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brown, emliug witli dull white: "iris hrowii: hill liiihl-lirownish; feet dark 

 grayish-ash. "' 



Leniith (skin), :{§ inclics; wintr. 2: tail, IS; tarsus, L 



Habitat, Mi'xicu. 'relmante}tec City. Type in Xational Mu- 

 seum, Wnsliington. 



Remarks. — I liuve had tliis specimen for several years, and 

 have delayed its description, hoping to get the male. It was 

 obtained by Prof. Sumichrast, to whom I wrote requesting him 

 to try to procure the male. As he left that part of Mexico, and 

 is now deceased, I have thought l)est to describe it. It somewhat 

 resembles the female of *S'. minuta, but is distinguished from it 

 by the smaller size, lighter color and wliitish throat, and by 

 having the wing-coverts, tertials and tail-feathers edged with 

 whitish; the bill is not half the size of that of S. minuta. 



May th\\\, ISSH. 



