108 Ridgway New American Birds. 



Vireo belli! arizonae, new subspecies. 



Similar to F. b. pusillus but more strongly tinged with olive above, the 

 sides and flanks more strongly tinged with yellowish olive. (Intermedi 

 ate between F. b. pusillus and F. b. medius, and bearing to the former 

 the same relation that F. b. bellii does to the latter.) 



Extreme western portion of Texas to Arizona, and southward into 

 northwestern Mexico. 



Type, No. 98,790, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, Tucson, Arizona, 

 March 21, 1884; E. W. Nelson. 



Pachysylvia ochraceiceps pallidipectus, new subspecies. 



Similar to P. o. ochraceiceps but chest pale buffy olive instead of light 

 ochraceous-brown. 



Southern Honduras to Chiriqui. 



Type, No. 47,396, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, Angostura, Costa 

 Rica, JulyS, 1867; J. Carmiol. 



Vireolanius pulchellus viridiceps, new subspecies. 



Similar to F. p. verticalis but entire pileum, together with upper part 

 of hindneck, green. 



Veragua to Panama Railway. 



Type, No. 40,148, Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., adult female, Panama: 

 J. McLeannan. 



Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi, new subspecies. 



Similar to L. 1. mexicanus but smaller, with larger bill. 



San Clemente Island, Santa Barbara group, California; Santa Marga 

 rita Island, Lower California. 



Type, No. 134,781, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult female, San Clemente 

 Island, California, August 27, 1894; Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, U. S. A. 



Aphelocoma unicolor coelestis, new subspecies. 



Similar to A. u. unicolor but larger and the blue color decidedly lighter 

 (cerulean instead of cobalt). 



Highlands of Guatemala and Chiapas. 



Type, No. 144,685, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. (Biological Survey Collection), 

 adult male, San Cristobal, Chiapas, September 24, 1895; Nelson and 

 Goldman. 



