Vol Xivn Nelson, Nexv Birds from A/exico mid Guatemala. C '2 



used a wrongly labeled specimen for his comparison in place of 

 referring to the original description. 



In Vera Cruz there are two perfectly good subspecies of this 

 bird which were recognized and their proper ranges indicated 

 years ago by Prof. Sumichrast. He states : " I am led to believe 

 that there are two varieties of this bird in the State of Vera Cruz. 

 The one especially found in the hot and temperate regions, of 

 stouter proportions, a7id in the adult Jiiate at least., with darker 

 plumage,^ etc. The other which I have met with several times in 

 the alpine region, is appreciably inferior in size to the preceding, 

 and with lighter tints in the adult male. It is possible that to the 

 latter variety the name of P. affinis has been given." Our explora- 

 tions and the specimens in the collections at hand show that the 

 birds agreeing in every way with the original descriptions of 

 Lafresnaye's aglaicB and Elliot's affinis are the ordinary residents 

 of the tierra templada of Vera Cruz from Mirador, Jalapa, and 

 Jico north to the State of Tamaulipas. The hot, coast lowlands 

 and foothills from Tlacotalpam in Vera Cruz, and Tuxtepec in 

 eastern Oaxaca, south toward Guatemala are inhabited by a very 

 much darker bird which is readily distinguishable. 



This new form is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Francis 

 Sumichrast to whose labors we owe so much of our knowledge of 

 Mexican birds. 



/J~- Empidonax bairdi occidentalis, new subspecies. Pluma 



Flycatcher. 



7j/e, No. 154599, U. S. Nat. Museum, Dept. Agric coll., $ , (..'), Pluma, 

 Oaxaca, Mexico, March 18, 1895. Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. 

 Goldman /Orig. No. 2566). 



Distribution. — • Heavy forests on Pacific slope of the Sierra Madre in 

 Oaxaca. 



Similar to E. bairdi, but dorsal surface brighter, clearer green ; inside of 

 bend of wings clear vellow in place of fulvous yellow; and under parts 

 brighter or clearer in color. 



This new race is a Pacific coast form of bairdi., which latter is an 

 east coast species, the type having come from Cordova, Vera 

 Cruz. 



' Italics are mine. 



