BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 219 



alapa, Oaxaca; Cobjin and Choctum, Guatemala).— Bangs, Bull. Mus. 



Comp. Zool., xxxix, 1903, 150 (Yaruca, Honduras). 

 [Automolus] cervinigularis Sclater and Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 65, 



part.— Sharpe, Hand-List, iii, 1901, 67, part. 

 [Ipoborus] cervinigularis Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn., 



1890, 134 (Mexico). 



[Philydor] cervinigularis Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 172, no. 2321. 

 Automolus paUidigularis (not of Lawrence) Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., \d, 

 1884, 404 (Los Sabalos, Nicaragua).— Ridg way, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 



1891, 471 (Santa Ana, Honduras).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 

 1893, 497 (Rio Escondido, Nicaragua; habits; crit.). 



AUTOMOLUS CERVINIGULARIS HYPOPHiEUS Ridgway. 



DARK-BREASTED AUTOMOLUS. 



Similar to A. c. cervinigularis but coloration decidedly darker, 

 especially under parts of the body, which are Isabella color medially 

 darkening laterally into deep buffy olive, contrasting strongly and 

 abruptly with the bufT or ochraceous-buff of chin and throat. 



AduU male. ^'Le\\gi\\ (skins), 168-189 (181); wing, 88-94 (91.7); 

 tail, 70-76.5 (72.9); culmen, 22-25 (23.6); tarsus, 22.5-25 (23.2); 

 middle toe, 18-20 (18.8) .« 



Adult /maZf.— Length (skins), 167-185 (176); wing, 83.5-89 

 (85.3); tail, 64.5-75 (69.6); culmen, 21.5-24 (22.8); tarsus, 22-24 

 (23.3); middle toe, 17.5-19.5 (18).« 



Caribbean slope of Costa Rica (Angostura; Sipurio; Talamanca; 

 Rio Sicsola; Pacuare; Rio Reventazon; Jimenez; Carrillo; Tucurrlqui; 

 La Balsa; Guayabo; Guapiles; Cuabre; El Hogar; Peralta; Turri- 

 alba; Cariblanco de Sarapiqui; La Vijagua); western PanamS, (Santa 

 Fe de Yeragua; Boquete de Chitra) ? 



Automolus cervinigularis (not Anabates cervinigularis Sclater) Salvin, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1867, 143 (Santa Fe de Veragua, Panamd). — Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y., viii, 1868, 106 (Angostura, Costa Rica). — Frantzius, Journ. fiir 

 Cm., 1869, 304 (Costa Rica).— Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 

 113, part (Rio Sucio and .lim^nez, Costa Rica). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., XV, 1890, 91, part (Tucurrlqui and La Balsa, Costa Rica; Santa Fe de 

 Veragua, except specimen n.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, ii, 1891, 158, part (Tucurriqui, Angostura, and La Balsa, Costa Rica; 

 Boquete de Chitra and Santa Fe de Veragua, Panam^). 

 [Automolus] cervinigularis Sclater and Salvin, Nona. Av. Neotr., 1873, 65, part. — 



Sharpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 67, part. 

 Automolus cervinigularis hypophseus Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxii, 

 April 17, 1909, 72 (Rio Reventazon at Guayabo Station, Costa Rica; coJl. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Carriker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 640 (Caribbean 

 lowlands of Costa Rica, up to about 2,000 ft. ; habits; descr. nest and eggs). -- 

 Ferry, Pub. 146, Field Mus. N. IL, orn. ser., i, no. 6, 1910, 270 (Guayabu, 

 Costa Rica). 



« Ten specimens. 



