6 DescrijAion of New Sjyecies of Birds from 



5. HsBiiiopliila siimaclirasti. 



Female, The feathers of the back are pale rufous, broadly marked 

 down their centies with dark brown, the rump is immaculate and the 

 upper tail coverts bright rufous ; the feathers of the crown have dark 

 brown shaft-sti'ipes, with their edges brighter rufous than those of 

 the back, there is a narrow cinereous stripe from the bill over the 

 centre of the crown to the hind neck ; a broader stripe of ashy-white 

 extends from the bill over the eye, along each side of the crown as far 

 back as the central stripe ; below, and bordering this, is a brownish- 

 red postocular stripe, also one from the bill to the eye ; sides of the 

 head and of the neck, lower part of the throat and the breast, of 

 a pale ashy color, upper part of throat and abdomen grayish-white, 

 the latter w^ashed with very pale rufous, flanks and under tail coverts 

 light rufous ; a short, narrow brown line extends back from the 

 angle of the mouth, and another parallel to it down the side of 

 the chin on each side ; the two central tail feathers are of a rather 

 bright rufous, and are crossed with dusky, nearly obsolete bars, 

 the other tail feathers have their inner webs brownish-i-ufous, the 

 outer webs colored like the central feathers, the outer feather 

 very pale rufous ; quills liver-brown, margined with dvill pale 

 rufous, smaller wing coverts deep bright rufous, the middle and 

 greater coverts blackish-brown edged with very pale rufous ; " iris 

 brownish-red ; upper mandible brown, the lower mandible and feet 

 fleshy." 



Length (skin) 5f in. ; Aving 2^ ; tail 2f ; tarsi f . 



Habitat. Tnchitan, Tehuantepec, Mexico. Collected by 

 Prof. Y. Sumichrast, September 8, 1868. Type in Mus. 

 Smithsonian Institution, No. 54139. 



liemarhs. With the exception of the very diiferent mark- 

 ings about the head, this species in coloring much resembles 

 my H. melanotis ; but it is much smaller, and differs from it in 

 there being no black on the crown or sides of the head, and in 

 having two narrow stripes extending downwards from the bill, 

 on each side of the throat. 



I found a single specimen of this species in a remarkably fine 

 collection of birds made by Prof. F. Sumichrast,, in Southwest- 



