BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Adult male.— Length (skins), 206-243 (237) ; wing, 113.5-129 (120.7) ; 

 tail, 81.5-101 (91.6); exposed culmen, 25-30.5 (27.6); tarsus, 23.5-28 

 (25.8); middle toe, 17.5-19.5 (18.4).« 



Adult female.- Length (skins) , 205-252 (214) ; wing, 111-130 (113.9) ; 

 tail, 79.5-96 (85) ; exposed culmen, 25-29 (25.3) ; tarsus, 25-28.5 (25.3) ; 

 middle toe, 16.5-20 (17.5).^ 



Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and southward through Mexico 

 and Central America to Costa Rica. Texas: Hidalgo; Lomita 

 Ranch; Brownsville. Mexico: Tamaulipas (Soto la Marina; Tam- 

 pico; Hidalgo; Forlon; Alta Mira). Nuevo Leon (Rio Camacho). 

 Morelos (Yautepec). Zacatecas. Guanajuato. Mexico (City of 

 Mexico). Sinaloa (Mazatlan; Escuinapa). Jalisco (Guadalajara; 

 Ocotlan). Colima (Colima; Plains of Colima). Guerrero (Acapulco; 

 Nuevo Egido). Oaxaca (Santa Efigenia; Tuxtepec; Chihuitan). 

 Vera Cruz (Cordova; Jalapa; Motzorongo). Tabasco (Montecristo ; 

 Frontera). Yucatan (Merida; Mujeres, Meco, and Cozumel islands). 

 Chiapas (Huehuetan ; Tonala) . Guatemala : San Geronimo ; Retalhuleu ; 

 Duenas. British Honduras: Belize. Honduras: San Pedro; San 

 Pedro Sula; Rio Segovia; Ceiba; Yaruca; Truxillo. Salvador: San 

 Salvador. Kicaragua: San Juan del Sur; Sucuya; Rio Escondido; 

 Rio San Juan. Costa Rica: Santa Ana; Santa Anathole; La Palma 

 de Nicoya; San Jose; Alajuela; Bebedero; Santo Domingo de San 

 Mateo; Pigres; Pozo Azul de Pirris. 



o Twenty-two specimens. 

 ''Twenty-five specimens. 



Specimens from Tamaulipas and soutliern Texas average slightly paliT, especially 

 the yellow of the under parts. 



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