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Adult female. Similar to the male, but the colours not quite so 

 bright, and the lower abdomen more decidedly grey. 



There is considerable variation in the colour of the tail in 

 this species. In some specimens the upper tail-coverts as ■well as 

 the central rectrices are of a deep violet-purple. I am unable to 

 trace these variations to any definite localities, but the darker 

 specimens, as a rule, are from the more northern parts of Western 

 Mexico. This, however, is by no means universally the case. 

 The range in altitude of this species extends from near the sea- 

 level (San Bias) to the plateau of Mexico. 



Mr. Elliot is quite wrong in referring A. casta aeiventr is, Gould, 

 to this species. 



Hah. Southern Mexico, 



a. c? ad. sk. 

 h. (S ad. sk. 



c-g. cS ad. ; h. 5 



j uv. sk. 

 i,j. (S ad. ; h. 



Juv. ; I. 2 ad. sk, 

 m. cJ ad. sk. 

 n, 0. 5 ad. sk. 

 p. (S ad. sk. 



q-s. c? ad. ; t. $ 



ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 



V, w. cJ ad. sk. 



x-c'. (S ad. sk. 



d', e'. J 2 ad. sk. 



/'. c?ad.;£r'. $ 



ad. bk. 

 h'~r. c? ad. ; m'. 



5 ad. sk. 

 n'-r'. (S ad. ; «'. 



5 ad. sk. 

 t'. (S juv. sk. 



?«'. cJ ad. sk. 

 v'. (5 ad. sk. 



w'-y'. d" ad. st.; 



a', a". 5 ad. sk. 

 b"-d". S ad. sk. 

 e". (S juv. sk. 



f ",!/"• $ juv. sk. 



h". Juv. sk. 



Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico, June 



{W.Lloyd). 

 San Bias, Tepic, Mexico, May 



( W. B. Richardson). 

 Tepic, May ( W. B. R.). 



Huayimo, Sierra de Tepic, June 



( iV. B. R.). 

 Bolauos, Jahsco, July( W.B.R.). 

 Sierra de Tepic, Juue ( W.B.R.). 

 Zapotlau, Jalisco, Dec. ( W. 



B. R.). 

 Tonila, Jalisco, June {TV. 



Lloyd). 

 San Marcos, Jalisco, May ( W. 



Lloyd) . 

 Beltran, Jalisco, April, May 



{Lloyd). 

 Volcan de Colima, Jan. {W. 



B. Richardson). 

 Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Aug. 



{Mrs. H. H. Smith). 

 Xautipa, Guerrero, July {Mrs. 



H. H. S.). 

 Aniula, Guerrero, Aug. {Mrs. 



H. H. S.). 

 Omilteme. Guerrero, July, 



Aug. (Mrs. H. H. S.). 

 Tetelco, Valley of Mexico, 



July {Ferrari-Perez) . 

 Valley of Mexico. 

 Cofre de Perote, Mexico, July 



{M. Trtijillo). 

 Jala])a, Mexico, 



{M. T.). 

 Jalapa {de Oca). 

 Coatepec, Vera Cruz, Sept. 



{Ferrari-Perez) . 

 Coatepec, Oct., Nov. {M. Tru- 



jillo). 

 Orizaba, Mexico {Batter i). 



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Mar., May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

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