572 



BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



9.65 (9.40); depth of bill at base, 8.13-8.64 (8.38); tarsus, 14.99-16.76 

 (16.00); middle toe, 10.92-12.19 (11.68).' 



Y(>u)i(j male. — Similar in color to adult female. 



Southern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (hot and temperate regions), 

 Oaxaca (Playa Vicente, Guichicovi, etc.^) south through more eastern 

 parts of Central America to Costa Rica (Angostura, Pacaare, Turrialba, 

 San Carlos, San Jose, Las Trojas, Angostura, Sipurio. Naranjo, Puerto 

 Limon, etc.). 



tSpermophila corvina Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 379 (Playa Vicente, 

 Oaxaca, s. Mexico; coll. P. L. Sclater); Cat. Ann. Birds, 1862, 105 (Oaxaca; 

 Honduras); Ibis, 1871, 16 (monogr. ). — Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 88 

 (Yzabal, Guatemala); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 278 (Bluetields, Nica- 

 ragua); 1870, 836 (San Pedro, Honduras). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. \'., 

 viii, 1865, 180 (Greytown, Nicaragua); ix, 1868, 102 (Angostura, Pacuare, 

 and Turrialba, Costa Rica) ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 20 (Guichicovi, 

 Oaxaca). — Frantzius, Journ. fiirOrn., 1869,801 (Costa Rica). — Sumichrast, 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 551 (hot and temp, reg., Vera Cruz).— 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1872, 317 (Chontales, Nicaragua). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1878, 58 (San Carlos, Costa Rica) . — Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 

 1882, 8.— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1884, 401 (Los Sabalos, e. 

 Nicaragua^). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1885, 355. — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 137. 



[('^yrinorkynchus] corvinus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 106, no. 7593. 



[SpermopMla] corvina Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 28. 



Sporophila corvina Oassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 169 (San Jose, Costa 

 Rica). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 111 (Jimenez, Las 

 Trojas, and Angostura, Costa Rica). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 

 1887, 580 (Segovia R., Honduras). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 

 1893, 492 (Rio Escondido, Nicaragua; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 



8.\^porophiki\ corvina Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 450. 



Spermophila badiiventris Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., viii, 1865, 172 

 (Greytown, Nicaragua; U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Baird, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., 

 i, 1869, 319, pi. 28, fig. 3. 



[Gyrinorhynchus] badiiventris Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 106, no. 7594. 



[Sporophila'\ badiiventris Giebel, Thes. Orn., iii, 1877, 518. 



^Twelve specimens. 



Measurem<}nts average as follows, according to locality: 



■^ In the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 

 there is a specimen (No. 41263, female) which is labeled "City of Mexico." 



•'Not mestern Nicaragua, as stated in the Biologia Centrali- Americana (i, p. 356), but 

 oil the lower portion of the San Juan River. 



