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Messrs. Sclater and Salvin on the 
A 60. Myiadestes obscurus, Lafr. 
Every wooded ravine in the elevated region resounds with the 
strange song of this bird, which, from its remarkable character, 
has procured for the songster the title of c Guarda barranca! 
The notes have a metallic ringing in their tone, and though 
peculiar, are extremely soft in their cadence. It is a bird that, 
of all others, when once heard and known, associates itself with 
all that is beautiful in the grand mountain-scenery of Guatemala. 
Deservedly this is a favourite cage-bird with the Spanish ladies, 
and few houses are without it. 
Fam. X. CCEREBIDiE. 
61. C(EREBA LUCIDA, Sp. nOV. 
Affinis C. c&rulece ex Cayenna, et rostro simillimo, sed colore 
caeruleo-viridescente, gula media usque ad pectus nigra, 
alis et tarsis longioribus distinguenda. Long, alae 24. 
Numerous specimens transmitted by Mr. Skinner seem to 
agree in the above distinctions. 
^ 62. Chlorophanes atricapilla, Vieill. ? 
Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. We have not yet had an op¬ 
portunity of comparing this with southern specimens. 
v" 63. Diglossa baritula, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 281; Gray & 
Mitch. Gen. pi. 42. 
Transmitted by Senor Constancia and Mr. Skinner. 
Fam. XI. TANAGRIDiE. " 
/ 64. ^Saltator atriceps (Less.). Arremon giganteus , Bp. 
P. Z. S. I837^ p. 117 j. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 358. Pyrrhula 
raptor , Cabot. 
Comayagua, Honduras [Taylor) : common in Yucatan ( Cabot ). 
/ 65. Saltator magnoides (Lafr.). 
Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 
/ 66. Saltator grandis (Licht.); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 72. 
Transmitted by Mr. Skinner in the state described as adult. 
Specimens procured at Duenas are all in the stage described by 
Lafresnaye as S. icterophrys , and may perhaps, after all, turn 
out to be distinct. It is there not uncommon, frequenting the 
