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green, the feathers \Yith broad semiraetallie inarj^iiis, producing a dis- 

 tinct nietallio gloss or sheen to the plumage; remiges and rectrices dusky 

 with olive-green edgings, narrower and more yellowish on primaries; 

 under parts deep olive-yellowish, darker (more yellowish olive-green) on 

 sides and flanks; under tail-coverts deep ochraceous or tawn^- bill and 

 feet as in adult male; length (skins), 83.8-99.1 (95); wing, 49.5-58.7 

 (54.6); tail, 22.4-32(28.2); exposed culmen, 7.9-8.6(8.4); depth of bill at 

 base, 4.8-5.8 (5.3); tarsus, 14.7-15.7 (15.2); middle toe, 9.9-11.7 (10.9).' 

 Southern Mexico, in States of Vera C'ruz (Santecomapan), Oaxaca, 

 etc.. and southward to Costa Rica (Angostura; Valza; Tucurriqui; San 

 Carlos; flimenez; Pacuare; Dota Mts.). 



Enphonia ? Sclater, Proc. Zool. 8oc. Lond., 1856, 803 (Mexico). 



Euplionia gouldi Sclater, Proc. Zool. 8oc. Lond., xxv, 1857, 66, pi. 124 (Guate- 

 mala; coll. J. Gould), 229 (Santecomapan, Vera Cruz; Mosquito coast, Nica- 

 ragua); Ann. and Mag. N. H., 2d ser., xx, 1857, 319; Journ. fiir Orn., vi, 

 1858, 73; Cat. Am. Birds, ii, 1862, 60 (Choctum, Vera Paz, Guatemala) ; 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 81 (Choctum and Kamkhal, (iuatemala; 

 Belize, Brit. Honduras; Chontales, Nicaragua; Angostura and Valza, Costa 

 Rica). — Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 17 (Guatemala). — Salvin, Iliis, 

 1860, 194 (Cohan, Guatemala); 1872, 315 (Chontales, Ni(;aragua).— Fraxt- 

 zius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 298 (Tucurriqui, etc., Costa Rica). — Bou- 

 CARD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 54 (San Carlos, Costa Rica). — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 263. — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., X, 1887, 585 (Sego\'ia R., Honduras). — Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. 

 Costa Rica, i, 1887, 109 (Jimenez, Costa Rica). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., xvi, 1893, 488 (Greytown and Rio Escondido, Nicaragua). 



\^Euphonkt'] </ohW/ Sclater and Salvin, Nom. A v. Neotr., 1873, 18. 



Euplionia gouMii Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 98 (Angostura, Pacuare, 

 and Dota Mts., Costa Ric;a). — Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 

 550 (hot region, Vera Cruz). 



' Twelve specimens. 



Specimens vary in measurements according to locahty, those from Costa Rica and 

 Nicaragua l)eing the smallest. The series examined is not sufficient, however, to 

 sliow whether there are constant local differences iri either measurements or colora- 

 tion. Following are average measurements: 



Locality. 



MALKS. 



Two adult males from eastern Mexico 



Five adult males from Guatemala 



Three adult males from uortliern Honduras. 

 Two adult males from southern Honduras. . . 



One adult male from Nicaragua 



One adult male from Costa Rica 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Mexico 



Four adult females from Guatemala 



Four adult females from northern Honduras 



Two adult females from Costa Rica 



One adult female from Panama 



Wing. 



56.4 

 55. 9 

 56.4 

 52. 1 

 51.6 

 53.6 



56.1 

 .55.1 

 55. 4 

 50 

 55.6 



Tail. 



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29.7 



29.7 



25. 1 

 27.9 



29.7 

 29. 2 

 29. 5 

 23. 6 

 26. 7 



Exposed 

 culmen 



9.1 

 S. 6 

 8.4 

 8.1 

 8.1 

 8.1 



8.4 

 8.4 

 8.4 

 8.1 

 8.1 



Depth 

 of bill 

 at base. 



5.6 

 5. 6 

 5.3 

 5.3 

 5.3 



5. 6 

 5.8 

 5.3 

 4.8 

 .5.1 



15. 5 



15.5 



15. 5 



15 



14.7 



14.7 



1.5. 2 



15.5 



15 



15 



15.2 



Middle 

 toe. 



10.7 

 11.2 

 10.4 

 9.9 

 9.7 

 10.9 



10.7 

 10.9 

 11.2 

 9.9 

 11.2 



