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back a little more olive than the rest of the back ; wing-coverts, 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, excepting the inner- 

 most greater coverts and secondaries, which are pearly white, fringed 

 with yellow externally ; upper tail-coverts black, some of the lower 

 ones edged with yellow at the tip ; tail-feathers black ; crown of 

 head, sides of head, and hind neck black, as well as the ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and throat; sides of neck and under surface of body from 

 the fore neck downwards yellow ; thighs black, edged with yellow ; 

 under tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and axillarics yellow, the 

 feathers near the edge of the wing black ; quills below blackish, 

 ashy tinged with yellow along the inner edge. Total length 

 7 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-25, tail 2(35, tarsus 0*75. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being ashy brown above, 

 washed with olive-yellow ; the black on the head confined to the 

 crown and nape, so as to form a cap ; upper tail-coverts and outer 

 tail-feathers tipped with white; wings as in the male, but the 

 inner primaries with a white mark at the base of the outer web, 

 forming a speculum ; sides of face and ear-coverts dull olive-greenish, 

 the sides of the neck clearer yellow ; feathers at the base of the 

 bill and at the base of the cheeks, as well as a line along the upper 

 chin, black ; remainder of the under surface of body pale drab- 

 brown, washed with yellow, the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 dull whitish ; axillaries and under wing-coverts yellow, those near 

 the edge of the wing blackish, edged with yellow. Total length 

 6'5 inches, culmen f>8, wing 4*1, tail 2-5, tarsus 075. 



The young male resembles the old female in having only the 

 black cap, but the sides of the face and the upper surface of the 

 body are brighter and more yellowish green ; the white speculum is 

 present on the wing, but is smaller than in the old female ; the 

 throat also is more ashy, and the under surface of tho body more 

 distinctly washed with yellow. 



Hab. Central America from Mexico to Guatemala. 



a. Ad. ; b. Juv. Mexico. Purchased. 



St. 



c. [cJ jun.Jsk. Near the City of Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. d ad. sk. Valley of Mexico. Salvin-Godiuan Coll. 



e. cjad.sk. Jalapa (JDe Oca). Sclater Coll. 



f. $ ad. sk. Vera Cruz, Mexico (A. Sclater Coll. (Type of 



Salle). C. maculipennw. Scl.") 



g. <$ jim. sk. Guatemala. Sclater Coll. 



h, i. J 2 a d- sk. Coban, Guatemala, Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



Aug. 1860 (R. Oicen). 

 k. J ad. sk. San Geronimo, Guate- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mala, June 1882 (It. 



Owen). 

 I. c? hum. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guate- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mala, Nov. 1861 (O. S. 



$ F.D. G.). 

 in. J ad. st. Guatemala (G. U. Skin- G. U. Skinner, Esq. 



ner). 



