136 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART 1 
Smith-|Collec-} Sex 
sonian} tor’s | and Locality. Een Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age ‘ 
22,384 | 10,721 He Mexico. dee Verreaux. 
10,205 an se Guatemala. £33 J. Gould. 
20,398 | 1,437 | .. Cajabou, Vera Paz. | Jan. 1860. O. Salvin. 
96h ee Guatemala. : Cab. Lawrence. 
-Pheugopedius felix. 
Thryothorus feliz, Scuater, P. Z. 8. 1859, 371 (Oaxaca).—Is. Catal. 
1861, 21, no. 136. 
Hab. West coast of Mexico (Oaxaca to Mazatlan). 
(No. 15, Coll. Salv.) Bill about the length of head; tail longer than the 
wings, much graduated, the lateral feathers about two-thirds the central. 
Color of the upper parts light-brown, with a very slight tinge of rufous, which 
becomes very decided on top of head. Upper tail coverts obscurely barred ; 
wings, however, perfectly plain throughout. Chin and throat white, gradually 
becoming soiled with fulvous on the median line of body ; the sides and fianks 
of a shade of brownish, paler than the back. Edge of wing white, inside 
tinged with fulvous. Crissum ashy-white, barred about equally with black. 
All the feathers of sides of head and neck (including side of lower jaw) 
white, edged with black, either on both sides or on one only ; the black some- 
times involving the whole web ou one side. A superciliary white stripe from 
the bill is obscured by the black and white markings. Upper surface of tail 
feathers light-brown, like the back, with transverse bars of black, one-half to 
one-third their interspaces, generally interrupted along the median line, some- 
times broken up into spots, especially at the ends, the intervals between the 
bars in places sometimes paler than the ground color. Legs and bill dark 
plumbeous. 
Total length, 5.70; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.70; exposed portion of 1st primary, 
-90, of 2d, 1.38, of longest, 5th (measured from exposed base of Ist primary), 
1.75; length of bill from forehead, .68, from nostril, .45, along gape, .83; 
tarsus, .82; middle toe and claw, .68; claw alone, .18; hind toe and claw, 
.09; claw alone, .25. 
This species is closely related, in coloration, to P. rutilus and 
maculipectus ; especially in the color of the back, becoming more 
rufous on the head and not on the rump; the peculiar and very 
distinct black and white markings of the entire side of the head, the 
pertectly plain wings, the banded crissum, the much graduated tail, 
wud wings (the 5th or 6th quills longest), ete. It will, however, be 
very easily distinguished from ruéilus, by the absence of black spots 
on the chin and throat, and of the red of the jugulum; and from 
maculipectus, by the lack of black spots on the breast; from both 
by the presence of bars on the upper tail coverts. The bill has less 
of the characters of Pheugopedius—hbeing lower, and nearer typical 
