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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



black, the greater coverts and secondaries edged with bhie; a narrow 

 })iit distinct hne of black margining the forehead anteriorly and below, 

 from base ot culmen to rictus; a narrow^ orbital ring of black; malar 

 region, lower portion of auricular region, whole throat, and upper 

 chest rich dark auricula purple, with a convex and sharply defined 

 posterior outline; center of breast and median line of abdomen rather 

 (sometimes decidedly) lighter auricula purple, fading into mauve 

 posteriorly; rest of under parts rich liright blue, like upper parts; 

 axillars and under wing-coverts greenish black margined with bluish 

 green or greenish blue; inner web of remiges ])lackish slate, becoming 

 (indistinctly) paler slaty on edges; maxilla blackish, more grayish 

 basallv; mandible grayish (bluish gray in life), paler (sometimes whit- 

 ish) basally; iris dark brown ;« legs and feet grayish black or dusky 

 gray (bluish gray in life?); length (skins), 166-177 (172); wing, 103.5- 

 lll' (106.4); tail,. 61.5-65 (63.1); exposed culmen, 12-15 (13.9); 

 tarsus, 20-21 (20.4); middle toe, 16-16.5 (16.2)." 



Adiilt female. — Above verv dark grayish brown or sooty, the feath- 

 ers tipped or terminally margined with dull bufly white (these mark- 

 ings broader and distinctly buffy on rump and under tail-coverts), 

 producing a conspicuously speckled and squamate appearance; rec- 

 trices narrowly tipped with cinnamon-lniff and edged with pale green- 

 ish gray; lesser wing-coverts narrowly tipped with buffy whitish; 

 middle coverts broadly margined terminally with cinnamon-buff, the 

 greater coverts edged and tipped with the same; secondaries nar- 

 rowly edged (except basally) with pale grayish buff; under parts pale 

 buff ©r dull buffy white anteriorly, the feathers of throat and upper 

 chest with a small central spot of grayish brown, those of lower chest 

 with a large central spot of dusky, and margined with more whitish 

 buff; under parts of body buff, deepening into light cinnamon-buff 

 posteriorly, the sides and flanks with large central spots of deep gray- 

 ish brown, those of abdomen with smaller and more concealed spots 

 of the same; axillars and under wing-coverts uniform buff or pale 

 cinnamon-bufl', deeper toward edge of wing; inner webs of remiges 

 edged with pale grayish cinnamon-buff; bill, legs, and feet as in adult 

 male; length (skin), 177; wing, 100; tail, 66; exposed culmen, 13; 

 tarsus, 21 ; middle toe, 17.5.^ 



"Five ppeciinons. 



& One specimen, from Panama. 



Locality. 



Three adiilt males from Costa Rica (PozoAznlde Pirris)... 

 Two adult males from Panama (Bogaba) 



Middle 

 toe. 



16.2 

 16.2 



