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these buffy streaks often margined laterally mth a line of blackish 

 or dusky ; under wing-coverts uniform ochraceous-buff; inner webs 

 of remiges light tawny-ochraceous, the terminal portion (extensively) 

 of five outer primaries grayish brown or dusk}^; bill pale yellowish 

 horn color or dull buffy whitish, darker (more horn colored) on basal 

 portion of maxilla; iris brown; legs and feet dusky horn color (in 

 dried skins). 



Young. — Similar to adults but general coloration darker, with 

 blackish streaks on back and under parts heavier; feathers of chest 

 more broadly and distinctly margined wdtli black and texture of 

 plumage more lax. 



Adiilt male.— Length (skins), 219-259 (237); wmg, 100.5-120 

 (113.3); tail, 88-104^5 (95.2); culmen, 37-42.5 (39.9); tarsus, 21-25 

 (23.3); middle toe, 16.5-19 (18.3).« 



AduU female.— l.Qngi\\ (skins), 208-255 (231); wing, 102.5-121.5 

 (110); tail, 84-102 (92.5); culmen, 35-43.5 (39.7); tarsus, 21.5-24.5 

 (22.9); middle toe, 16.5-19.5 (17.8).^ 



Southeastern Mexico, in States of Tamauli])as (Alta Mira; Tam- 

 pico; Tamesi), Vera Cruz (Play a Vicente; Rivera; Jalapa; Orizaba; 

 Mirador; Cordova; San Lorenzo near Cordova; Alisantla; Colipa; 

 Plan del Rio; Otatitlan; Santa Lucrecia; Vega del Casadero; Ha- 

 cienda Tortugas; Pasa Nueva; Buena Vista; Tolosa; Carrizal; Mot- 



a Thirty-eight specimens. 



^ Twenty-five specimens. 



