BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



457 



PIPROMORPHA OLEAGINEA PARCA (Bangs). 



BANGS' PIPROMORPHA.. 



Similar to P. o. oleaginea,'' but olivc-greeu of upper parts lighter 

 and brighter (more yellowish) , upper tail-coverts more conspicuously 

 ochraceous, and under parts more yellowish. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above plain olive-green, sometimes slightly 

 darker and duller on pileum; upper tail-coverts olive-ochraceous or 

 light ochraceous-olive in distinct contrast with olive-green of rump 

 and back; tail broccoli brown or hair brown, the outer webs of 

 rectrices edged with pale olive-green or light ochraceous-olive; wings 

 deep olive or olive-greenish, with light yellowish olive edgings, the 

 middle and greater coverts broadly tipped, the inner secondaries 

 broadly edged terminally with yellowish buff or buff -yellowish; sides 

 of head, chin, and tlu-oat light grayish olive, more or less tinged with 

 yellowish olive, passing gradually into light yellowish ocliraceous or 

 ochraceous-yellow on lower parts of body, the chest and sides tinged 

 or obsoletely streaked with pale olive; axillars and under wing-coverts 

 clear deep buff; maxilla brownish black, mandible with basal half 

 (approximately) pale brown (in dried skins), blackish or dusky ter- 

 minally; legs and feet pale horn color (in dried skins). 



Adult male. —Length, (skins), 106-117 (111); wing, 58-62 (59.7); 

 tail, 43-47.5 (45.2); exposed culmen, 10.5-12 (11.1); tarsus, 14-15 

 (14.4); middle toe, 8-9 (8.5).^ 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 110-121 (113); wing, 55.5-61.5 

 (58.5); tail, 41.5-48.5 (44.3); exposed culmen, 11-11.5 (11.1); tarsus, 

 13.5-15 (14.3); middle toe, 7.5-9 (8.4).^^ 



o See p. 454. 



b Ten specimens. 



c Six specimens. 



I am not able to distinguish satisfactorily specimens from the line of the Panama 

 Railway and San Miguel Island from those from the Santa Marta district of Colombia; 

 but placing these all together I have no difficulty in recognizing them as diffcn-ent 

 from examples from Venezuela, Brazil, and other parts of South America. The South 

 American representatives of the species require careful revision. 



