^°Jg^^^l Nelson, Neiv Birds from Mexico and Guatemala. 4^ 



Megascops marmoratus, new species. Marbled Screech 



Owl. 



Type, No. 155676, U. S. Nat. Museum, Dept. Agric. coll., ?, Catemaco, 

 Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 4, 1894. Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. 

 Goldman (Orig. No. 2002). 



Distribution.— ^\\t only known specimen of this bird was taken in the 

 sparsely wooded country bordering the northern shore of Lake Catemaco, 

 Vera Cruz, at an altitude of about 1200 feet. 



In size and general style of color this species is most closely 

 related to Megascops guatcmalcnsis., from which it may be distin- 

 guished by its generally paler and grayer coloration, and by the 

 finer dark shaft markings, both above and below. The general 

 color of the dorsal surface is light sepia brown, darkest on head 

 and shoulders. The gray and dark brown, or dull fulvous, mot- 

 tlings on both dorsal and ventral surfaces are much finer than in 

 guatemalensis. The legs to toes are thickly barred with white and 

 reddish brown, the latter color being much paler than in the last 

 named species. Toes bare. 



From M. brasiliensis^ as represented in the National Museum 

 collection from various Central American localities, i)iar7noratiis 

 may be distinguished readily by the absence of the dvdl yellowish, 

 or fulvous, suffusion which pervades the plumage, just below the 

 surface, in that species. 



fC' Momotus mexicanus saturatus, new subspecies. Coast 



MOTMOT. 



Type, No. 155151, U. S. Nat. Museum, Dept. Agric. coll., ^,Tehuante- 

 pec City, Oaxaca, Mexico, April 29, 1895. Collected by E. W. Nelson and 

 E. A. Goldman (Orig. No. 2618). 



Distribution. — Pacific coast district of Mexico from Mazatlan, Sinaloa 

 to Tonala in Chiapas. 



Description. — Contrasted with typical M. mexicanus the new form is 

 larger and has the crown deeper rufous ; the greens of the back are 

 deeper and more olive; the rufous of the crown and neck extends farther 

 over the shoulders, and the black area of the ear-coverts is more broadly 

 edged with blue. The type measures as follows : Wing 126, tail 200, 

 culmen 44, tarsus 29. A typical male of mexicanus measures : Wing 116, 

 tail 170, culmen 39, tarsus 25. 



Momotns mexicanus was described from specimens obtained at 

 Temiscaltepec in the State of Mexico. Having before me a con- 



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