K. Selander, 1953 Neleotyla chispensis 3 Tonalá, Chiapas, Mexico Oct. 23 Specimens 1641-2 were taken in a patch of bull's horn acacia and other thick broad-leaved vegetation near a house just a short distance from the river, An area of several stagnant pools of water in which numerous frogs were croaking. Took an Icteria virina at the same spot, I was first attracted to the birds by hearing a low, husky chatter which recalled that of other species of the genus - it was lower & more hollow or throaty. Two linea doves had flown into a small tree-bush and there was a chorus of chatter when the doves lit in the tree. The birds definitely got chattering in rhythm for a moment but broke the rhythm soon. These birds make a great variety of sounds - some quite surprising. I got a shot at one when it was working up a small branch in much the same way I have seen O. furineli do. I expected the other to flee silently but instead it kept on chattering and after chasing it from tree-bush to tree-bush and taking three more shots at it I finally got it. This bird stayed well into the center of the tree-bushes and was usually hidden from view by the dense foliage. It never came out in those on the ends of branches. It kept up an almost continuous chatter. I chased it about in a very small area - it seemed reluctant