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Mexico, C. olivaceus on the other hand having the middle of the crown ashy grey, the 

 sides being darker. Dr. Cabanis described the species from a Guatemalan specimen, but 

 without stating the part of the country from which it came. The only birds in our 

 collection that fully answer to Dr. Cabanis's description were all obtained in volcanoes 

 of Agua and Fuego at elevations varying from 3000 to 8000 feet. This species is a bird 

 of the forest, where it is met with in parties of six or more individuals. It is sprightly 

 and active, hopping restlessly about the lower branches of the trees, often coming near 

 an observer, when the white eye-spot is very conspicuous. 

 Nothing is known of its nest or eggs. 



3. Chlorospingus olivaceus. 



Poospiza olivacea, Bp. Consp. i. p. 473^. 

 Chlorospingus olivaceus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 90^. 

 Chlorospingus ophthalmicus, Scl. & Salv. Ibis^ 1860, p. 32 '. 



Eab. Guatemala, Coban^ (0. S.), Kamkal, San Geronimo {O. 8. & F. B. G.). 



The Chlorospingus of Alta Vera Paz is distinguished by having a light grey streak 

 running along the middle of the occiput, and is doubtless the bird described by 

 Bonaparte under this name, though the locality he doubtfully gives as " Brazil " is 

 incorrect. Mr. Sclater examined the type in the Paris Museum, and recognized a 

 bird in his collection as belonging to the same species, and both as probably prepared 

 by the French collector Delattre, who, as is well known, explored the country round 

 Coban. 



Our example from Kamkal, a village a little below Coban, is rather darker on the 

 head than our Coban specimens, but the lighter occiput is still visible. 



The Coban bird was called C. ophthalmicus in 1860 ^, but it is clearly distinct from 

 the Mexican species, which has a brown head. 



4. Chlorospingus albitemporalis. 



Tachyphonus albitempora, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 13 ^. 



Chlorospingus albitemporalis, Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 89^; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, p. 171 "j Lawr. 



Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 101"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 188 ^ Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, 



p. 637'; 1879, p. 603'. 



Supra leete olivaceus ; pileo et capitis lateribus nigricanti-bninneis, superciliis postieis cum macula postoculari 

 albis ; subtus gutture t'uscescenti-albido, striis minutis fuscis adsperso, abdomiue medio albo ; pectore, hypo- 

 ohoudriis et crisso viridescenti-flavis ; rostro nigricante, pedibus obscure plumbeis. Long, fcota 5-2, alsB 

 2-7, caudse 2-3, rostri a ricfcu 0-52, tarsi 0'8. (Desor. maris ex Volcan de Chiiiqui, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



$ mari omnino similis. 



Eab. Costa Eica, San Jose {v. Frantzius ^ ^), Turrialba ^ Barranca \ Dota * {Carmiol), 

 San Mateo* {Cooper); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (^rce 5)._Colombia 1 2 . 



Venezuela ^ ^ ; Bolivia ^ 7. 



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