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(Wanks River), 1; San Rafael del Norte, 1. Costa Rica: Tenorio, 

 26; Miravalles, 17; La Vijagua, 3; El General, 4; Cerro Santa Maria, 

 15. Total, 152. 



BASILEUTERUS CULICIVORUS BRASHERII (Giraud) 



Musicapa brasierii (error typ.) Gibaxtd, Sixteen Species of Texas Birds, 

 1841, pi. [6], fig. 2 and text ("Texas"; orig. de.scr. ; tjT)e in coll. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.). — ScLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p. 66 (crit.). 



BasUeuterus hraiseri Baird, Rept. Pacific R. R. Surv., vol. 9, 1858, p. 306 

 ( in list of species ; ref s. ) . 



BasUeuterus brasheri Bebieb, Bull. Nuttall Oru. Club, vol. 5, 18.S0, p. 2.39 

 (crit. on name). 



Basileute7-us culicivorus (not Sylv-ia culiclvora Lichtenstein) Ridgway, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 3, 1880, p. 174 (in list of N. Amer. species), p. 

 216 (syn.), pp. 229, 232 (range).— Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21, 

 1881, pp. 19, 62, 75, 78 (same matter). — Ambsican Ornithologist.s' Union 

 Committee, Chec-k-List of N. Amer. Birds, 1886, p. 318, part ("Texas," 

 in range). — Ridgway, Man. N. Amer. Birds, 1887, p. 531, part ("Texas," 

 in range). — Allen, Auk, vol. 10, 1893, p. 141 (faunal range). — Richmond, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, 1896, p. 632 (Alta Mira. Taniaulipas). 



BasUeuterus ouUcworus hrasherii Ridgway', Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 

 vol. 2, 1902, p. 755 (descr. ; range; refs.). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union Committee, Auk, vol. 21, 1904, p. 417 (in list of N. Amer. species) ; 

 vol. 25, 1908, p. 354 (no valid Texas record).— Stone, Auk, vol. 36, 1919, 

 p. 469 (Giraud's ref.). 



BasUeuterus culicivorus irasheri, Cooke, Auk, vol. 22, 1905, p. 299, part 

 (range). — Phillips, Auk, vol. 28, 1911, p. 87 (Santa Leonor, Caballeros, 

 Guiaves, Rio Martinez, and Rio Cruz, Tamaulipas, Mexico). 



Subspedfic characters. — Similar to Baslleutei'us cmlicivorus cvZi- 

 civoinis, but upper parts paler, deep grayish olive, and light stripes 

 of pileiim averaging more greenish. 



Measurements. — Male: Wing, 58-60 (average, 61.5); tail, 52-58 

 (55) ; bill, 9.5-10.5 (10) ; tarsus, 18-20 (19). Female: Wing, 55-63 

 (58) ; tail, 49-55 (53) ; bill, 9.5-10.5 (10) ; tarsus, 18.5-20.5 (19.5). 



RayigQ. — Northeastern Mexico, in States of San Luis Potosi, Nuevo 

 Leon, southern Taniaulipas, and northern Vera Cruz. 



Remarks. — This bird, named in honor of Philip Brasher, is one 

 of Giraud's unconfirmed " Texas " records. It was early identified 

 with B. culicivorus proper, and remained unrecognized until revived 

 in a subspecific sense by Mr. Ridgway in 1902. Giraud's type speci- 

 men, still preserved in the collection of the LTnited States National 

 Museum, is worn and faded, but probably belongs to the race here 

 characterized. It seems desirable to select a new type locality, 

 and I would suggest Alta Mira, in the State of Taniaulipas, Mexico, 

 as such. There is a specimen from Rivera, Vera Cruz (75 miles south 

 of Tam^^ico), in the collection of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, showing that it ranges into northern Vera Cruz, and there 

 are others from San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon. 



