BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



301 



(193.6); tail, 112-126 (119.2); culmen, 14-15.5 (14.8); tarsus, 

 24-26.5 (25.2); middle toe, 28.5-31.5 (30.2). « 



Young. — Much duller in coloration than adults; general color of 

 head, neck, and anterior under parts dull, hght vinaceous-drab, and 

 reddish brown on lesser wing-coverts more rusty and less uniform 

 (mostly on terminal portion of the feathers) . 



Mexico and part of Central America; north to lower Rio Grande 

 Valley in Texas (Brownsville; Fort Brown; Hidalgo; Lomita Ranch; 

 accidental at Corpus Christi), Nuevo Leon (Monterey; Las Escobas; 

 Santa Ingracia; Los Trevinos; Villa Grande; Montemorelos) , and 

 southern Sonora (Sierra de Alamos) ; southward, through Sinaloa 

 (Mazatlan; Presidio de Mazatlan; Rosario; Plomosas; El Toro; 

 Escuinapa), Tepic (Santiago; San Bias), Guanajuato (Silao), Tamau- 

 hpas (Forlon; Linares; Victoria; Matamoros; Aldama; Tampico; 

 Alta Mira; Rio de la Cruz; Camargo), Vera Cruz (Motzorongo; 

 Misantla; Atoyac; Vega de Casadero; San Lorenzo; Orizaba; 

 Potrero; Cordova; Jalapa; Vera Cruz; Rancho Nuevo; Plan del 

 Rio; Hacienda de Tortugas; Alvarado), San Luis Potosi (Valles), 

 Mexico (near City of Mexico), Colima (Manzanillo; Tonila; Sierra 

 Madre), Guerrero (Acapulco), Oaxaca (Huilotepec; Tuxtepec; Tapa- 

 natepec; Tehuantepec; Tapana; Teotalcingo; Santa Efigenia; 



oTen specimens. 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Six adult males from southern Texas 



One adult male from Tamaulipas 



One adult male from Sinaloa 



One adult male from Colima 



One adult male from Guerrero 



Three adult males from Oaxaca 



One adult male from Yucatan 



One adult male from Salvador 



Two adult males from Nicaragua (= C. f. minima) 



Four adult males from Costa Rica (= C. /. minima) 



Five adult males from Tres Marias Islands (==C.f. madrcnsis). 



FEMALES. 



Two adult females from southern Texas 



Three adult females from Tamaulipas 



One adult female from San Luis Potosi 



One adult female from Vera Cruz 



One adult female from Sinaloa 



One adult female from Colima 



One adult female from Chiapas 



Three adult females from Costa Rica (= C. f. minima) 



Three adult females from Tres Marias Islands (= C.f. madrensis) 



29.8 



31 



28 



28.5 



29 



30.3 



30 



30 



30 



28.6 



30.6 



3L2 



30.8 



31 



29.5 



28.5 



29.5 



29 



27.7 



31.7 



