Hidgway N"ew American Birds. Ill 



Heleodytes nelsoni, new species. 



= Campy 'lor 'hynchus megalopterus and C. pattescens of authors, not of 

 Lafresnaye. 



Similar to H. megalopterus (Lafresnaye)* but smaller, paler, and more 

 brownish; bands on back dull brownish white or pale brownish buff; 

 spots on underparts grayish brown instead of blackish. 



Southeastern portion of Mexican plateau. 



Type, No. 13,659, Coll. U. 8. Nat. Mus., Jalapa, Vera Cruz, J. Montes 

 de'Oca. 



*=H. alticola Nelson, which Mr. Nelson was misled into naming as 

 new through an error of mine in identifying Lafresnaye's type. 



