Dales Vl NELson, New North American Birds. 265 
1900 
Distribution.-— Known only from the type locality. 
Subspecific characters. — Distinguished from the typical S. sylvzo¢des 
of eastern Mexico by its larger size and darker grayish brown underparts. 
Dimensions of type. — Wing, 84; tail, 89; culmen, 16; tarsus, 18.5. 
Dendrornis flavigaster megarhynchus, subsp. nov. LArRGE- 
BILLED WOODHEWER. 
Type, No. 154633, d ad., U. S. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Collection. 
Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico, March g, 1895, E. W. Nelson and E. A. 
Goldman. 
Distribution. — Pacific coast of Oaxaca, and perhaps adjacent part of 
Guerrero, north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 
Subspecific characters.— Larger, with a longer and much heavier bill 
than either D. favigaster or D. favigaster mentalis ; nearly intermediate 
between the two in color. 
Dimensions of type. — Wing, 119; tail, 92; culmen, 45; tarsus, 25. 
General notes.—D. flavigaster is restricted to the wooded moun- 
tain slopes of western Mexico from the Territory of Tepic south 
to Guerrero where it grades into D. f. megarhynchus. The range 
of D. f. mentalis is restricted to Sinaloa and the bordering west 
slope of the Sierra Madre in Tepic and Durango. 
Xanthoura luxuosa speciosa, subsp. nov. JALISCO GREEN 
Jay. 
Type, No. 166055, ¢ ad., U. S. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Collection. 
San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico, March 13, 1897, E. W. Nelson and E. A. 
Goldman. 
Distribution. — Tropical and subtropical parts of western Jalisco, south- 
ern Sinaloa and Tepic. 
Description of type.—Nasal tufts and cheek patches intermediate be- 
tween smalt blue and French blue; crown pale almost campanula blue; 
spot over and under back part of orbit white, edged with blue; forehead 
white, shaded with pale yellow; basal part of feathers on entire crown 
sulphur yellow; black area on sides of head, chin, throat and forebreast, 
also green on back and tail, about as in typical X. dwxwosa; sides of neck, 
a well-marked border to black of breast, and median ventral line thence 
to vent, chrome yellow; sides of body washed with brighter green than in 
XX. lduxuosa ; under tail-coverts and lateral tail feathers uniform chrome 
yellow of a richer shade than on breast and median line. 
Dimensions of type. — Wing, 125; tail, 150; culmen, 29; tarsus, 41.5. 
