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STURNELLA MAGNA INEXPECTATA Ridgway. 

 CENTRAL AMERICAN MEADOWLARK. 



Siinilur to aS. hi. //icxiaaut., hut decidedly .siuuUer; plumage of upper 

 parts still more decidedly brownish; yellow of under parts clearer or 

 purer. 



A(Ia/t nude.— hength (skins), 179.1-285.7 (199.9); wing, 9-1.7-111 

 (103.t)); tail, 57.9-77.7 (67.8); culmen, from base, 27.4-32.5 (30.2); 

 tarsus, 37.6-41.2 (38.4); middle toe, 27.9-31.2 (27.4).' 



Adult fema/c.-'L.ength (skins), 170.1-216.7 (197.6); wing, 90.2-98.6 

 (94.5);. tail, 58.9-67.3 (62); culmen, from base, 26.4-30.2(28.5); tarsus, 

 35.6-39.1 (37.S); middle toe, 26.9-29.7 (27.9)." 



Atlantic lowlands of southeastern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz 

 (Minatitlan) and Chiapas (Palenque), and southward through eastern 

 Guatemala and Hondui'as (Segovia River) to Costa Rica and Veragua.'* 



Sturnella ludoriciaua (not Sturnufi ludovicianus Linneeus) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1856, 143 (David, Chiriqui).— Taylor, Ibis, 1860,317 (Honduras).— 

 Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 191 (Veragua); 1867, 142 (Da\id, Chiri- 

 qui). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 104 (San Jose, Costa Rica). — 

 BoucARD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 59 (Cartago, etc., Costa Rica). 



Sturnella htppocrepis (not Sttirnus hippocrepis Wagler) Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond.. 1859, 58 (near Belize, British Honduras, on pine ridges). 



Sturnella mexicana (not of Sclater) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1865, 177 

 (David, Chiriqui). — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 142 (Veragua). — 

 Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 10. 



[Sturnella magna'] var. mexicana Baird, Brewer, and Ridciwav, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 172, part. 



Sturnella magna mexicana Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 112 (San 

 Jose, Alajnela, Cartago, and Santa Ana, Costa Rica). — Cherrie, Auk, vii, 

 1890, 334 (San Jose, Costa Rica); ix, 1892, 250 (San Jose). 



' Seventeen specimens. 



'■^ Ten specimens. 



Specimens from different localities average as follows: 



Locality. 



Wing. 



MALES. 



Four adult males from lowlands of Vera Cruz (Minatitlan) . 



Five adult males from lowlands of Chiapas (Palenque) 



Two adult males from southern Honduras (Segovia River). 



Six adult males from Costa Riea 



One adult male from Veragua 



femai.es. 



Three adult females from Vera Cruz (Minatitlan) 



Three adult females from Chiapas ( Palenque) 



One adult female from southern Honduras (Segovia River) . 

 Three adult females from Costa Rica 



102. G 

 101. G 

 'JG. 5 

 108.5 

 103.6 



93 

 94 

 90.2 



97.8 



Middle 

 toe. 



29.2 

 29.2 

 28.7 

 29.7 

 27.7 



27.4 

 28.5 

 27.4 

 28.5 



' I am douljtful as to the correctness of referring the ])irds from Costa Rica and Vera- 

 gua to this form. They are considerably larger, and apparently more richly colored, 

 though the series of specimens is not sufficient to show whether the apparent differ- 

 enc-es are constant. 



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