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and incessant, but partakes little of the character of that of a 
Wren. In its flight indeed it shows some affinity to these birds, 
but hardly in any other respect. A nest of this species, to which 
I ascended, was composed chiefly of dried vegetable matter, 
including dried flowers. It w T as a large loose structure, about 
fifteen inches in depth and twelve in diameter, placed in a fork 
of one of the upper branches of a tree, and had a side entrance 
near the top. It contained neither eggs nor young; but before 
ascending I saw one of the birds pass in and out several times. 
—O. S. 
A well-known Mexican species, occurring in MM. Salles 
and de Oca's collections from Vera Cruz, blit not previously 
known from Guatemala.—P. L. S. 
V 6. Cist o lhorns e leg arts, Sclat. et Salv., sp. 18. 
I constantly see several pairs of this Wren frequenting a few 
spots on the lake of Duefias. I have been unable to discover 
the nest, but, as the young are not yet flying about, I may still 
succeed this season. 
/ 7. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) : Bp. Consp. p. 224. Vera 
• Paz (Skinner). In Mr. Gould's collection. 
^ 8. Thryothorus maculipectus, Lafr., Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 
338. Vera Paz (Skinner). In Mr. Gould's collection. 
f 9. Thryothorus pleurostictus, Sclater, sp. nov. 
Umbrino-brunneus, remigibus extus et cauda tota nigro trans- 
fasciatis; superciliis a fronte ad nucham distinctis et cor- 
pore subtus albis: lateribus a cervice et crisso nigro late 
transvittatis: rostri plumbei mandibulse inferioris basi 
albida : pedibus pallide corylinis : long, tota 5*2, alse 2‘2, 
caudse 1*8, rostri a rictu *85, tarsi *9. 
Hab. in prov. Verse Pacis, reipubl. Guatemalensis. 
Mus. P. L. S. 
An example of this pretty Wren in my collection was kindly 
presented to me by Mr. Gould, by whom it was received from 
Vera Paz through Mr. Skinner. The species is a true Thryo - 
thorns , allied to T. rufalbus , T. albigularis, &c., but easily di¬ 
stinguishable by its pure white colouring below, broadly and 
regularly banded with black all down the sides. 
