DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM 

 COZUMEL ISLAND, YUCATAN. 



By Robert Ridgway. 



[Published by permission of the U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.] 



A collection of birds made by Mr. J. E. Benedict, Naturalist of 

 the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross," assisted by Dr. 

 T. H. Bean and Mr. Thomas Lee, on the Island of Cozumel, in 

 January, 1885, contains the following new species. A full report 

 upon the collection is in course of preparation and will soon be 

 published in the Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum. 



1. Harporhynchus guttatus, sp. nov. 



Specific Characters. — Similar to H. longirostris (Lafr.), but 

 smaller, darker in color, the bill wholly deep black, and all the 

 markings more sharply denned. Type, No. 102,454, $ , U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.; Cozumel, Jan. 23. 



2. Troglodytes beani, sp. nov. 



Specific Characters. — Above plain brown, more castaneous on 

 rump and tail, the latter indistinctly barred with darker, the rem- 

 iges more distinctly barred. Lower parts, pure white ; the sides, 

 flanks, and crissum, light cinnamon-brown; the under tail-coverts 

 barred or spotted with dusky. Wing, 2.20; tail, 1.90; oilmen, 

 .81; bill from nostril, .50; tarsus, .80; middle toe, .50. Type, 

 No. 102,473, S , U. S. Nat. Mus.; Cozumel, Jan. 28. 



3. Dendroica petechia rufivertex, subsp. nov. 



Subspecific Characters. — Similar to D. petechia ruficapilla 

 (Gmel.), of St. Thomas, and other Lesser Antilles, but with shorter 

 wings and tail, and more intense coloration. Wing, 2.40; tail, 

 2.05. Type, No. 102,508, S , U. S. Nat. Mus.; Cozumel, Jan. 28. 



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