Tqpera excellens (Sclater) 



Diplopterus excellens Sclater, P.Z.S, 1857, 



p. 229. 



No. 89.9.27.33.'' Collection B.M. Wing 117, tail 

 170, ciJljnen base 22. ^, depth at nostril S,Sj 

 tarsus 33.0, midcCLe toe juLnus claw 27.0, 

 Verreaux Locality - "Mexico". 



A post juvenile in complete first plumage save 

 for half a dozen old, spotted, juvenal feathers in 

 crest. Sex not indicated but probably a male. 



It is definitely of the Central American type 

 of coloration and is identical vdth a series from 

 Guatemala, Salvador and Nicaragua. June 28, 1938. 



Remarks. 5 from Tabasco (l.) and Vera Cruz (1) are 

 darker above and with margins more reddish (less clay 

 buff); under tail coverts slightly darker; throat 

 daiker. 



A. J. Van Hossem 



