BTKDS; OF NOKTII ANT) IMIDDLK AMKHTCA. 585 



dcliiu'd, and dull grayish instead of WlacU; iuaikiri;L;s <»m sides ot' head 

 niueli less disliiiet; under tail-eovorts li<;iit wood l)i'o\vnisli. like Hanks, 

 etc.. without Imr.s or other markings. 



AihtH iiudi'. — Loiiuth (skins), 12(»-i:;;-5 (125.7); wing, 5»M>2.."> (.jS.l); 

 tail, 4r)-r>l (47.7); exposed euhnen. l."').r)-17.r> (K*..*;); tarsus. iil.r.-2i?.r) 

 (22.1); mid.lle toe, 13-15 (14)." 



Adult fciiiale. — Length (skins), il,s-i:j7 (124.4); wing, .■J2-tio (:)4.t;): 

 tail, 45-51.5 (4().9); exposed euhnen. lO; tarsus. 20-23 (21.4); nufldle 

 toe, 13-15 (14.1).^ 



SoutheastiM'n Mexico, in States of Vera C'ru/ (Jico; San Andres 

 Tuxtla; Papantia; Coatepee; Tlacotalpani; Buena ^'ista; Pasa >y'ueva; 

 .Jalapa; (Cordova; Orizaba), Puebla (Metlaltoyuca), Oaxaca (Teotal- 

 cingo). and southern Tamaulipas (Alta Mira). 



Tliri/othoraf! iitaculipectuf; Lafresxaye. Eev. Zool., viii, 1845, 338 (3Iexico; type 

 now in coll. Bost. See. Nat. Hist.; see Ridgway, Proc. Best. Sec. N. H., 

 xxiii, 1888, 386) .— Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 290 (Cordova, Vera 

 Cruz); 1859, 363 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz), 372 (Teotalcingo, Oaxaca); Cat. Am. 

 Birds, 1862, 21 (Orizaba, Vera Cruz).— La^vrenxe, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 no. 4, 1876, 13 (Guichicovi, Oaxaca). — Salvix and Godm.vx, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i, 1880, 92, part (Mexican references and localities). — Sharpk, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 237, part.— Richmoxd, Proc. U. S. Nat. :\lus., 

 xviii, 1896, 632 (Alta Mira, s. Tamaulipas).— Citai'Max, Bull. Am. :\Ius. 

 N. H., X, 1898, 23 (Jalapa; song). 



[Thryothorus'] macuKpectus 'Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 121, ])art. — Sci.ater 

 and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 7, part. 



l\]trijothorus\ maculipectus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. liirds, 1887, 552. 



Plu'ugupedius tnaculipectus Baird, Review Am. Birds, Sept., 1864, 135, jiart (Mex- 

 ico). — SuMiCHRAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. X. H., i, 1869, 545 (hot and temj). 

 regions Vera Cruz). 



\_Tri><il(i<hjtc!<] niiicul ipedus iiRAY, Iland-list, i, 1869, 1S9, no. 25S7, part. 



PHEUGOPEDIUS MACULIPECTUS UMBRINUS (Ridgway). 

 GUATEMALAN SPOTTED-BREASTED WREN. 



Similar to /'. ///. nnaudlpectu.s^ but slightly larger and decidedly 

 darker in color, the pileum chestnut-brown, back. ett-.. dark raw- 

 umber brown, fianks raw-umlier to russi^t. and l)lack spotting of ch(>st. 

 etc., heavier. 



Adult w«/(^— Length (skins), 12t>-131>.5 (130.5); wing. 57..V()3 ((Jo.it); 

 tail, 45-52.5 (4S.9); exposed euhnen. K). 5-18-5 (17.4); tarsus, 21-22 

 (21.0); middle toe, 13-14.5 (13.1>)-' 



Adult female.— IjQwgih (skins), 122-130 (125.!)); wing, 55-58 (56.(5); 

 tail, 44-4i».5 (46.5); exposed culnien. 16.5-17 (Itl.S); tarsus. 20..5-23 

 (21.()); middle toe, 12.5-14 (13.1).'' 



Stiites of Chiapas (Huehuetan), Tabasco (Frontera; Teapa) and 



"Thirteen specimens. « Seventeen specimens. 



''Five specimens. ''Seven spt'cimcns. 



