BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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pale olive-yellowish or whitish; chest indistinctly streaked with pale 

 oliv^e-greenish and pale olive-yellowish or whitish; bill blackish; legs 

 and feet dull red in life, brownish in dried skins; length (skins), 99.8- 

 119.4(113); wing, 59.4-64.5 (61.7); tail, 32.5-37.8 (35.1); exposed 

 culmen, 15-18.5 (17); tarsus, 13-15.5 (14.7); middle toe, 9.7-11.7 

 (10.7).^ 



'Nineteen specimens, from Middle America. 



After careful comparison of all the material available I am unable to discover any 

 appreciable or constant difference between South American and Middle American 

 examples of this species, except that specimens from the coast of northern South 

 America (Venezuela to Santa Marta, Colombia) have very long bills, and may consti- 

 tute a fairly well-marked subspecies C. c. brevipes (Cabanis). It is possible that a 

 satisfactory division may be made based upon females, as claimed by Mr. Oberholser 

 ( Auk, xvi, 1899, 33), but after careful examination of specimens which, however, 

 are very inadequate, I am compelled for the present to forego any attempt at 

 such division. If any form is to be separated it seems to me that the Cuban birds 

 should be thus distinguished, for the few females from that island which I have 

 seen appear to be considerably paler and more uniform in color beneath than any 

 others. 



Average measurements according to locality are as follows: 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



E.x- 



posed 



culmen. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Two adult males from Cuba 



Six adult males from southern Mexico 



Two adult males from Guatemala 



Four adult males from Honduras (Tru.xillo) 



Two adult males from Nicaragua 



Six adult males from Isthmus of Panama 



Four adult males irom Santa Marta, Colombia 



One adult male from Caracas, Venezuela 



Four adult males from Margarita Island, Venezuela 



Four adult males from Trinidad 



Three adult males from Tobago 



Two adult males from British Guiana 



Tw^o adult males from lower Amazon ( Parii) 



Three adult males from eastern Brazil ( Bahia) 



Three adult males from southwestern Brazil (Chapada) 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Cuba 



Five adult females from southern Mexico 



Five adult females from Guatemala 



Three adult females from Honduras 



Two adult females from Nicaragua 



Three adult females from Isthmus of Panama 



One adult female from Venezuela 



Two adult females from Margarita Island 



Three adult females from Trinidad 



Two adult females from Tobago ; 



Three adult females from Bahia 



One adult female from Chapada 



64.5 



64.8 



61.7 



62.5 



61.5 



63.2 



66.3 



65.8 



65.8 



65.3 



69.1 



64 



61.2 



63.8 



66.3 



38.1 

 37.1 

 35.1 

 35.6 

 35.3 

 37.6 

 39.9 

 38.9 

 38.9 

 38.1 

 41.7 

 37.3 

 38.1 

 37.1 

 39.6 



17.8 



1.5.7 



16.3 



17 



17.8 



16.5 



18.5 



22.1 



21.1 



16.8 



18.3 



16.3 



15.2 



15.7 



14.5 



17.3 



16.5 



17 



16.3 



18 



17.8 



18.3 



19.3 



18.8 



19.8 



18.5 



15.5 



1.5.2 



14. 5 



14 



14 



14.7 



14.5 



14.5 



14.7 



14.7 



14.5 



15 



14.2 

 14.2 

 1.5.5 



15.2 



14.5 



14.7 



15 



14 



14.7 



15.2 



14.7 



14.5 



1.5. 2 



14.2 



14.7 



10.9 

 10.7 

 10.9 

 10.2 

 10.7 

 10.9 

 10.4 

 10.2 

 10.4 

 10.2 

 10.7 



9.4 

 10.2 

 10.4 



11.4 

 10.9 

 10.9 



9.9 

 10.7 

 11.2 

 11.4 

 10.2 

 10.2 

 10.9 

 10.2 



9.9 



