BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 



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and thighs banded tilleul buff and chaetura black, some specimens 

 seeming more buffy than blackish and some the reverse; under tail 

 coverts dirty buff subterminally crossed by a blackish band, and some 

 of the feathers crossed by several such bands ; remiges and under wing 

 coverts as in adult; cere black; base of bill plumbeous; iris orange- 

 red; tarsi and toes orange-yellow. 



Figure 38. — Geranospiza nigra. 



Natal down. — Not known. 



Adult male. Wing 282-318 (302.2); tail 224-247 (238.7); culmen 

 from cere 19.5-21 (20.1) ; tarsus 78-88 (84.2) ; middle toe without claw 

 32-37 (34.6 mm.).«o 



^o Eight specimens from Mexico (Tamaiilipas, Veracruz, and Mazatldn); 

 Guatemala; Costa Rica; and El Salvador. 



