BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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iris light yellow; legs and feet grayish; length (skins), 305-345 (323); 

 wing, 177-201 (189.6); tail, 95-112.5 (103.7); culmen, 44-50.5 (47.5); 

 tarsus, 31-36 (33.3); outer anterior toe, 22-28.5 (24.2). « 



Adult female. — vSimilar to the adult male, but forehead, crown, and 

 upper median portion of crest, together with chin and throat, uniform 

 black (instead of red, like rest of head) ; length (skins), 280-340 (312) ; 

 wing, 173-203 (186.7); tail, 90-113.5 (102.4); exposed culmen, 38.5- 

 49 (45); tarsus, 31-36.5 (34.6); outer anterior toe, 21.5-26.5 (24.2).^ 



Young male. — Similar to the adult female, but forehead and median 

 portion of crown duller black or sooty black, chin and throat dark 

 sooty slate or dark grayish brown, nasal tufts, chin, lores, and malar 



°' Thirty-four specimens. ^ Twenty-seven specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males (S. g. regiiis) from Vera Cruz (6) and Tamau- 

 lipas (4) 



Ten adult males (S. g. nelsoni) from Guerrero (6), Michoacan (1), 

 Colima (1), and Sinaloa (1) 



One adult male from Yucatan 



Three adult males from Chiapas 



Seven adult males from Guatemala 



Two adult males from British Honduras 



Three adult males from southern Honduras 



Six adult males from Nicaragua 



Ten adult males from Costa Rica 



One adult male from western Panama (type of C. g. buxans 

 B angs ) 



FEMALES. 



Nine adult females (S. g. regius) from Tamaulipas (4) and Vera 

 Cruz (5) 1 



Ten adult females (<S. g. nelsoni) from Guerrero (5), Jalisco (1), 

 Tepic (1), Colima (1), and Sinaloa (2) 



One adult male from Tabasco 



One adult female from Campeche 



Two adult females from Chiapas 



Five adult females from Guatemala 



Three adult females from British Honduras 



Two adult females from southern Honduras 



Two adult females from Nicaragua 



Ten adult females from Costa Rica 



One adult female from western Panama 



Outer 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



26.7 



23.6 



23 



25.8 



243 



248 



241 



246 



25.8 



24,5 



25.6 



22.3 



24 



24 



2a5 



23.7 



22.7 



24 5 



25.5 



24 8 



25.5 



I am not able to detect any fairly average characters to separate the birds from Costa 

 Rica, western Panama, etc., from those from Guatemala and the extreme southern 

 States of Mexico; hence the characters ascribed to S. g. buxans Bangs are in reality 

 those of S. g. guatemalensis as compared with S. g. regius of Vera Cruz, San Luis Potosf, 

 and southern Tamaulipas. It is very likely that Mr. Bangs compared his S. buxans 

 with Vera Cruz examples of S. g. regius, considering the latter to be true S. guatemal- 

 ensis, and hence committed the error of redescribing S. g. guatemalensis as a new form. 



