104 BANGS — A NEW SCOTOTHORUS ee eS. 
Characters. — Similar to true S. vere@pacis (Scl.) of southern Mexico and 
northern Central America (type locality, Choctum, Vera Paz), but tail shorter, 
and coloration considerably darker throughout, especially so on breast and 
belly, the upper breast being dark reddish olive-green, and the belly and sides 
dusky grayish olive-green, without the yellowish olive-green edges of the 
feathers, which give to the belly of true S. verepacis its much paler and more 
yellowish cast. 
Measurements. — Type, adult male: wing, 89.5; tail, 62.7; tarsus, 21.6; 
exposed culmen, 15.4mm. ‘Topotype, adult female, no. 7850: wing, 87.; tail, 
61.; tarsus, 22.; exposed culmen, 15.6 mm. 
1 Dumicola — that dwells in thickets. 
2Intrue S. verefacis, though the other measurements agree closely with those of the new 
form, the tail is always longer, averaging about 65 mm. 
