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Adult 7nale.— Length (skins), 207-222 (212); wing, 100.5-116 

 (107.5); tail, 87-100 (93.9); culmen, 28-31.5 (29.6); tarsus, 19-22 

 (20.8); middle toe, 15-17 (15.6).« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 193-219 (209); wing, 103-112 (106); 

 tail, 82-97.5 (90); culmen, 29-32.5 (30.7); tarsus, 20-21.5 (20.7); 

 middle toe, 15-17 (16.3).^ 



Southern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Cordova; Potrero, near 

 Cordova; Omealca; Cofre de Perote; Jalapa; Pasa Nueva), Puebla 

 (Huoy tamalco ; Teziutkln), Mexico (Valley of Mexico), Guerrero 

 (Omilteme; mts. near Chilpancingo), Oaxaca (Mt. Zempodltepec; 

 Totontepec; Villa Alta; 15 m. west of Oaxaca), and Chiapas (Tum- 

 bala.; San Cristobal; Pinabete), and Guatemala (Santa Barbara; 

 Calderas, Volcan de Fuego; Volciin de Agua; Santa Maria and 

 Chuipache, Quezaltenango; Tollman; Tecp^m; Santa BA,rbara de 

 Vera Paz; Todos Santos; Sierra Santa Elena). 



Dendrocolaptes affinis Lafresnaye, Rev. ZooL, 1839, 100 (Mexico). 



P[icolaptes] affinis Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 140. 



Picolaples affinis Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., ser. 2, ii, May, 1850, 275 (monogr.). — 

 ScLATEU, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 289 (C6rdova, Vera Cruz); 1859, 365 

 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz), 381 (Tot6ntepec, Oaxaca) ; 1864, 1 75 (City of Mexico) ; Cat. 

 Am. Birds, 1862, 166 (Jalapa) ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xv, 1890, 149, part (Jalapa, 

 Vera Cruz ; Sta. Bdrbara, Volcdn de Fuego, and VolcAn de Agua, Guatemala). — 

 ScLATER and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 117 (Pacific side Guatemala). — Salvin and 

 ScLATER, Ibis, 1860, 35 (Calderas, Volcdn do Fuego, Guatemala; crit.). — Sumi- 

 CHRAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 555, part (hot, temperate, and alpine 

 regions. Vera Cruz); La Naturaleza, v, 1881, 248 (Omealca, Vera Cruz). — (?) 

 Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Mexico, i, 1877, 97, part (Vera Cruz). — Ferrari- 

 Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 156 (Ilueytamalco, Teziutlan, Puebla; 

 Jalapa, Vera Cruz). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1891, 



