BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 525 



MYIOCHANES RICHARDSONII PENINSUL.E (Brewster). 

 LARGE-BILLED WOOD PEWEE. 



Similar to M. r. ricliardsonii but paler, botli above and below; whitish 

 edgings to secondaries broader; wing and tail (especially the latter) 

 averaging decidedly shorter, and bill much longer and broader. 



Adult male.—Ltn\gt\\ (skins), 131-139 (134); wing, 78.5-85.5(82.8); 

 tail, 55.5-61.5 (58.6); exposed culmen, 13.5-15 (14.7); tarsus, 12-13.5 

 (12.8); middle toe, 8-S.5 (8.1)." 



Adult /emaZe.— Length (skins), 130-142 (134); wing, 79-84 (80.9); 

 tail, 54.5-60 (57.4); exposed culmen, 13.5-14.5 (14.1); tarsus, 12-13 

 (12.7); middle toe, 8-8.5 (8.2).^ 



Southern extremity of Lower California (Sierra de la Laguna; San 

 Jose del Rancho; Triunfo; Pearce's Ranch); southward in winter 

 to southeastern Mexico (Tapana, Oaxaca).'^ 



Contopus richardsonii peninsulx Brewster, Descr. Seven Sup. New North Am. 

 Birds, Fel). 17, 1891, 144; Auk, viii, Apr., 1891, 144 (Sierra de la Laguna, 

 Lower California; coll. W. Brewster); Bull. Mus. Couip. Zool., xli, 1902, 120 

 (Cape San Luras district, not resident; habits). — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union Committee, Auk, ix, 1892, 106; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 

 462a.— RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896. 598. 



C[ontopus] r[ichardsoni] peninsvlp: Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 5th ed., i, 1903, 526. 



Horizopus richardsonii peninsula: Oberholser, Auk, xvi, 1899, 333 (crit.). 



{Horizopus\ peninsulsa. Sharpe, Hand4ist, iii, 1901, 142. 



YContopus virens'] var. peninsulu Dubois, Synop. Av., fasc. iv, 1900, 249. 



MYIOCHANES RICHARDSONII SORDIDULUS (Sclater). 

 MEXICAN WOOD PEWEE. 



Similar to M. r. richardsonii , but smaller; coloration averaging 

 darker and browner, with pileum darker. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 132-143 (137); wing, 75-81.5 (79.3); 

 tail, 58.5-62 (59.8); exposed culmen, 13-13.5 (13.2); tarsus, 13-14 

 (13.3); middle toe, 7.5-8.5 (8.1).^^ 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 130-138 (134); wing, 77.5-81.5 

 (79.8); tail, 55.5-60.5 (58.7); exposed culmen, 11.5-12.5 (12); tar- 

 sus, 12-12.5 (12.3); middle toe, 8-8.5 (8.3).^ 



Breeding in southern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Orizaba; 

 Buena Vista), Oaxaca (Cuicatlan; Oaxaca City; Tapana; Cerro San 

 Felipe; Santa Efigenia), Guerrero (Chilpancingo), Tabasco (Teapa), 



o Ten specimens. 



b Nine specimens. 



c No. 58854, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.; a<hdl male: Tai)aua. Oaxaca. Apr. IS. 1869; 

 Prof. F. Sumichrast. This specimen is minutely simiUu- to examph's from the tyjx' 

 locality. 



d Six specimens. 



« Three specimens. 



