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Characters.— Differs from true P. dongirostris in being larger, wing longer, 
bill longer; gular stripe wider, strong buff-yellow instead of pale buff or buffy 
white, malar stripe also buff-yellow, the dusky areas between these stripes 
very much less marked, the whole throat being strongly buff-yellow; shorter 
rectrices more deeply tipped with buff. 
Color.— Yop of head dusky, a few of the feathers with green tips; cervix 
finely mixed green and buffy; interscapulum mostly shining green; lower 
back, rump and upper tail coverts ochraceous-buff, the feathers barred and 
marked with green; wings purplish brown, the wing coverts dark green; 
tail,—the two long central rectrices dark metallic green at base, then black, 
and with long white tips, the other rectrices green basally, then black and 
widely tipped with deep buff; auriculars black; superciliary, malar and gular 
stripes buff-yellow; a slightly more dusky area separating gular and malar 
stripes; breast and belly buff, the feathers dusky basally, this color usually 
showing through somewhat; under tail coverts buff, with indistinct central 
dusky markings. 
MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters). 
Exposed 
No. Sex and age Locality Wing Tail culmen 
6806 ¢@ ad.,type Chirua (7000 ft.) 66.0 74.0 42.0 
6805 & ad. «6 cones se 66.0 75.0 42.0 
6804 } ad. “ crs 65.0 72.0 43-0 
6801 & ad. Pueblo Viejo (8000 ft.) 65.0 migtg 42.5 
6802 & ad. San Francisco (6000 ft.) 66.0 75.0 41.5 
6789 Oead- La Concepcion (3000 ft.) 65.0 74.5 42.0 
6791 é ad. U. x ae 65.0 72.0 42.5 
6797 & ad. co oe 65.0 72.0 43-0 
6795 @ ad. © oe Gow 64.5 71.0 41.5 
6796 é ad. m ss a 66.5 75.5 42.0 
For comparison with these I give the following measurements of a few 
skins of true P. /ongirostris (Lesson and Delattre). 
Exposed 
No. Sex and age Locality Wing Tail culmen 
50,2601 Guatemala City 63.0 68. 40.0 
149,312+ Guatemala 63.5 67. 40.5 
7158 é ad: Loma del Leon, Panama 63.5 69. 
7159 @ ad. ee eee ee: 62.0 68. 40.0 
7160 & ad. ee ee 62.0 64.” 39-5 
I am much indebted to the authorities of the United States 
National Museum, for lending me specimens for comparison, and 
to Mr. E. W. Nelson of the U. S. Biological Survey, for the use of 
the series of P. mexicanus collected by himself and Mr. Goldman. 
1 Coll. of U. S. National Museum. 
2 Tail somewhat worn off at tip. 
