NOTES ON SOME BIRDS FROM THE INTERIOR OK HONDURAS. 



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RonKKl RlDCWAV, 

 Curator of ///<• Dr/<itrtinc-n( of Birds* 



A collection of nearly two liundnMl specimens (representinjx eifjlity- 

 liv«' species), obtained in the interior of llondnras by Mr. iMich W'itt- 

 knirel, an<l pnreliased by tlie D. S. National Museuui, contains tlio 

 following birds of special intert'st: 



1. Platypsaris aglaiae hypophttus, sulisp. iiov. 



SuBsr. CIIAU: Similar to /'. rr. /^(/f/VM-^m (Bonaj).), but male <larUer 

 above (the back grayish black, very little dilferent from the head), the 

 gray of under i>arts deeper and mncli more uniform, without the slight- 

 est indicati«)n of i)aling on the throat or -chest, ami white on inner 

 webs of remiges much more restricted (none at all on (irst |irimary) ; 

 the female also darker than that of /*. a. Idtirosfns (deej) tawny-bull', 

 instead ot' ])ale creambnll", beneath). 



I1\I5ITAT: Interior of Honduras (San rtdro Sula). 



Adult male (type, No. iL'OL'lCi, V. S. Nat. Mus., San Pedro Snla, ir<»n- 

 ihiras, October I, ISDO; VaW\\ Wittkngel): rilciiiii deep lihurk, slightly 

 glossed with greenish, the feathers grayish beneath the surface, the 

 forehead dull smoky lilack ; hind neck glossy grayish black, fading into 

 dull blackish slate on the back, the rest of the upper surface being dec[> 

 slate gray ; conceale<l portion ofscai)ulara largely pure white, partially 

 exposed w lien leathers are disarranged. L(»wer ])arts entirely nnilbi ni 

 gray (intermediate bet wcmmi the gray No. (> and the olive-gray of my 

 Homvmlaturc of Colors). Outer primary without any white at base of 

 inner web. I'pper mandible black, lower plund)eous dusky ; feet plum- 

 beous-dusky. lA'Ugth (skin), <!.:!(t ; wing, o.-l.">; tail, L'.dO; I'Xjjosed cul- 

 inen, 0.(1."); tarsus, ((..SO; middle toe, ().4.S. 



Another adult male (No. iL'dL'O-l, same locality and collector, d.muary 



2, ISO!,) is similar to the one describetl except that it is still darker, both 



above and Ixlow. the entire back being (piite black (though less glossy 



than the top of the head), while the sides of the head and neck also 



are nearly black. Its nu'asurements aic as follows: Length (skin), 



G.'J.""); wing, .'i. 50 ; tail, 2..">7 ; exposed cidmen.o.OT; tarsus, O.Si> ; nud- 



dle toe, 0.50. 



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