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ish in dried skins), shading anteriorly and superiorly into black or 

 margined by an oblique line of that color, the remainder (upper and 

 terminal portions) of maxilla bright canary or lemon yellow, passing 

 through sulphur yellow into light yellowish green on middle third 

 (more or less) of culmen; proximal third (more or less) of mandible 

 deep chestnut or claret brown, passing into black on terminal portion, 

 the lateral basal margin also blackish; bare orbital space emerald 

 green passing into greenish lemon yellow externally; bare skin of 

 orbital region emerald green; iris brown; legs and feet light cseru- 

 lean blue, the large scutella of tarsus more greenish; soles of feet wax 

 yellow. '^ 



Young. — Similar to adults but bill much less brightly colored, 

 with the darker and lighter areas not sharply defined, the former 

 dull brownish or dusky, the latter dull grayish yellow or pale horn 

 color. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skuis), 515-590 (551) ; wing, 224-243 (232.2) ; 

 tail, 147.5-176.5 (160.8); cuhnen, 150-192 (169.5); tarsus, 49-57 

 (52.8); outer anterior toe, 37-45 (40.9).^ 



Adult female.— LeYigih. (skins), 495-535 (517); wing, 215-235 

 (225.7); tail, 145-166 (155.4); culmen, 132-175 (152.2); tarsus, 48- 

 55.5 (51.5); outer anterior toe, 37-46 (40.7)." 



Southern Honduras (Kio Seg6via) through Nicaragua (Los Saba- 

 los; Rio Escondido; Eio Grande; Kio Tuma; Vizagua; Savala; 

 Matagalpa; Chontales), Costa Rica (Angostura; San Carlos; Turri- 



°- Fresh, colors of specimens shot by the author in Costa Rica. The color of the 

 iris and bare orbital space seems to vary, however, possibly according to season. Zele- 

 don (in manuscript, on labels) says the iris is greenifih yellow and the orbits "yellow, 

 like breast."- Nutting describes the iris as green. 



^ Twenty-four specimens. 



c Twelve specimens. 



Localitv. 



MALES. 



One adult male from southern Honduras (Rio Segovia). . 



Four adult males from Nicaragua 



Nine adult males from Costa Rica 



Three adult males from Panama 



Five adult males from Colombia 



Two adults (males?) from western Ecuador (Guayaquil). 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from southern Honduras (Rio Segovia) 



Two adult females from Nicaragua 



Eight adult females from Costa Rica 



One adult female from Panama 



Wing. 



227 



229.2 



232.6 



235 



233 



232.5 



220 

 223 

 228.4 

 215 



Tail. 



150 



162.4 



161.5 



166.5 



156.9 



161.5 



152 

 148 

 158.7 

 147 



Cul- 

 men. 



151.5 

 167.6 

 176.8 

 172.5 

 159.4 

 170.7 



139.5 

 141 

 154. 7 

 143.5 



Tarsus. 



50 



51.1 



53.8 



53.8 



52.1 



52 



49 

 52 

 51.4 

 52 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



41.5 

 40.5 

 41.1 

 41.3 

 40.7 

 40 



38.5 

 40 



41.4 

 38. 5 



3622°— Bull. 50. pt 6—14 22 



