726 fEINGILLID^!. 



tawny on the flanks, which are streaked with dusky hlackish, while 

 the throat and breast are streaked with black. 



Hob. Central America from Mexico to Guatemala. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



c. d. Ad. ; e. Juv. Orizaba (Botteri). Sclater Coll. 

 sk. 



f. Ad. sk. Orizaba (Boucarct). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Jalapa {C. F. Hbge), Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h. Ad. ; i. Juv. Guatemala (67. U. Skinner). J. Gould, Esq. 



sk. 



h. Ad. sk. Vera Paz {Hague). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



I. <$ ad. sk. Duenas, Guatemala, Aug. 24, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1859 (O. S.). 



m. Juv. sk. Duenas (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. S ad. sk. Duefias, July 18, 18-59 (O. 8.). Sclater Coll. 



o. J ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego (O. S.). Sclater Coll. 



p. S ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Sept. 1873 Sclater Coll. 



(O. 8). 



q. 3 ad. sk. Pine-ridge of Poctum, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1862 (0. 8.). 



r, s. Ad. st. Mexico. Purchased. 



6. Hsemophila sumichrasti. 



Hsemophila sumichrasti, Laior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 6 (1871) ; 

 Scl. 8/ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 33 (1873) ; Laior. Bull. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. iv. p. 22 (1876) ; Salvin 8f Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, i. p. 395 (1886). 



Adult. General colour above ashy grey, the feathers of the mantle 

 and back broadly streaked with black, the feathers being rufous 

 laterally ; lower back and rump more uniform and sandy brown ; 

 scapulars chestnut with black centres ; lesser wing-coverts uniform 

 bright chestnut ; median coverts black, the outer ones chestnut, the 

 inner ones like the greater coverts blackish, externally sandy buff, 

 whiter towards their ends ; bastard-wing blackish, edged with 

 white ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, edged with ashy rufous, 

 hoary whitish on the margins of the primaries ; upper tail-coverts 

 pale tawny rufous ; tail-feathers dusky brown, externally pale 

 tawny rufous, lighter on the outer feathers towards their ends : 

 crown of head ashy grey, mottled with rufous centres to the feathers, 

 which have also black shafts ; lores white, extending into an eye- 

 brow of pale ashy grey ; eyelid white ; ear-coverts pale ashy, with 

 a dark rufous or blackish line along the upper margin ; cheeks 

 white, becoming ashy grey on the hinder part, with a narrow 

 blackish streak above the white portion : throat white, separated 

 from the cheeks by a black malar line ; sides of neck ashy grey, 

 slightly spotted ; lower throat, fore neck, and sides of the breast 

 light ashy ; centre of breast and abdomen white ; sides of body, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts clear sandy buff ; thighs browner ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white : quills below dusky, ashy 

 whitish along the inner edge : " upper mandible brown, lower 



