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to the male, but red of Lead coufiued to the cervix, the whole crown 

 and occii)nt being smoky drab, more olivaceous on the nape. Wing, 

 3.90; tail, 2.80; culmen (exposed portion), .75; tarsus, .70. 



Four males and the same number of females of this well-marked race 

 of a very distinct little species are in the collection. In all of them the 

 frontlet is bright cadmium-yellow (paler and duller in some females), 

 in very striking contrast to the red of the crown or cervix. In the 

 males, the red of the crown is very nearly separated from that of the 

 cervix, by the encroachment of the olive-gray on the sides of the occi- 

 put. In all of the males and three of females, the middle pair of 

 the rectrices are marked with white on the basal portion of both ii-ehs, 

 the white being in all cases more extended on the inner web. In a 

 single female (No. 102,789), the white is entirely confined to the inner 

 web, and is reduced to a mark so small as to be almost concealed by 

 the coverts. The length of the wing is exactly 4 inches in the males, 

 and varies only from 3.85 to 3.90 in the females. 



Two examples of true C ruhriventris, from Yucatan, measure as fol- 

 lows: 



Mnseum and number. 



36803, TJ. S. Nat. Mus . . 

 Mus. G.N. L... 



'A'^ 



cT ad. 

 ? ad. 



Locality. 



Merid.i, Yucatan 



Yucatan . . 



(Unknown) 



Collector. 



Dr. A. Schott. 

 G. F. Ganmer. 

 (Swainson's type.) 



Family CUCULIDiE. 

 52. Crotophaga ani Liuii. 



Two specimens. The occurrence of this West Indian species to the 

 exclusion of C. sidcirostris, Swains., which is so numerous in Yucatan, is 

 somewhat remarkable. 



Family PSITTACID^. 



~h 53. Chrysotis xantholora Gray. 



Three specimens — two adults and one young. The latter is colored 

 as follows: 



Young (No. 100,119, IJ. S. Nat. Mus., Cozumel I., Yucatan, January): 

 In general coloration like the adult, but differing as follows: Forehead 

 and crown blue, instead of white ; the feathers with a narrow terminal 

 margin of black. The red of the orbital region is replaced by green, 

 though indicated by a few scattered red feathers, belonging to the new 

 moult. The black subauricular spot is wanting, as is also the red bor- 

 der of the fore- wing [camp fer turn). The three outer primary coverts are 

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