172 N^eio tSpccies of T)ir<lt from Mrxtco. 



spots on w'wvjs. coverts: distal IikU' of outer web of next to outer tail 

 feather white witli border of darl< brown or biackisli. but never wholly 

 or mostly dark as usual in the other forins of this species. 



J)/)/n')iM/(>/ix of ti/pe. — "Win^- 176; tail Km; culmen 13: tarsus "iS. 



l,'riiiiir/,x. The broad band of while next to shaft on outer web of 

 next to outer tail feather appears to be a constant character in this form 

 and iiives the readiest means of separating;- it from specimens of X. <i//>'- 

 ciiUiif whicli approach it in color. 



Attila me.xicanus new siiecies. 



Tyjx Xo. Kit;. i:n, $ ad., V. S. National Museum, liiolo.u'ical Survey 

 collection, from Frontera. Tabasco, Mexico. Collected April 27. 1000. 

 by E. \V. Nelson and E. A. Cioldman. 



Dixtrihntion.—Twh-Anco. Eastern .Mexico (Metialloyuca. northeastern 



l»uebla?). 



Spfrifr rjidi-arti'i-x. — Aimihir lo J/^//'( citn'opfKiiiix h\\\ laryer: (,'rown 

 and malar area streaked with black: top and sides of neck and back, 

 to rump, dark russet brown: rump rich cinnamon brown shadinii' into 

 ochraceous on ui)per tail coverts; wiuf:- bars and ednin.iis like l>ack: up- 

 jier side of tail slii;iitly paler brown than back and darkest near tip: chin 

 and throat .urayish white streaked with blackish: fore breast liammu- 

 lated with dull brown streaks ed,i;ed with dull yellowish: abdomen 

 white with pale rusty shafts; sides of breast like back: sides of body 

 and t!aid<s raw sieinia. this color bordering' and sharpl\ contrastinji' with 

 color of abdomen: under tail coverts chrome yellow. 



Diiiinixioiix ,,/ fi/pf. — Winu'iKS: tail S-i: culmen 'iS; tarsus 2(>. 



/\'i iiKir/.x. — The type of Atfiln Nic.i-irifini.s is from the coast forests of 

 Tabasco and is the most slron^ily rufous of any species of the aenus 

 known north of Panama. A s[)ecimen in nur colliM-tion from Metlalto- 

 yuca, Puebla, is ecjually lariie but is more like .1. ritreopyyiux in general 

 appearance and prol)ably represents a sul)si)ecies of .1. iitf.ririnnix. A 

 specimen from J'alentiue, Chiapas, is \(M'y near to t\ pical ,1. citrtopy- 

 (/('iis in sj/e and color. Two males of the latter species in the National 

 Museum from tlu- Esconditio Uiver. Xicarauua. nu'asure as follows viz.: 

 Xo. l-iS.:!:!-2: Winu !»:*: tail 72: culmen •.'(>: tarsus -.M. Xo. 1--'S,:H:{:{: Wiiii;- 

 !l| ; lail ;i : culmen 1 1 : tarsus ".' i. 



Myopagis yucatanensis new sjn'cies. Yucatan Flyc;itcher. 



7'///)i Xo. l()7.5.')'i. 9 ad.. T. S. Xational .Museum, Biological Sursey 

 collection, from Ea N'eua. ^lu'ataii, .Mexico. Collected March 22. 1!M)1. 

 by E. W. .Nelson and E. A. (ioldman. • 



JJixfriOiifio/i. — Known only from type localitx. 



Sjin-ifir chiirdrterx. — Similar to Miinimijix jilnrmx in coloration but much 

 smaller, with entire crown dull broccoli brown overlying dull gray basal 



