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blue; under wing-coverts pinkish buff, passing into pale greenish on 

 edge of wing; inner webs of remiges broadly edged with deeper pink- 

 ish buff, except distally; bill black, the mandible sometimes paler 

 basally; iris red; legs and feet dusky (grayish in life). 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 285-337 (291); wing, 109-123 (117); 

 tail, 147-181 (166.5); exposed cuhnen, 36.5-41 (38.2); tarsus, 25-27 

 (26.3); middle toe, 17-19.5 (17.7). '^ 



Adultfemale.— Length (skins), 286-323 (306); wing, 106-116 (112); 

 tail, 139-163 (154.8); exposed cuhnen, 30-40 (37); tarsus, 24.5-27 

 (25.3); middle toe, 17-18 (17.4).^ 



Middle Mexico, in States of Sinaloa (Mazatlan; Presidio de Mazat- 

 lan; Las Flores; Plomosas; Rosario; Escuinapa; Chalpa; Las 

 Palmas; Sierra de Armigas, 3,500 ft.; Los Pieles, 3,500 ft.; Rio 

 Juana Gomez), Durango (Chacala), Zacatecas, Jahsco (Etzatldn; 

 Bolanos; San Marcos; Tuxpdn; Beltran; Tonila), Colima (Plains 

 of Colima; Colima; Manzanillo Bay; Haciendo San Antonio), 

 Michoacan (Ahuacana) ?, Mexico (Temiscaltepec; near City of 

 Mexico), Puebla (Chietla; Tochimilco; Atlixco), and western Vera 

 Cruz (Orizaba), and Territory of Tepic (Tepic; Tuxpan; San Bias; 

 Santiago; Compostela; Sierra de Nayarit). 



a Sixteen specimens. 



& Thirteen specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Middle 



toe. 



MALES. 



One adult male from Puebla 



One adult male from Durango 



One adult male from Jalisco 



Four adult males from Tepic 



Five adiilt males from Sinaloa 



Five adult males from Colima 



One adult male from Michoacan ( M. m. saturatus) 



Two adult males from Guerrero ( If. m. saturatus) 



Ten adult males from Oaxaca ( M. m. saturatus) 



One adult male from Chiapas ( M. m. saturatus) 



Three adult males from Guatemala ( M. castaneiceps) 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Puebla 



One adult female from Jalisco 



Three adult females from Tepic 



Six adult females from Sinaloa 



Three adult females from Colima 



One adult female from Guerrero (El Rincon) 



One adult female from Guerrero (El Limon) ( M. m. saturat^ls) 



Four adult females from Oaxaca ( M. m. saturatus) 



Two adult females from Chiapas ( M. m. saturatus) 



112.5 



116 



123 



115.1 



116.3 



117.7 



120.5 



122.7 



121.3 



131 



131.2 



113 



106 



113.5 



110.7 



115.5 



114.5 



124 



124.1 



125.5 



159.5 



168 



181 



158.7 



160.5 



174.6 



174 



172.2 



176.8 



191 



203.5 



154 



139 



159.5 



153.5 



157.8 



147 



168 



178.8 



188.5 



17.5 



17.5 



19.5 



18 



17.7 



18.5 



19.5 



18.7 



19.7 



IS 



19.8 



16.5 



17 



17.3 



17.5 



17.3 



18 



19.5 



18." 



18. 



