332, RiDGWAY 071 Nexv Birds from South em Mexico. [ Jn'y 



Geographical and Exploring Commission (Mr, Augustin Diaz, 

 C. E., Director), having been unavoidably delayed, and there 

 being no present prospect of its early appearance, the following 

 brief diagnoses of the new species described therein are herewith 

 presented. For the privilege of describing and naming these in- 

 teresting new species, I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Fer- 

 nando Ferrari-Perez, C. E., Chief of the Natural History Section 

 of the Commission. 



The type-specimens are all in the collection made by the Com- 

 mission, and now in the National Museum of Mexico. 



I. Amphispiza ferrariperezi, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Similar to A. quinquestridta (Scl.), but rump brown in- 

 stead of slate-graj, lesser wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous instead of slate- 

 color, throat with a broad patch instead of stripe of white, black of breast 

 forming a broad collar widest laterally, and sides light brown instead of 

 plumbeous. Male: Wing, 2.70; tail, 3. 30; culmen, .50; tarsus, .85; middle 

 toe, .60. Female: Wing, 2.50, tail, 3.00. 



Habitat. Chietla, State of Puebla, Mexico. 



2. Pipilo submaculatus, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Resembling P. macnlatus Swains., but the back without 

 white streaks, the white terminal spots of middle and greater wing-coverts 

 and lateral rectrices much reduced in size, and the rufous of the sides of 

 the breast marked with sagittate spots of black. Wing (adult male), 3.30; 

 tail, 3.70; culmen, .60; tarsus, 1.15; middle toe, .75. 



Habitat. Tezuitlan, State of Puebla. 



3. Pipilo complexus, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Similar to P. macrotiyx Swains., but decidedly smaller, the 

 sides much paler rufous (almost buft"), the throat with a white patch, and 

 the occiput with a rufous patch. Wing (adult male), 3.60; tail, 3.90; cul- 

 men, .62; tarsus, 1. 15; middle toe, .70. 



Habitat. Tezuitlan, State of Puebla. 



4. Anas diazi, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Most like A. fulvignla, nobis, but last row of wing-coverts 

 with a distinct subterminal band of white, and secondaries with a broad 

 terminal bar of the same ; general color much less fulvous ; cheeks streaked 

 with dusky, and lower basal angle of upper mandible without black spot. 

 Male: Wing, 10.00; tail, 4.00; culmen, 2.05; width of bill near end, .90; 

 tarsus, 1.60; middle toe i.95. Female (^immature): 'Wing, 8. 90; tail, 3. So; 

 culmen, 1.85; width of bill near end, .75. 



Habitat. Laguna del Rosario, Tlaxcala, and San Ysidro, Puebla. 



