156 DENDROCOLAPTID2. 
Automolus rubiginosus, Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 247°; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 91 
(partim) °. 
Supra saturate brunneus, pileo obscuriore; alis extus, uropygio, cauda et pectore saturate rubiginoso-rufis, 
gula pallidiore; tectricibus auricularibus grisescentioribus ; abdomine brunneo, hypochondriis et tectrici- 
bus subcaudalibus obscurioribus dorso fere concoloribus, tectricibus subalaribus et remigibus ad basin 
intus clare rubiginosis : rostro et pedibus saturate corylinis, illius mandibula infra pallida, Long. tota 8-0, 
alee 3-8, caude rectr. med. 3°45, rectr. lat. 3:1, rostri a rictu 1:1, tarsi 1-1. 
mari similis. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé1), Vera Cruz (Sanchez *), Jalapa (de Oca?, M. Trujitio), 
Coatepec near Jalapa (M. Trujillo), Hot region of Vera Cruz, Uvero (Sumi- 
chrast *). 
Automolus rubiginosus was one of Sallé’s discoveries !, whose specimens were procured 
not far from Cordova in the State of Vera Cruz, where he collected for some time. 
Other specimens have since been obtained in the same district, namely, at Jalapa and its 
neighbourhood. Sumichrast states that this bird is an inhabitant of the hot region of 
Vera Cruz*; but we must add to this the more temperate portions of that State, as its 
range extends to an elevation of at least 5000 feet and probably higher. It is 
doubtless resident in the district in which it isfound; the specimens secured by our 
collector, Mateo Trujillo, were shot at various times from May to October. 
It has hitherto been the practice to include the Guatemalan birds of this form under 
the name A. rudiginosus, but with the series now before us we think it necessary to 
separate several forms from the typical bird, which, according to our views, inhabits a 
restricted area confined to the mountains of Central Vera Cruz sloping towards the 
Atlantic Ocean. 
4. Automolus verepacis. 
Anabates rubiginosus, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, pp. 5, 117 (mec Sel.) 
Automolus rubiginosus, Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 337°; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 91 
(partim) °*. 
A. rubiginoso similis, sed omnino pallidior, supra magis cinnamomeus, pileo, uropygio et cauda clarioribus ; 
pectore pallide haud saturate rubiginoso quam abdomen paullo obscuriore. (Descr. exempl. ex Coban, 
Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
@ mari similis. 
Hab. Guatemata (Constancia *, Skinner 1), Coban, Tactic, Choctum (0. 8. & F. D. G. 3). 
Hitherto this Auéomolus has been considered inseparable from the Mexican A. rubi- 
ginosus, and was so named in the lists of the birds of Guatemala !, and in the catalogues 
of the Strickland Collection 2 and in that of the British Museum?. With a much 
larger series of specimens before us than Mr. Sclater examined when compiling the 
last-named work, we find that it is necessary to recognize several well-marked forms of 
A. rubiginosus, all of which have definite ranges so far as our present materials 
indicate. 
