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the first of March and were about to breed. They were commonly seen 

 probing for food in the clay mud on the flats and all the specimens 

 killed had their feet and bills (to the angle of the gape) coated with 

 dried mud. 



Merula plebeia differens new subspecies. Forest Robin. 



Type No. 142,582, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey 

 collection, from Pinabete, Chiapas, Mexico. Collected February 8, 

 1896, by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. 



Distribution. Known only from type locality in southern Chiapas. 



Subspecijic characters. Entire upperparts including head, wings and 

 tail decidedly browner than in M. plebeia; lower parts more uniform and 

 darker brown; throat uniform with breast with scarcely a trace of dark 

 streaks; feet and bill darker than in M. plebeia. 



Dimensions of type. Wing 141; tail 105; culmen 23: tarsus 35. 



Remarks. Seen only in the heavy forest above 7500 feet. 



