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uuriculin-, iiiul miliar ivoioiis dull olive-j^rayisli, the chin and throat 

 similar, i)ut palcM'; chest and anterior portion of sides lio-ht yellowish 

 ochraceous- brown, becoming*- pale olive on flanks; median portion of 

 breast, a))dom(Mi, and under tail-coverts pale olive-yellowish: under 

 wing--co verts, axillars, and edges of inner webs of remiges sulphur or 

 primrose Aellow; maxilla brown, darker basally; mandible paler 

 brown; legs and feet pale brownish (in dried skins). 



Adu/f male.— Length (skins), 103-1()() (KM. 7); wing, 55-61(57.8); 

 tail, 43-48 (44.7); exposed culmen, 12-13 (12.3); tarsus, 17.5-18 (17.8); 

 middle toe, 10. '^ 



Adu/t female.— Length (skins), 110-117 (113.5); wing, 60; tail, 40; 

 exposed culmen, 13; tarsus, 18; middle toe, 10.'^ 



Southern j\Ie"xico, in States of Mexico (Yalley of Mexico) ?, Oaxaca 

 (Play a Vicente), Tabasco (Teapa), and Campeche (Apazote), and 

 southward through Guatemala to northern Honduras (Rio de las 

 Piedras). 



HylopJulax ochraceiceps Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 375 (Playa Vicente, 

 Oaxaca, s. w. Mexico; coll. P. L. Sclater); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 44, pi. 44, 

 fig. 5 (Playa Vicente; Choctum, Guatemala); Ibis, 1881, 306, part (Oaxaca; 

 Guatemala). — Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 397 (Choctum). — Baird, 

 Review Am. Birds, 1866, 376, part (Oaxaca?). — Salvin and Godmax, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Avee, i, 1881, 207, part. — Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. ^Mus., viii, 

 1883, 310, part.— Cherrie, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 1891, 521, jiart 

 (Mexico; crit. ). 



\_Hylophilus] oo/jroceiceps Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 12, part. 



H[ylopIiihis] orhrnceiceps Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 479, part. 



PACHYSYLVIA OCHRACEICEPS PALLIDIPECTUS Ridgway.' 

 PALE-BREASTED PACHYSYLVIA. 



Similar to I\ <>. ochraceiceps., but uppcM- parts slightly more oliva- 

 ceous, chest and sides much paler — pale yellowish or buffy olive, 

 instead of ochreous->)rown. and under wing-coverts paler yellow (pale 

 primrose). 



Adult 7nale.— Length (skins), 100-117 (107.2); wing, 57-59 (57.5); 

 tail, 40-43 (41.6); exposed culmen. 12-13 (12.7): tarsus, 17.5-18 (17.9); 

 middle toe, 10.'' 



Adult female.— Length (skin), 104; wing, 54; tail, 48; exposed cul- 

 men, 13; tarsus, 16.5; middle toe, 10.' 



Southern Honduras (Segovia liiver) to Chiriipii. 



HylophlliLti orhmceiceps (not of Sclater, 1859) Sclater, Ibis, 1881, 30(), jxirt 

 (monogr. ). — Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1866, 376, part (Angostura, Costa 

 Rica).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 97 (Angostura, Costa Rica; 



« Three specinien.s. 

 '' Two specimens. 



'"Type, no. 4739(5, coll. U. S. Nat. Mas., adult male, .Vngostuni. Costa Ri<"i. July 8, 

 1867; J. Carmiol. "Iris yellow." 

 ''Five specimens. 

 '^ One specimen. 



