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Adult male. —Length (skins), 435-495 (468) ; wing, 1S5.5-214 (200); 

 tail, 142-164 (155.2) ; culmen, 123-150 (136.1) ; tarsus, 43.5-49 (47.7) ; 

 outer anterior toe, 33-43.5 (35.9) .« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 420-467 (441); wing, 181.5-207 

 (193.2); tail, 142-156 (148.5); culmen, 107-131 (120.4); tarsus, 

 45-50 (46.4); outer anterior toe, 31-37.5 (34).^ 



Southern Honduras (mouth of Rio Tuma) through Nicaragua 

 (Greytown; Bluefields; La Libertad; San Emilis; Los Sabalos; Rio 

 Escondido; Jalapa; Pena Blanca; Matagalpa), Costa Rica (San Jose; 

 Angostura; Aguacate; Machuca; Orosi; Tucurriqui; Turrialba; 

 Cartago; Naranjo de Cartago; Grecia; Guayabo; Bonilla; Cuabre; 

 Guacimo; El Hogdr; Talamanca; Sipurio; Dota Mts.; Mii-avalles) , 

 Panama (Panama; Lion Hill; Laguna del Pita; Chitra; Santa Fe de 

 Veragua) to Colombia (Bonda, Cacagualito, Santa Marta, Puebla 

 Viejo, Manaure, and Minca, Santa Marta; Barranquilla) and Vene- 

 zuela to Trinidad.'' 



Ramphastos brevicarinatus Gould, Mon. Ramphast., 2d ed., 1854, pi. Sand text 

 (Panama; coll. J. Gould).— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. PMla., 1867, 103.— 

 Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 518 (Rio Escondido, Nicaragua). — 

 Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 1898, 134 (Santa Marta, Colombia), 157 

 (Puebla Vieja, Santa Marta). 



Footnote — Continued, 

 and passing into the same distally; (2) nile green; (3) sulphur yellow; (4) bluish green; 

 (5) bright azure blue. Terminal area of both maxilla and mandible deep red (crimson, 

 deep cherry red, or carmine). Basal margin of bill, deep black. Iris: (1) Greenish 

 white; (2) brown; (3) olive-green; (4) gray; (5) orange-yellow. Bare orbital space: 

 (1) Emerald-green passing into gamboge yellow exteriorly and with a narrow crescentic 

 mark of lavender below eye; (2) (not stated); (3) lemon yellow; (4) bright yellowish 

 green, verdigris green round eye; (5) pale blue, "dusted" with green. Legs and feet: 

 (1) "Crab" blueor azure, with sides of tarsus more greenish; (2) light blue; (3) lead blue; 

 (4) dull cobalt blue; (5) "dusty" green. 



Specimens nos. 1 and 2 are from eastern Nicaragua, no. 3 from Costa Rica, 4 and 5 

 of unknown locality. 



°' Twelve specimens (Panama to Nicaragua). 



^ Ten specimens (Panama to Nicaragua). 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Cul- 

 men. 



Tarsus 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



MALES. 



Two adult males from Nicaragua 



Eight adult males from Costa Rica 



Two adult males from Panama 



One adult male from Colombia (Bonda, Santa Marta) 



FEMALES. 



Two adult females from Nicaragua 



Seven adult females from Costa Bica 



One adult female from Panama 



Two adult females from Colombia (Santa Marta) 



211.5 

 197.6 

 198. 2 

 197 



196.5 

 192.1 

 195 

 194 



164 

 152 

 159.5 

 160.6 



152.2 

 144.4 

 150 

 151 



138 

 135.9 

 134.7 

 150 



122 

 121.4 

 119 

 121.7 



49 

 47.7 

 46.2 

 SO 



46.7 

 46.4 

 45.5 

 47.0 



35.5 

 35.2 

 39.2 

 35.5 



36.2 

 34 

 30 

 36.2 



c Specimens from Venezuela and Trinidad not seen by me. 



