lUKDS OK XOKTJI AND MIDDLE AMERICA. f) 1 5 



to liuir hrowii). the t'cathcrs witli a central V-sliapcd or hastuto spot 



of dii«ky; hindneck Itroadly streaked with dusky and did I white or 



hi-ownish white; hack and scapulars hroadly banded with dusky and 



])rownish white, tlie whitish hands more or less suti'used with pale 



huHy brown; rump and upper tail -coverts pale butly grayish ])rown 



or dull grajnsh buff, broadly barred or banded with dusky, the bars 



narrower and less distinct on rump; inner web of middle rectrices 



iio-ht brownish yray with ])road dusky spots (more or less distinct) 



near maroin: their outer webs light brownish gray broadly ])arred 



with black. tlu> grayish interspaces l)ecoming i)aler and more butiv 



exteriorly, especially toward base of tail; both webs of remaining 



rectrices dull blackish or dusky, with broad transverse spots of dull 



Ituffy white along margins, those on outer webs reaching nearlv or 



(piite to the shaft; wings dull blackish, ])roadly ban-ed or banded with 



pale ])rownish buff; a superciliary stripe of dull white; a narrow 



dusky postocular stripe: lores pale dull grayish; suborbital, malar. 



and auricular regions dull white, more or less streaked with dusky; 



under parts dull white, pass.ing into pale brownish huffy on a))domen, 



anal region, under tail-coverts, and Hanks, the more anterior portions 



sometimes strongly suffused with dull pale buff, especially laterally; 



throat, chest, and breast marked with large roundish or transversely 



cordate spots of grayish brown, these becoming more decidedly 



trans\'erse on sides of breast and passing into broad transverse l)ars 



or bands of a darker hue (dusky) on sides and flanks; abdomen with 



smaller transviM-se spots or bars; under tail-coverts broadly l)arred 



with dusky; maxilla blackish or dusky, with paler tomia; mandil)le 



dull whitish or l)utfy (in dried skins); legs and feet pale brownish (in 



dried skins). 



Vo>/,t(/.^'- Differs from the adult in having the head [/. ,-. the pileum] 

 uniform black, and the plumage spotted instead of barred, the back 

 being varied with large ovate spots of brownish white or ochraceous 

 brown; eyeljrow and sides of face pale fulvous brown, the whole of 

 the under surface also tinged with this shade; throat dull white, un- 

 spotted; the breast and under parts barred with blackish brown, with 

 a few blackish spots on the breast."" 



A'/i'// male. — Length (skins), 173-1 7s (170. o): wing, ss-i»o (ss.(')): 

 tail, 70-SO (73.»)): exposed culmen. 'id: tarsus. 27-28 (;i7.;>): middle 

 toe. IS.'' 



A>/"//f,/,ta/r.— Length (skins), 17l-iS<i (17:)..")); wing. S5-8S (y(;.,">): 

 tail, 74-77 (75.5); exposed culmen. !;•: tarsus, -is; middle toe. iS-llt 

 (18.5).'- 



Southcastcin portion of Mexican plateau, in States of A'era Cruz. 



"Sharps, Cat. Binis I'.iit. Mus., vi, 1882, 200. 

 ''Three siiecimens. 

 'Two .siteeiiueiis. 



