.546 pekisterid^:. 



(1882) ; id. Key N. Am. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 567, n. 542 (1884) ; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 193; A. O. U. Check-list N. Am. Birds, 

 p. 180, n. 318 ( 1886) ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 175 

 (Puebla) (1886) ; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 214, pi. lxii. f. 3 

 (1887) ; Bvndire, Life-Hist. N. Am. Birds, p. 144 (1892). 



Leptoptila fulviventris, Lawr. Ann. N. York Ac. ii. p. 287 (1882) 

 (Yucatan) ^ype examined); Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 435; 

 Bchnw. § Schal. J.f. 0. 1883, p. 407. 



? Engvptila verreauxi, Nutt. (nee Bp.), Nutting, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 vi. pp. 378, 389, 396 (Nicaragua) (1883). 



Engyptila fulviventris, Lawr. Ann. N. York Ac. iii. p. 271 (1885). 



Engyptila vinaceifulva, Lawr. Ann. N. York Ac. iii. p. 271 (1885) 

 (Yucatan) (isabelline var. of L. fulviventris, type examined). 



Adult male. Upper parts brown-olive ; forehead whitish, with a 

 slight greyish-vinous tinge, changing into coppery red with golden- 

 bronze or greenish reflections on the occiput and hind neck ; on the 

 upper mantle sometimes a slight melallic-bluisk or purple tinge ; 

 throat white ; cheeks, sides of the neck, crop-region, and upper 

 breast pale vinous, changing into white on the lower breast, abdo- 

 men, and under tail-coverts ; the latter with a slight brownish and 

 greyish-brown tinge on the outer webs ; sides light brown ; quills 

 greyish brown, with partial narrow light edges on the outer webs ; 

 under surface of the quills sometimes with a slight rufous tinge on 

 the inner edge ; under wing-coverts and axiJlaries cinnamon ; four 

 central tail-feathers uniform olive-brown like the back ; the lateral 

 ones greyish brown, with an ill-defined broad brown-black band, 

 and tipped with whitish ; the outer feathers have the outer webs 

 with a narrow whitish edge : " bill black ; orbital region and feet 

 pinkish red ; iris yellow '' (Salvin). Total length about 13 inches, 

 wing 5-8, tail 4-5, bill 0-63, tarsus T15. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young birds are duller, and have the feathers of the upper parts 

 and of the breast with rufescent edges. 



Hab. Valley of the Lower Kio Grande in Texas, and southwards 

 to Mexico, with Tres Marias Islands, Guatemala, San Salvador, and 

 Nicaragua. 



Tres Marias birds are rather brighter, more coppery violet, on the 

 hind neck. 



Some Yucatan specimens (L. fulviventris, Lawr.) are more fulvous 

 on the flanks, and, perhaps, less bright on the hind neck ; generally 

 they have the forehead more vinous, but some specimens from other 

 localities match them in this respect. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. \ 



b. Juv. sk. Mexico. Purchased. | 



(Types of Peristera brachyptera, Gray.) 

 c-k. (S 2 a( L s k Brownsville, Texas, March, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April (F. B. Armstrong). 

 I, m, n. tf 2 a( h sk. Hidalgo, Texas, March, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. B. Armstrong). 

 o. $ ad. sk. an Juan, Mexico (Bebouch). W.W. Saunders, Esq. 



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