BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Adult fe7nale.— Length (skins), 90-109 (97); wing, 51-58 (55.3); 

 tail, 31-37 (33.2); culmen, 20-23.5 (21.6).« 



Western and southern Mexico, in States of Sinaloa (Mazatlan; 

 Presidio de Mazatlan; Escuinapa; Plomosas; Arroyo de Limones), 

 Colima (Manzanillo; Colima; Tacolapa; Culata), Guerrero (Papayo; 

 Acapulco; Ometepec; El Limon; Dos Arroyos; Coquilla; Tierra 

 Colorado; Rio Papagaio; Acahuitzotla; La Venta; Venta de Pele- 

 grino; Alto de Camaron), Oaxaca (Cliimalapa; Tapana; Putla; 

 Chicapa; Tehuantepec; Santa Efigenia), Chiapas (Tonala), and Yuca- 

 tan (Chichen-Itza; La Vega; Tunkas; Merida; Tekanto; Sitilpech; 

 Ticiil; between Ticiil and Uxmal; Mujeres I.; Holbox I.) and Ter- 

 ritory of Tepic (Santiago; San Bias), and southward through central 

 and eastern Guatemala (San Geronimo; Gualan; Zacapa; El Rancho ?)> 

 British Honduras (Belize; Orange Walk; Wild Cave Cay), Salvador 

 (Acajutla; La Libertad?), Honduras (Tigre I.; Comayagua) and 

 Nicaragua (Sucuya; Matagalpa; San Geronimo; Chinandega; Volcan 

 de Chinandega; Volcan de Momotombo) to western Costa Rica 

 (Volcan de Miravalles; Bagaces; Guanacaste; Bebedero; Punta 

 Arenas; Barranca de Punta Arenas; Esparta; San Lucas; San Mateo; 

 Santo Domingo de San Mateo; Tenorio; Bolson). 



Ornismya cinnamonea (not Ornismya dnnamomeus Gervais, 1835 &) Lesson, Rev. 

 ZooL, 1842, 175 (Acapulco, Guerrero). 



" Seventeen specimens. 



I am not able to detect any differences of coloration according to geographic area 

 except that specimens from Sinaloa, Colima, and Yucatan average slightly paler, 

 those from Guerrero and Costa Rica slightly deeper in coloration, (hese latter ap- 

 proaching in intensity of coloration specimens of A. r. corallirostris from western 

 Chiapas and western Guatemala. 



& =Sephanoides fernandensis (King). 

 81255°— Bull. 50—11 27 



