588 



BIRDS FROM CARIEEAN SEA AND HONDURAS. 



portion of sides of Deck ; sides of breast broadly streaked or lougitiulin- 

 ally spotted with black in tlie yellow ; sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts 

 pale brownish bully, broadly streaked with black. Upper inaudible 

 brownish black, edged with light bluish gray ; lower mandible light 

 bluish gray; legs and feet brown. Length (skiu) G.80, wiug .'i,80, tail 

 2.40, culmen 1.15, gonys .05, depth of bill at base .50, tarsus 1.G5, mid- 

 dle toe 1.10. * 



Adult female (No. 112128, same locality, etc.) : Smaller and much 

 browner than the male ; i)ileuni distinctly streaked with light mummy- 

 brown and black, the two colors in nearly equal amount 5 median crown- 

 stripe and superciliary strii^e light brownish bufiyinsteadof dull white, 

 the latter yellow anteriorly only next to lores and upper eyeli<l ; light 

 margins to feathers of back, etc., much more distinct and regular, and 

 general aspect of upper surface much browner ; yellow of lower jiarts 

 duller, with black pectoral shield smaller and less regular ; sides, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts deep dull brownish buff", more narrowly streaked 

 with blackish; upper mandible deep horn-brown instead of black. 

 Length (skin) G.50, wing 3.55, culmen 1.05, tarsus 1.40, middle toe 1.10. 



Another adult male (No. 11212G, same locality, etc., July 17) does not 

 differ essentially in coloration from that described above. Length 

 (skin) about G.90, wing 3.90, tail 2.G0, culmen 1.10, gonys .57, depth 

 of bill at base .48, tarsus 1.42, middle toe 1.10. 



In coloration this unexpectedly new form scarcely differs from true S. 

 magna in corresponding plumage,! being altogether nearer to this than 

 to S. magna mexicana (ScL.),from Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Eica. 



33. Amblycercus holosericeus (LlcuT.). 

 One specimen, August 11. 



34. Icterus prosthemelas (Strickl.). 



Seven specimens, June 12 to August 13. 



35. Icterus giraudi Cass. 



Three specimens, August IG. 



36. Gymnostinops montezuma(LESS.). 

 Four specimens, June 17 to 20. 



37. Psilorhinus mexicanus Rurr. 



Four specimens, June 17 to July 16. 



38. Megarhynchus pitangua (Linn.). 

 One specimen, August 8. 



* Two adult males oi S. magna mexicana, measure as follows: , 



tNos. 83846, Mount Carmel, 111., March 29, and 90011, Gainesville, Fla., March l.*}, 

 both adult males, are almost identical in coloration with the type of the new race. 



