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description does not altogether suit the bird now under consideration. Moreover, the 

 true H. ruficauda does not, we believe, occur in Mexico, whence v. Miiller's bird is 

 stated to have come. This statement, however, is not of much value, as v. Miiller's 

 catalogue contains names of many birds certainly not Mexican. 



5. Haemophila lawrencii, sp. n. 



Hamophila ruficauda, Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 22 ' (nee Bonaparte). 



B. ruficavdm similis, sed striis capitis albis baud flavido tinctis, striis nigris baud rufo intermixtis, tectricibus 

 auricularibuB pure nigris et dorso minus guttato distinguenda. (Descr. exempl. ex Juchitan, Mexico. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Hal. Mexico, Juchitan, near Tehuantepec {Swnichrast ^). 



We have a specimen of this RcBmopMla obtained from Sumichrast through M. 

 Boucard, named " H. ruficauda" and therefore, as we suppose, the bird so called in 

 Mr. Lawrence's list of Tehuantepec birds ^. For some time we had placed it with 

 H. melanotis, Lawr., but its well-defined ashy breast, as well as the spots of the back 

 being more restricted in extent, suggest its distinction from that species. They both 

 have the stripes of the head pure black and white, and thus differ from the more 

 southern H. ruficauda. 



6. Hsemophila acuminata. 



Zonotrichia melanotis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 473 ' ; Pr, Ac. Phil. 1868,, p. 430 \ 

 Aimophila melanotis, Lawr. Mem. Best. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 277 ^ 

 Hcemophila melanotis, Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 422 *. 

 Fringilla acuminata, Lieht. 



H. rujieaudce quoque similis, longitudine alarum minore, pectore albicantiore, dorso magis striato et capitis 

 striis albis et nigris differt. Ab IT. lawrencii quoque longitudine alarum minore, dorso magis striato, et 

 pectore baud oinereo discrepat. Long, tota 6*5, alae 2-65, caudse 3-1. 



£[ai. Mexico, Yuantepec {Bejppe), plains of Colima {Xantus ^ ^), Acapulco [A. H. Mark- 

 ham^), between Puebla and Chiatla (Bebouch). 



We are not quite sure if this bird should be referred to Mr. Lawrence's H. melanotis, 

 which is said to have a wing three inches long, but which agrees in other respects. 

 The only bird it can be confounded with is H. lawrencii, and this has a well-defined 

 cinereous breast, and the spots of the back restricted to the interscapular region. The 

 latter bird, too, seems to have been referred by Mr. Lawrence to H. ruficauda, rendering 

 it more than probable that the present species is the true S. melanotis. 



The bird originally obtained by Xantus at Colima was referred to Zonotrichia, but it 

 clearly is a Hcemophila, as Mr. Lawrence subsequently discovered. It with H. rufi- 

 cauda and H. lawrencii form a small section of the genus, distinguished inter alia by 

 the white vertical streak. 



Of the habits of this species Xantus says nothing. 



