4i)2 fnocKKiuxas or the xaiiosm. mi si:im. vm,. xxi. 



oil tln^ middle, rcictriccs; threes oiitci- imirs with j>ia.yisli white ti[)s and 

 teniiinal bars on t'-xti'rior webs, thoMO barn most nnincroiisoii the oiitci'- 

 inost pair. BiiporcHiary wliitci; h)i(^s an<l cluuiks {grayish white, with 

 soiiM-i admixture <►(■ brownish; postoc^dar Htiipe sepia; sides of neck 

 dee[) brownisli {^ray; b(dow i^rayish white, the sides and Hanks brown- 

 ish f^ray, nior«^ ruresccnt on th(^ bitter; erissuiii (iiiji'ed witii ocdirac.eous 

 and ccnisiiieuonsly barred with bhicdi; axilhiis and interior wiiij;-coverts 

 jjrayish white. 



As Mr. Ividj^way has ah-eady shown,' liuMe, seems (o Ix^ little doubt 

 that the Tliri/ol horns nnirimis of Dr. Ilartlaub is a^ 'ihriioiiKiiuH. If, 

 indeed, any quostion of this faet lemains it should now be set at rest, 

 for Dr. Ilardaub has, b^' re(jiiest, kindly reexamined the types, and 

 with ref^iird to them writes as follows: 



'I'lic (>'])<> HptMiiiifii (if iii,v 'I'lir. miiriniiK (liiimlmr;;; Mils.) \h Vn-Wwv ww. ((i;j('Mi('r witli 

 a iinr ailiiil' .spcciiiKiii of I'lir. hairdi in our iticinin colloctidii. ISotli :\ro iMi xiciin 1 

 can not (liMcovtM- tlio Hlij;lit«Ht (UHrriMK^o ■ ■ • So that Mr. liulj-wiiy is lurfvclh/ riijht 

 in rotaiiiiiifj my niimo iiiiiriiiKS lor iJaird'H wron. 



It Ih a cnrions tact that my Thi'i/olhoniH nuiriiiiiH is Hiiiijilii oinilleil in lll(^ 15rit. Miis. 

 (!atali>;;nt'. In \'ol. \'I, p, 22(5, tho naiim miiiiniiN is not to Im fonnd I As to tho li;;nn', 

 |tl. XIII, it is u rather "jood ono. '^llt^ \vhi(« lon;;ilii(liiial spots or Htrcaks in tlio 

 uropyjiinni and iowor l)a( l\ aio very distincit in my typ«» spccinuMi ol' tlio HnMnin 

 coIliM'tinii. In tlio llamlnoff typo sinxdmon only u/ic \vllit«^ spot is\isilil(>. I?iit as 

 to tiu^ i(l(^lltil.^' ol tliosd two typt^ spocimons tJHM'ti is nol tlic Klij;lit('st doiiht. 



in view of tiiese facts it is evident that the term iniiriinis., lia\'iii}i;" 

 ])riority (►ver hairdi., must b(^ used I'or some one of the IMexiean forms 

 of tills }»roup. IMo l<'ri(), tlie typ(^ locality of viirriint.s, is on the eastern 

 sid(^ of th(^ Valley <>f Meixieo, and as the birds from this region are 

 separabh^ from thost^ of Oaxaira, whence came Ah'ssrs. Salvin and (Jod- 

 nian's type of hairdi^ the name mnriniis may be restricted to the former 

 race, and the retention of the subsjiecilic teini hairdi thus |)ermitted 

 for the latter. » 



From <-rrnK>i)hiiiis the present race dilVers by reason of its averaf»e 

 hirjicr si/e, iiarticularly the bill; darker coloration above; slightly 

 deeper firay Hanks; wider superciliary strii)e; more strongly and regii 

 larly barred crissiim. It may bt^ discriminated from pcrcini.s by its 

 grayish brown iii)i)er parts, which contrast noticeably with the dull 

 reddish brown of typical specimens of the more western form. It may 

 be readily distiiiiiiiished tVoiii cri/ittii.s by the iiiiK'h darker and giay«'r 

 njiper surface, more heavily barred crissiim, more prominent superciliary 

 stripe, and larger general size. 



The birds from Paeluica and K'eal del Monte, Hidalgo, should, how- 

 CAcr, perhaps be considered the typical examples of this laci', for \\wy 

 are the most different from true hairdi. The spet'imen from Anioca- 

 meca, State of Mexico, which is described above, is practically a topo- 

 ty])iiol' muriniis, since Kio b'rio, the type locality, is but a short distance 

 away and along the same slope of the cordillera. This 8])eeimeii is: 



I Ank, 1SS7, I\', ].. :!l!l. 



