FAMILY COTINGIDAE 



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and middle wing coverts, rump, and upper tail coverts pale bluish 

 gray; concealed bases of feathers in upper back white; rest of wing, 

 including outermost greater coverts and alula, black; tail with distal 

 half black, basal area and tip white to grayish white; under surface, 

 including axillars, under wing coverts and inner margins of wing 

 feathers, white to pale bluish gray. 



Figure 25. — Masked tityra, borreguito, Tityra semifasciata, male above, 



female below. 



Adult female, crown, nape, and side of head grayish brown to 

 sooty brown ; back, scapulars, and rump more grayish brown ; con- 

 cealed bases of feathers in center of back white to grayish white; 

 lower rump and upper tail coverts usually grayer ; wings as in male, 

 but duller colored ; tail as in male, but black area more extensive ; 

 throat white ; rest of under surface grayish to grayish white. 



