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Thirteen males, wing 104.6-116.5 (110.3), tail 74.9-87.2 (82), 

 oilmen from base 25.4-27.2 (25.6), tarsus 28.3-30.9 (29.7) mm. 



Five females 85.6-92.5 (88.3), tail 63.3-73.3 (66.88), oilmen from 

 base 22-23.2 (22.4) , tarsus 24.5-26.9 (25.3) mm. 



In the National Museum there is a small series of redwings from 

 Montecristo, Tabasco, in the drainage of the Kio Usumacinta about 

 40 miles in an airline farther inland from Palizada, Campeche, type 

 locality of the recently described A. p. matudae. 73 As a matter of 

 interest I have checked these against the Tlacotalpam series. Their 

 measurements are as follows: 



Three males, wing 104.1, 111.5, 114.4, tail 72.6, 80.7, 84.8, oilmen 

 from base 25.1, 25.5, 25.6, tarsus 28, 28.2, 29.8 mm. 



Seven females, wing 89.6, 90.9, 92, 92.2, 92.5, 93.2, 93.5, tail 64.7, 

 64.9, 64.9, 66.3, 66.8, 68.6, 70.9, oilmen from base (6 only) 20.6 

 20.6, 20.6, 20.8, 20.8, 20.9, tarsus 23.2, 24.2, 24.5, 24.7, 24.9, 25.5, 26 mm. 



These dimensions coincide so closely with those given for rickmondi 

 as to indicate no evident difference. The females taken by Nelson 

 and Goldman at Montecristo on May 10, 1900, are in rather more 

 worn plumage than part of the birds from Tlacotalpam, but when 

 compared with the worn specimens from that point they are closely 

 similar in color. 



STURNELLA MAGNA MEXICANA Sclater 



Sturnella mexicana P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 179 (Jalapa, Veracruz). 



In 1939 I found occasional meadowlarks on the little savanna be- 

 low our camp, taking pairs on April 5 and 10. At this time they were 

 in song and were preparing to nest, their song, call notes, and habits 

 being similar to those of the meadowlark of the eastern United 

 States. They are resident in this vicinity, as Carriker, in 1940, 

 secured specimens on January 25, as well as later on March 6 and 7. 

 He shot two near Tlacotalpam on February 16. The bird is known 

 locally as frijolera. 



Family THRAUPIDAE 



TANAGRA LAUTA LAUTA Bangs and Penard 



Tanagra lauta lauta Bangs and Penard, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 63, 1919, 

 p. 35 (Guatemala). 



Near our camp at Tres Zapotes these euphonias were common. 

 Carriker noted that they were much in evidence in January about 

 clumps of mistletoe in trees in the pastures. His three specimens 

 were secured on January 18 and 20. In March and April, 1939, I 

 shot several, finding them in heavy woods and also in more open 



T3 Agelaius phoeniceus matudae Brodkorb, Auk, 1940, p. 548 (Falizada, Campeche). 



