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ally greater coverts also) narrowly tippixl with white; auricular reg-ion 

 similar, Init rather grayer; loral and suborbital regions chiefly dull 

 whitish; chin, throat, and upper chest white, the throat crossed Ijy a 

 more or less distinct band of ochraceous-bufl' or tawny-ochraceous, this 

 again crossed by a dusky su])malar streak; malar region white (usually 

 flecked with dusky) anteriorly, ochraceous-bufl' or tawny-ochraceous 

 posteriorly; lower chest (mediall}-), breast, and abdomen white, the 

 flrst (sometimes sides of breast also) transversely spotted or barred 

 with brownish gray, those markings immediately adjoining the convex 

 posterior outline of the immaculate white area covering lower throat 

 and upper chest dusky or blackish; ' sides of chest and breast ))rownish 

 gray, passing into a more decidedly brownish hue posteriorly, the 

 flanks tinged with ochraceous; anal region and under tail-coverts 

 ochraceous or ochraceous-})uti'; maxilla dusky brown or horn color, 

 mandible paler; tarsi and toes horn color. (Young not seen.) 



Adult ///r//.^— Length (skins), 179.83-195.58 (190.75); wing, 82.04- 

 92.71 (86.11); tail, 82.30-100.84(93.22); exposed culmen, 14.99-17.02 

 (16.00); depth of bill at base (two specimens), 10.16; tarsus, 26.92- 

 29.46 (28.19); middle toe, 17.78-20.07 (18.54); hind claw, 9.40-10.92 

 (10.16). ■' 



Adult female.— l^eixgth (skins), 181.86-197.10(189.23); wing, 79.76- 

 84.07 (82.30); tail, 87.63-94.23 (91.44); exposed culmen, 15.24-16.76 

 (15.75); depth of bill at base (three specimens), 10.16; tarsus, 26.67- 

 27.94 (27.18); middle toe, 17.02-18.03 (17.78); hind claw, 9.14-10.67 

 (9.65).^' 



Southern Mexico, in States of Puebla (Tehuacan), Oaxaca (San 

 Miguel de las Peras, Totontepec, Huitzo, Mount Zempoaltepec, etc.), 

 and Guerrero (Ayusinapa). 



Tanagra rntila Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 2 (Mexico; Berlin 



Mu8. ; see Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn., 1863, o7). 

 [P/)j(7o] rwYi/».s ScLATEK and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 33. 

 Pipilo rutilvx SALvixand God.max, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 410.— Shakpe, 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 756. 

 F.\_ipilo'] rutilus RiDGWAV, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 439. 

 Pipilo albicollis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1858, 304 (San ^Miguel de las 



Peras, Oaxaca; coll. P. L. Sclater); 1859, 380 (Totontepec, Oaxaca); Cat. 



Am. Birds, 1862, 120 (Oaxaca).— Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 



1876, 22 (Huitzo, Oaxaca). 

 [Pipilo fuscusi (var.?) aJbicollh Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 122. 



'In some specimens (chiefly those in worn summer plumage) these grayish and 

 dusky markings are almost obsolete; sometimes there is a blackish spot in center of 

 chest. 



'-' Seven specimens. 



^ Six specimens. 



