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Adult female. —Length (skins), 225-241 (236); wing, 152.5-171 

 (162.5); tail, 70-79.5 (76.3); culmen, 22-26 (24.4); tarsus, 17-20 

 (18.2); outer anterior toe, 22-24.5 (22.9).« 



Southern Mexico, in States of Chiapas (Tonala, Palenque), Cam- 

 peche (Apazote) and Yucatan (Merida; Calotmul; Tunkas; Izamal; 

 CitUpech; Buctzotz; Chichen-Itza) and southward, through Guate- 

 mala (Gualan; Rio Managua; Rio Montagua; Rio Chiguete; Retal- 

 huleu; Naranjo; Aguas Calientes; Volcan de Fuego at 8,000 feet; 

 Zacapa; San Jose), British Honduras (near Manatee Lagoon), 

 Honduras (Chasniguas; Chamelicon; San Pedro; Yojoa) and western 

 Nicaragua (Matagalpa; Ocotal; Sucuya; San Rafael del Norte; San 

 Juan del Sur; La Libertad), to western Costa Rica (Volcan de Mira- 

 vaUes; Tenorio; Desmonte; Bebedero; Nicoya; Liberia; San Mateo). 



Chrysalis alhifrons (not of Sparrman) Sclater, Proc. Zool. See. Lond., 1858, 359 

 (near San Pedro, Honduras). — Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 138 (Central 

 America). — Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 121 (between Yojoa and San Pedro, Hon- 

 duras). — FiNSCH, Die Papag., ii, 1868, 526, part. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., ix, 1868, 131 (Desmonte and Nicoya, Costa Rica); ix, 1869, 207 (Merida, 

 Yucatan). — Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 366 (Costa Rica). — Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1871, 87, 96, part (range). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 455 

 (Yucatan; habits).— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1883, 376, 388 (San 

 Juan del Sur and Sucuya, Nicaragua; habits, etc.). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1897, 593 (Merida, Buctzotz, Izamal, Tunkag, 

 and Citilpech, Yucatan; Tonala, Chiapas; Retalhuleu, Rio Chiguate, Agua 

 Caliente, and Volcan de Fuego at 8,000 ft., Guatemala; Yojoa and San Pedro, 

 Honduras; La Libertad, Matagalpa, etc., Nicaragua; San Mateo, Liberia, etc., 

 Costa Rica).— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890, 205 (Tunkas and Citil- 

 pech, Yucatan). — Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xx, 1891, 311, part (locali- 

 ties in Yucatan, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica). — 

 Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 445 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Rica; food). — 

 Lantz, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci. for 1897-99 (1900), 220 (Naranjo, Guatemala). 



o Eight specimens. 



Locality. 



Wins 



Cul- 

 men. 



Tarsus. 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



MALES. 



One adult male from Campeche 



One adult male from Yucatan 



Three adult males from Chiapas 



Five adult males from Guatemala 



One adult male from British Honduras.. 



One adult male from Honduras 



Four adult males from Nicaragua 



Three adult males from Costa Rica 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Guatemala 



One adult female from British Honduras 



One adult female from Honduras 



Four adult females from Nicaragua 



One adult female from Costa R ica 



ISO 



170.5 



1GS.3 



165.6 



167.5 



157.5 



164.5 



166.5 



158.5 



162 



170 



161.9 



162 



82.5 

 81.2 

 73 

 73 



77.4 

 77.5 



79.5 

 74.9 

 78.5 



27 



24.5 



27.5 



24.6 



24 



25 



24.5 



26 



25 



26 



26 



23.5 



23.5 



20 



19 



18.8 



18.2 



18.5 



19 



17.8 



17.7 



26.5 



25 



24.5 



23.8 



22 



23 



23.3 



23.7 



22 



22.5 



23.5 



23.1 



23 



