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PEEISTEKID^). 



on the sides of the occiput ; middle of the occiput greenish bronze ; 

 upper parts brown-chestnut with purple reflections ; mantle with 

 purple-blue reflections ; sides of the head and throat of a whitish- 

 fawn colour, changing into rufous brown on the breast ; on the 

 sides of the neck the dark or blackish sides of the base of the 

 feathers show through in more or less regular lines; abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts rufous; quills, bastard-wing, and 

 primary-coverts dark brown ; under wing-coverts brown, edged with 

 brown-chestnut ; tail above like the upper parts, the tips of the 

 lateral feathers lighter ; tail below brown, rufous about the middle, 

 and paler at the tip : bill black, feet reddish. Total length about 

 11-5 inches, wing 6-25, tail 3-S, bill 0-63, tarsus 1*6. 



Female. Similar to the male, only smaller. 



Hub. Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Southern Mexico, north to 

 Mirador. 



The Mexican birds arc much more grey on the occiput, where 

 the median patch, instead of being golden purple, is purple-grey ; 

 the transition is so gradual, that I have not been able to separate 

 the two forms. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. d, e. (3 2 a( i- 

 et juv. sk. 



f. Ad. sk. 

 ff-k. c? a d. et 



juv. sk. 

 I, m, n. c? ad. et 



2 juv. sk. 

 o. Pull. sk. 



p. Ad. sk. 



q, r. J $ ad. sk. 



s. § ad. sk. 



t, it. (3 2 au> s k- 



v. $ ad. sk. 

 to. Ad. sk. 



x-b'. $ 2 a( l- et 



juv. sk. 

 c'. Ad. sk. 



d'. Ad. sk. 



e . Ad. sk. 



Jalapa, S. Mexico. 

 Jalapa, S. Mexico (de Oca). 

 Coatepec, Jalapa, Nov. (M. 



Trvjillo). 

 Coatepec, Nov. (J. Brooks). 

 Coatepec, Aug., Sept. (F. 



Ferrari-Perez). 

 Misantla, Mexico, June. 



De Oca [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godinan Coll. 

 Salviu-Godruan Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Chilpancingo (4600 ft.), State 



of Guerrero, Mexico, July 



(D. W. Smith). 

 Mexico. Purchased. 



(Type of species and of Peristera me.vieana, Gr.) 

 Pie de la Cuesta, San Marcos, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guatemala, Nov. (TV. B. 



Richardson). 

 San Martin, Guatemala, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. B. Richardson). 

 El Eiucon, San Marcos, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guatemala, Oct. ( W. B. 



Richardson). 

 Atitlan, Guatemala, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. B. Richardson). 

 Savanna Grande, Pacific Salvin-Godman Coll. 



slope of Guatemala, Sept. 



(O.S. %F.D.G.). 

 Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 

 Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Tweeddale Coll. 



Nov. (O. S.). 

 Choctum, Vera Paz, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 

 Guatemala. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



