pair of which we gave a drawing in 'The Ibis' for 

 1874. Mr. A. Forrer, who has recently visited these islands, also found it, and has 

 sent us specimens of both sexes. Grayson's note on his discovery is as foUows: — 

 " This handsome little bird is one of the new species discovered by me in the Marias. 

 I always met with it among the low underbrush in the dark recesses of the forest, 

 hopping about among the decayed logs and brush near and sometimes on the ground 

 busily searching for insects ; at every move it has a peculiar way of jerking up and 

 spreading its pretty fan-shaped tail, at the same time the head motionless and bent 

 towards the ground, the wings recumbent, as if intensely looking for some little beetle 

 or grub there concealed. Its notes are a feeble t'cit, fcit. Its habits are solitary." 



b. Capitis et cervicis latera plumbea ; guttur quoque concolor. 



3. Grauatellus sallsi. 



Setophaga sallai, Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 957 '. 



Granatellus sallcei, Sol. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 392, Aves 1. 120 ' ; 1858, p. 97 ' ; 1859, p. 374 ' ; Scl. & Salv. 



Ibis, 1860, p. 397 ' ; Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. p. 232 ' ; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i, 



p. 546'. 



Cssrulescenti-plumbeus, litura postoculari et hypochondriis albis, gula dorse concolori, abdomine medio cum 

 erisso laete rosaceo-rubris ; rostro plumbeo, pedibus fuscis. Long, tota 5-2, else 2-4, caudae 2-3, rostri a 

 rictu 0-5, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. exempl. ex Cahabon, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



5 fascescenti-plumbea, litura postoculari rufescente, subtus cinnamomeo-rufescens, gutture et ventre medio 

 albieantibus. (Descr. feminse ex Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Mexico 2, Cordova (Salle ^^), Potrero (Sumichrast''), Playa Vicente (Boucard% 

 Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Guatemala, Cahabon ^ (0. S. & F. B. G.), near Tactic (Sarg). 



This pretty species, one of M. Salle's discoveries in Southern Mexico, was described 

 by Bonaparte as well as by Mr. Sclater in 1856, and called after its captor. The male 

 alone came under M. Salle's notice; but the female was afterwards discovered by 



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