° 1911 J Phillips, Birds of Tamaulipas, Mexico. i i 



S. v. squamulata of western Mexico, but with the general color of the upper 

 parts even paler and grayer than in the latter form. 



Measurements. — Type, adult d\ wing, 243; tail, 145; tarsus, 46; 

 culmen from forward edge of cere, 18. 



Remarks. — This bird comes from the dry mountains of western Tamau- 

 lipas where the conditions are more arid than further south. 



Otus asio mccalli (Cass.). — 2, both sexes, Rio Martinez, Feb. 26; 

 Santa Leonor, March 31. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonap.). — 9, both sexes, Matamoros, 

 Nov. 5-Feb. 14; Altamira, Dec. 12. 



Glaucidium gnoma gnoma (Wagler). — 3, both sexes, Galindo, 

 March 21-27. 



Glaucidium phalsenoides ridgwayi Sharpe. — 9, both sexes: Mata- 

 moros, Aug. 16; Rio Martinez, Feb. 24-March 5; Santa Leonor, April 

 3-4; Rio Cruz, June 20; Guiaves, April 31. 



Asio flammeus (Pontoppidari). — 1 cf, Matamoros, Dec. 1. 



Caprimulgid.e. 



Chordeiles virginianus henryi Cass. — 3, both sexes: Matamoros, 

 Aug. 15-23; Montelunga, April 30. 



Chordeiles acutipennis texensis Lawr. — 11, both sexes: Rio Cruz, 

 June 19-July 20; Santa Leonor, April 14-17; Montelunga, April 28-29. 



Nyctidromus albicollis merrilli Sennett. — 29, both sexes: Mata- 

 moros, Aug. 24-Nov. 26; San Fernando, Oct. 19-28; Altamira Dec. 13- 

 19; Santa Leonor, April 16; Rio Cruz, July 2. 



Antrostomus notabilis Nelson. — 8, both sexes: Santa Leonor, April 

 14-16; Rio Cruz, June 28-July 4. 



Only two or three specimens of this bird were known to science until 

 this series was secured. 



Antrostomus vociferus macromystax {Wagler). — 25, both sexes: 

 Galindo, Oct. 5-April 24; Santa Leonor, April 12-13; Montelunga, April 

 26; Realito, May 27-June 7. 



Micropodid^e. 



Chaetura richmondi Ridgway. — 2, both sexes: Carricitos, Oct. 15; 

 Guiaves, Oct. 8. 



Trochilid^e. 



Amizilis cerviniventris chalconota Oberholser. — 30, both sexes: 

 Altamira, Dec. 11-23; Matamoros, Aug. 27; Santa Leonor, March 8- 

 April 8; Rio Cruz, June 25- July 5. 



Phaeoptila latirostris (Swainson). — 20, both sexes: Santa Leonor, 

 March 3- April 28; Realito, June 2. 



