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Peters, Birds Collected in Quintana Roo, Mexico. 



rAuk- 



LJuly 



Charadriid.e. 



Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (Linnaeus). 2 o*, Camp Mengel, Feb- 

 ruary 3; Xcopen, February 29. 



ScOLOPACED.fi. 



Totanus flavipes (Gmelin). 2 o", Xcopen, February 16; Camp 

 Mengel, April '24. 



Helodromas solitarius solitarius (.Wilson). IS 1 , Xcopen, February 

 16. 



Actitis macularia (Linnseus). 1 d\ Camp Mengel. January 31. 



Columbid.e. 



Sclater. 



1 9 . 30 miles north of 



Columba nigrirostris nigrirostris 

 Camp Mengel. April 19. 



Melopelia asiatica trudeaui (Audubon)! 2 9 , Camp Mengel. March 

 16 and 17. Iris orange; skin of face blue, legs and feel carmine. 1 



1 Melopelia asiatica australis. now subspecies. 



Bangs 



Type from Cerro Santa Maria, Costa Rica. No. -ins, adult <?. 

 collection, collected January 9, 1908, by C. F. Underwood. 



similar to if. a. trudeaui Ami.) but back scapulars and tertials 

 a much richer brown (between Prout's brown and raw umber) which, becomes 

 less intense on the wing coverts. Upper tail coverts and middle pair of rectrices 

 brown, deeper than the back. 



similar also to M. i asiatica (Linn.) in the color of the lower throat, neck, 

 and chest which arc brownish-vinaceous, although less intense than in that form. 



Bangs Collection. 





All specimens of Melopelia asiatica from southern Mexico and Yucatan that 

 I have examined undoubtedly belong to M. i Representatives from 



Costa Kiea. however. differ sufficiently to warrant their separation as a subspecies 

 which may be called. 





