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or interrupted, submalar streak; chin, throat, and median portion of 

 upper foreneck immaculate white; sides of upper foreneck, chest, 

 and lateral portion of upper breast deep chestnut-rufous or rufous- 

 chestnut; rest of under parts white, the sides and flanks heavily 

 spotted with greenish black, this heavy spotting sometimes extending 

 across lower breast ; under tail-coverts with larger or smaller roundish, 

 subcordate, or transverse spots of greenish black; axillars and under 

 wing-coverts white, the former spotted with dusky the latter with a 

 large V-shaped area of the same; inner web of remiges with large 

 spots of white; bill black, usually paler at tip and on basal portion 

 of gonys; iris dark brown; legs and feet dusky (in dried skins); 

 length (skms), 176-205 (189); wing, 79-83 (81.3); tail, 53.5-59 (56.6); 

 exposed culmen, 43.5-50 (46.8); tarsus, 8-9.5 (9); middle toe, 11-12.5 

 (11.7).« 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male but without any chestnut- 

 rufous or rufous-chestnut, the upper chest immaculate buffy white or 

 pale buff (like foreneck, throat, and chin), the lower chest crossed by 

 a broad band heavily spotted with greenish black, the lower breast 

 also with a similar, but usually less distinct, band; white of under 

 parts more or less tinged with buff, especially the chui, throat, and 

 upper chest, which are sometimes wholly light buff; length (skins), 

 177-204 (189); wmg, 79-86 (83.2); tail, 55-60.5 (57.7); exposed cul- 

 men, 40-50 (47.1); tarsus, 9-10 (9.5); middle toe, 12-13 (12.4).^ 



Young male. — Similar to the adult female, but chest more or less 

 suffused or intermixed with chestnut-rufous or cinnamon-rufous. 



Young female. — Similar to the adult female but markings on chest 

 in form of broad streaks rather than transverse spots. 



Panama (Lion Hill; Chepo; Paraiso; Rio Lara; Rio Indio; Rio 

 Trinidad; Rio Cano Quebrada; Puerto Bello; Gattin; Cerro Azul; 

 Sabana de Panama; David and Divala, Chiriqui; Calovevora and 

 Calobre, Veragua), and northward through Costa Rica (San Jose; 

 San Carlos; Cartago; Naranjo de Cartago; La Palma de Nicoya; 

 Volcan de Miravalles; Rio Frio; Jimenez; Bonilla; Talamanca), 

 Nicaragua (Bluefields; Chontales; San Juan del Sur; Sucuya; Los 

 Sabalos; Omotepe; Momotombo; Matagalpa; Rio Escondido), Hon- 

 duras (Lake Yojoa; San Pedro; Truxillo; Rio Segovia; Yaruca), 

 British Honduras (BeUze; Cayo; Old River), Salvador (La Liber- 

 tad), and Guatemala (Rio Dulce; Tollman; Duenas; Rio Guaca- 

 late; San Geronimo; Huamuchal; Cajabon; Palin; Los Amates, 

 Yzabdl; Lake Atitlan) to Chiapas (San Benito). 



p Twenty-two specimens. 



6 Twenty-three specimens. (For average measurements of specimens from different 

 countries in Central and South America see under C a. septentrional is, on p. 431.) 



