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six middle rectrices abruptly tipped with deep brownish gray;** 

 remiges dark brownish slate or dusky, faintly glossed with violaceous; 

 under parts bright metallic golden green (varying much in relative 

 yellowness of the green, the hue sometimes decidedly golden, some- 

 times nearly pure green); femoral tufts white; maxilla with terminal 

 half (more or less) dusky, the basal portion pale brownish (carmine red 

 in life) ;'' mandible pale brownish (carmine red in life), ^ dusky at tip; 

 iris dark brown; feet dusky; length (skins), 78-93 (81); wing, 41-48 

 (45.1); tail, 30.5-37.5 (34.6); middle rectrices, 15.5-21.5 (18.1); cul- 

 men, 13-15 (14.4).'^ 



Adult female. — Above bright metallic green or bronze-green, usually 

 duller or more bronzy on pileum; middle rectrices metallic green or 

 bluish green; second, third, and fourth pairs of rectrices metallic 

 green or bluish green for basal two-thirds or more, abruptly black 

 terminally or subterminally (the fourth usually narrowly tipped with 

 gray), the outermost pair broadly tipped with pale brownish gray, and 

 with a broad median area or band of the same between the broad sub- 

 terminal black band and the dusky basal area; remiges dusky, faintly 

 glossed with purplish; a dusky auricular area margined above and 

 behind by a postocular streak of grayish white; under parts light 

 brownish gray, somewhat paler posteriorly, the sides and flanks 

 glossed or overlaid with metallic green or bronze-green; maxilla dull 

 black, mandible pale brownish (pmkish m life?) basally, dusky ter- 

 mmally; length (skms), 75-86 (81); wmg, 42.5-46.5 (44.6); tail, 

 27-31.5 (29.4), middle rectrices. 19.5-23.5 (21.7); culmen, 15-16 

 (15.3).'^ 



Southeastern Mexico, in States of Tampico (Alta Mira; Tampico), 

 Vera Cruz (Jalapa; Cordova; Tospan; Coatepec; Atoyac; Orizaba; 



« When present on the third rectrix, the gray is usually in form of a broad edging to 

 the terminal portion of the outer web. 

 b According to Sumichrast. 

 c Eighteen specimens. 

 '^Nine specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males from Veracruz (9) and Tamauupas (1) 



Four adult males from Yucatan 



Two adult males from Chiapas 



Two adult males from British Honduras 



FEMALES. 



Seven adult females from Veracruz 



One adult female from Yucatan 



One adult female from British Honduras 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen. 



14.6 

 14.4 

 14 

 13.5 



15.4 



15 



15 



