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the rectrices tip])e(l with white, this occupying: on outermost rectrix 

 less than terminal third of inner and terminal half of outer web, de- 

 creasing gradually l)nt rapidly in extent to the middle pair, which have 

 merely a very small triangular spot at extreme tip; wings black, the 

 middle coverts very broadly tipped with white, the last row^ of lesser 

 coverts narrowly tipped with white, the greater coverts edged and 

 broadly tipped with white, the tertials broadly margined with white, 

 the remaining secondaries more narrowly edged (except basally) with 

 white, and the primaries very narrowly and indistinctly edged with 

 grayish white; latero-frontal (nasal) tufts, a conspicuous, sharply 

 defined, supraloral stripe, and a small postocular spot, white; lores 

 black, forming a distinct triangular spot; rest of sides of head, sides 

 of neck, narrow collar across hindneck, and under parts light gray 

 (about no. 7), passing into grayish white on chin and tlu-oat, and pure 

 white on abdomen and under tail-coverts; axillars and under w'ing- 

 co verts very pale gray; inner w^ebs of remiges broadly edged wdth 

 white ; maxilla grayish black ; mandible grayish (grayish blue in life ?) 

 W'ith paler tomia; legs and feet dusky horn color in dried skin (bluish 

 gray in life?); length (skin), 127; wing, 75; tail, 56.5; exposed cul- 

 men, 12.5; tarsus, 19; middle toe, 12.« 



Adult female. — Possibly the same as P. ornatus Q\\evx\e (see p. 842), 

 but apparently not satisfactorily known. It is thus described by 

 Sclater, and Salvin and Godman, respectively: 



"Above dusky olive, head darker, lores w^hite; wings blackish 

 edged with yellowish rufus; tail black, broadly tipped with pale 

 ochraceous; beneath pale grey-olive; middle of belly, crissum, and 

 under wing-coverts yellowish." (Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ^fiv, 

 1888, 347.) 



"Differs [from the female of P. major] in having an olive-colored 

 back and a red instead of black crown." (Salvin and Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1889, 128.) Notwithstanding the statement of 

 the authors cited that the female has a "red" (i e., rufescent) crown, 

 they figure that sex, on pi. 43, fig. 3, with the pileum darl' olive! 



Nicaragua (Corinto, on Pacific coast); Panama (Calovevora; 

 Bugaba, Chitra) ; Colombia (Bogota; Santa Marta?); Venezuela 

 (Merida; Caracas); Trinidad; Tobago.^ 



a One specimen (from Chitra, Veragua, Panama), the only one I have been able to 

 examine. 



6 This species seems to be rare in collections and not as well understood as most of its 

 congeners. Much confusion evidently exists as to the adult female, and it is very 

 probable the bird described by Mr. Cherrie as P. ornaius is in reality the female of the 

 species. If so, the gap (existing at present in its range between northwestern Nicaragua 

 (Corinto) and western Panama woidd, in a measure, be filled by the several Costa Rican 

 records of P. "ornatus." 



A southern form, Parhyrhamphus albro-cirisfus saliini (Ric-hmoiul) was formerly 

 united with the present one but seems to be separable. Not having seen specimens, 



