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orange-red"; size apparently slightly larger than A. s. velox. (De- 

 scription based on van Rossem, Auk, Ivi, 1939, 127.) 



Adult female. — Similar to the male, but larger. 



Other plumages unknown. 



Adult male. — Wing 174.5-187; tail 131-141; culmen from cere 

 9.5-10; tarsus 51-51.8; middle toe without claw 30-30 mm. (2 

 specimens). 



Adult female. — Wing 192.5; tail 159; culmen from cere 12.3; tarsus 

 54.5; middle toe without claw 33.5 mm. (1 specimen). 



Range. — Highlands of Mexico from the New Mexico-Chihuahua 

 boundary (east side of San Luis Mountains), Nuevo Le6n, and Veracruz 

 (Cofre de Perote), south to Jalisco (Volcdn de Colima and the Sierra 

 Nevada de Colima). Occurs in the lowlands in winter, as at Tesia, 

 Sonora. 



Type locality. — Mesa del Chipinque, near Monterrey, Nuevo Le6n, 

 Mexico, about 4,500 feet. 



Accipiter fuscus Cubab, Cuadro Geogr., Estadfstico, Descr., e Hist, de los Estados 

 Unidos Mexicanos, 1884, 173, part (Mexico; common names). — Beristain 

 and Laurencio, Mem. y Rev. Soc. Cient. "Antonio Alzate," vii, Nos. 7, 8, 

 1894, 227, part (Mexico; listed). 



Acn'piier velox Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr. Amer., Aves, iii, 1899, 48, part 

 (Volcdn de Colima; Sierra Nevada de Colima; Cofre de Perote; Jalapa). — 

 VAN Rossem, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, 1931, 242, part (Tesia, 

 Sonora). 



Accipiter velox velox Marsh and Stevenson, Auk, Iv, 1938, 286, in text (Coahuila; 

 breeding) . 



Accipiter striatus velox Sutton and Burleigh, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Louisiana 

 State Univ., No. 3, 1939, 25 (Monterrey; Nuevo Le6n; 2 specimens). 



Accipiter striatus Sutton and Burleigh, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State 

 Univ., No. 3, 1939, 25 (ne. Mexico; Victoria, Tamaulipas; record); Auk, 

 Ivii, 1940, 237, in text (Veracruz; Las Vigas; 1 seen); Condor, xlii, 1940, 

 259, in text (San Luis Potosf; 2 records). — Sutton and Pettingill, Auk, 

 lix, 1942, 9 (G6mez Farias region, sw. Tamaulipas; seen). 



Accipiter striatus suttoni van Rossem, Auk, Ivi, 1939, 127, pi. 6 (col. pi.; orig. 

 descr.; Mesa del Chipinque, near Monterrey, Nuevo Le6n, Mexico, 4,500 

 feet; highlands of Mexico from New Mexico-Chihuahua boundary s. to 

 Jalisco and the Sierra Nevada de Colima) ; Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana 

 State Univ., No. 21, 1945, 55 (Sonora; rare winter and spring vis.). — Sutton 

 and Burleigh, Condor, xliii, 1941, 159 (Nuevo Le6n, Mexico; Mesa de 

 Chipinque; meas.). — Blake and Hanson, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 zool. ser., xxii, 1942, 525 (Michoacdn; Cerro de Tancitaro; spec; meas.; 

 crit.). — Sutton and Pettingill, Wilson Bull., liv, 1942, 199 (Nuevo Le6n, 

 Mexico; breeding pair taken May 5 and 6, 1941, at Mesa de Chipinque). — 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Auk, Ixi, 1944, 444 (nomencl.). 



Accipiter striatus subsp. Sutton and Burleigh, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana 

 State Univ., No. 3, 1939, 25 (Mesa del Chipinque, Nuevo Le6n). 



