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huitzotla; Coqiiillo; Coyuca), and Oaxaca (Jiichatengo ; Sola), and 

 Territory of Tepic (Santiago). 



Attila dnnamomeus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, Feb., 1871, 8 

 (Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Miis.). — Lawrence, Mem. Bost. 

 Soc. N. H., ii, pt. iii, no. 2, 1874, 285 (Mazatlan; habits). — Salvin and God- 

 man, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1891, 135 (Santiago, Tepic; Beltran, Ha- 

 cienda de San Marcos and Tonila, Jalisco; Santiago, Colima; Omilteme, 

 Amula, and Rincon, Guerrero; Juchatengo and Sola, Oaxaca). — Miller 

 (W. D.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xxi, 1905, 356 (Sierra San Juan lisiarraga, 

 Sinaloa; colors of unfeathered parts). 



{Attild\ dnnamomeus Sharpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 169. 



Attila hypoxanthus Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, sig. 17, Feb., 

 1891, 135, part (Venta de Pelegrino, Guerrero). 



[Attila] hypoxanthus Siiarpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 169, part. 



ATTILA CITREOPYGUS MEXICANUS (Nelson). 

 TABASCO ATTILA. 



Similar in coloration to A. c. cinnamomeus , but much darker 

 (except tail), the general color of upper parts deep tawny-russet, the 

 upper rump (extensively) deep bright tawnj", pileum darker and suf- 

 fused with deep gray, with black streaks on forehead broader, throat 

 more heavily streaked with dusky, chest and lower throat broadly 

 streaked with brown on a light ^^ellow ground, sides of chest uniform 

 tawny-brown (raw-umber) , sides and flanks (extensively) bright oclira- 

 ceous, the axillar and under wing-coverts slightly buffy ochraceous. 



Adult male. — Length (skin), 197; wing, 98; tail, 81.5; exposed 

 culmen, 26.5; tarsus, 26; middle toe, 18.« 



State of Tabasco (Frontera), southeastern Mexico. 

 Attila njexicana 'Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, Sept. 25, 1901, 172 (Frontera, 

 Tabasco; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



ATTILA CITREOPYGUS LUTEOLUS Ridgway. 

 TAWNY ATTILA. 



Similar in coloration to A. c. cinnamomeus, but decidedly smaller, 

 rump and upper tail-coverts much more yellowish (usually dull chrome 

 j^ellow) and anterior under parts much less disthictly streaked. Dif- 

 fering from A. c. citreopygus in much lighter and much more cinnamo- 

 meous color of back, scapulars, and tail, and mucli less distinctly 

 streaked throat and chest. 



AduU male. —hength (skins), 173-189 (181); whig, 88.5-93.5 (90.3); 

 tail, 68.5-75.5 (72.3); exposed culmen, 22.5-24 (23.2); tarsus, 25-26 

 (25.7); middle toe, 16.5-18 (17.2).^ 



Pacific slope of Nicaragua (San Carlos; Sucuya) and Costa Kica 

 (San Jose). 



a One specimen (the type). b Three specimens. 



