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ern Mexico, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution, and sub- 

 mitted to me for examination by Prof. Henry. It contains many- 

 species of much interest, but so far this is the only one I feel 

 satisfied to describe as new. 



Since ray determination of it as a new species, I have 

 received a letter from Prof. Sumichrast, containing a full 

 description and an accurate drawing of the head, apparently 

 of the same bird, which he writes he is tempted to con- 

 sider new. It is, therefore, with mucli pleasure I dedicate 

 it to him. 



6. PipiEo carmanl. 



Male. Wliole upper plumage, head, throat, and upper part of 

 the breast olivaceous brown, with a reddish cast ; there is a spot of 

 white on the centre of the throat (tliis last character varies in size in 

 different individuals) ; tail blackish-brown, edged with olivaceous and 

 crossed with almost obsolete dusky bars, the outer two feathers on 

 each side with an iri-egular oval sjiot of white on their inner webs at 

 the end ; quills dark hair-brown, with grayish margins ; the wing 

 coverts blackish-brown, the greater and middle coverts, the scapulars 

 and the tertiaries spotted with white at their ends ; lower part of 

 breast and middle of abdomen white, sides broadly marked with 

 bright ferrviginous, the under tail coverts pale ferruginous ; upper 

 mandible brownish-black, the under paler ; tarsi and toes light fleshy- 

 brown. 



Length 6^ in. ; wing 2f ; tail 3 ; bill ^ ; tarsi 1 



The female differs only in having the color of the upper 

 plumage and that of the throat of a lighter brown ; the 

 coloring of the abdomen, and the sides are the same in both 

 sexes. 



Habitat. Socorro Island, Mexico. Collected by Col. A. J. 

 Grayson, June, 18G5. Types in Mus. Smithsonian Institution, 

 No. 50843, N'o. 39990. 



Remarks. As will be seen, this is quite a diminutive species ; 

 its style of coloring is like that of P. erythrojpthalmus, P. 



