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BriJ.KTIN ")(). IGNITED S'I'ATES NATTONATi MU8EUM. 



ONYCHORHYNCHUS MEXICANUS FRATERCULUS Bangs. 

 COLOMBIAN ROYAL FLYCATCHER. 



Siniilur to 0. ni. 7nexicanus but smaller (except feet), with shorter 

 and relatively broader bill, and slightly darker coloration. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 153-171 (163.4); wing, 82-89 (85.7); 

 tail, 66-72.5 (69.2); exposed culmen, 23-25 (23.9); tarsus, 16.5-18 

 (17.1); middle toe, 11-12 (11.5). « 



Adult female. —Length (skins), 145-163 (152.4); wing, 75-79 (77.6); 

 tail, 58-65 (62.9); exposed culmen, 20.5-23 (22.4); tarsus, 15.5-16.5 

 (16); middle toe, 9.5-11.5 (10.9). « 



Nicaragua (Los Sabalos; Rio Escondido), C-osta Rica (La Palma 

 de Nicoya; Bebedero; Volcan de Miravalles; Atenas; Trojas; Pozo 

 Azul de Pirris; San Ramon), Panama (Santa Fe de Veragua; Bo- 

 gaba; Chitra; Calobre; Volcan de Chiriqui; Mina de C^horcha; Calo- 

 vevora; Loma del Leon; Panama; Paraiso Station), and Province of 

 Santa Marta, Colombia (Manaure; Sierra Nevada; Bonda; Minca). 



Muscivora viexicana (not of Sclater, 185G) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 

 1862, 295, 329 (Lion Hill, Panama; habits; descr. nest and eggs); ix, 1868, 

 114 (Atenas, Costa Rica). — Sclater and Salvik, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 

 1864, 360 (Panama; crit.).— Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 148 (Chitra, 

 Calobre, and Santa Fe, Veragua); 1870, 198 (Volcan de Chiriqui, Mina do 

 Chorcha, and Calovevora, Veragua). — Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 308 

 (Costa Rica). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lohd., 1878, 63 (San Ramon, Costa 

 Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1879, 202 (Manaure, Santa Marta, Colom- 

 bia, 2,700 ft.; crit.); Biol. (.'entr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1889, 53, part (Los Sa))aloy, 

 Nicaragua; Miravalles, Bebedero, Atenas, San Ramon, and La Palma, Costa 

 Rica; Volcan de Chiriqui, Mina de Chorcha, Calvevorao Chitra, Calobre, 

 Santa Fe, Paraiso Station, and Lion Hill, Panama; n. Colombia). — Nuttinc;, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 396 (La Palma de Nicoya, Costa Rica; habits, 

 etc.); vi, 1883,402 (Los Sabalos, Nicaragua). — Sclater, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., 

 xiv, 1888, 193, part (Miravalles and Bebedero, Costa Rica; Calovevora,- Santa 

 F^, Volcan de Chiriqui, Mina de Chorcha, Panama, and Paraiso Station, 

 Panama; Manaure and Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, Colombia). — Richmond, 



«Nine specimens, those from separate geographic areas averaging, respectively, as 

 follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Two adult ]uales from Nicaragua atui Costa Kica. 



rive adult males from Panama 



Two adult males from Colombia 



FEMALES. 



Three adult females from Costa Rica. 



Six adult feinales from Panama 



Two adult females from Colombia. . . 



Middle 

 toe. 



11.3 

 10.7 

 10 



