1886.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 147 



This very curious Pipilo is almost exactly intermediate in coloration 

 between P. maculatus Swains, and P. carmani, Baird, but in dimensions 

 agrees best with the former, P. carmani being much smaller than either. 

 From P. maculatus, P. suhmaculatus diflers strikingly in the following 

 characters : (1) Absence of distinct streaks, either of black or white, on 

 the interscapular region; (2) greatly reduced size of white markings on 

 scapulars, wing-coverts, and tertials, which are smaller even than in P« 

 carmani; (3) limitation of white spots on the tail to the two lateral 

 feathers, and their greatly reduced size; (4) black spots in ferruginous 

 of the sides of the breast. The last character is perhaps not to be re- 

 lied on, since a tendency to the same feature in some specimens of the 

 several race of P. maculatus, especially P. oregonus. — E. E.] 



78. Pipilo complexus, Ridgway, sp. iiov. 



Pipilo complexus, Ridgway, Auk, III, July, 1886, 332. 



Vulg. — Chohuis. 



Hab. — State of Puebla: Teziutlan, No. 138^ type, November. 



Sp. ohae. — Similar to P. macronyx. Swains., but decidedly smaller, 

 the sides much paler rufous (almost buff), the throat with a white patch, 

 and the occiput with a patch of rufous. 



Adult S (No. 138, collection of the Comision Geogr^flco Exploradora 

 de Mexico, Teziutlan, State of Puebla, November, 1884) : Head, neck, 

 and breast deep black, relieved by a broken i)atch of rufous on the oc- 

 ciput (the feathers of which have tips and mesial streaks of black), an 

 indistinct bar or broken oblong spot of white on each side of the fore- 

 head, and a white patch covering the medial portion of the chin and 

 throat, broadest below. Eest of upper parts olive-green, the feathers 

 dusky centrally ; back and scapulars streaked with black, the latter 

 with broader streaks (covering the greater portion of the outer web of 

 each feather) of pale olive-yellow ; middle and greater coverts broadly 

 tipped with pale yellow, forming two distinct bands across the wing ; 

 outer webs of two innermost tertials broadly edged with dull yellowish 

 white. Kump and upper tail-coverts plain dull olive-green. Tail dusky, 

 the feathers edged with olive-green, the lateral feather with the termi- 

 nal portion of the inner web dull yellowish white, about .90 of an inch 

 in extent next the shaft; second rectrix with a similar but much 

 smaller spot, isnd third rectrix with a very small spot, only about .25 of 

 an inch long (measured along the shaft), and .15 of an inch wide. Ab- 

 domen and lower part of breast pure white; sides, flanks, and crissum 

 pale ochraceous-rufous. Bill, blackish; iris, "reddish yellow"; tarsi, 

 pale horn-brown; toes, darker. Wing, 3.60; tail, 3.90; culmen, .62; 

 tarsus, 1.15; middle toe, .70.* 



While P. mocroxyx, Swains., in its coloration forms a connecting link 

 between the two sections of the genus represented by P. maculatus, 



*An adult male of P. macronyx measures as follows: Wing, 3.80; tail, 4.60; cul- 

 meu, .70; tarsus, 1.25; middle toe, .82. 



