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the back barred faintly, the wings and tail more distinctly, with darker 

 brown; abdomen, crissnm, anal region, and under tail-coverts soiled 

 white, faintly flecked with brown on the flanks and nnder tail-coverts; 

 remainder of underparts pale wood-broAvn ; sides of head and neck flecked 

 with grayish brown on a wood-brown ground; a poorly defined, incon- 

 spicuous, light superciliary stripe. Upper mandible dark* ; lower mandi- 

 ble and feet pale flesh-color.* Length,* 4.75 ; extent,* 6.40; wing, 1.92; 

 tail, 1.40; tarsus. .66; bill from nostril, .37. Sexes alike; type of $ No. 

 14133, collection of W. Brewster, same date, place, and collector as the $ . 

 Habitat. Mountains near Oposuia, Sonora. Mexico. 



In general color and markings this species closely resembles 

 T. a. park/iiani, from which it is easily distinguishable, how- 

 ever, by its \c\\ much shorter tail and more tawny coloring 

 beneath. It is evidently most nearly allied to T. brtmneicollis. 

 Among the eight specimens collected by Mr. Gaboon there is 

 some variation with respect to the color of the underparts, but 

 the deepest colored bird is much paler beneath than any spec- 

 imen that I have seen of T. hriDnicicollis. One example is pecu- 

 liar in having the bars on the tail confused and indistinct. 

 Another has the superciliary stripe fairly well defined. 



FIFTH MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOL- 

 OGISTS' UNION. 



The fifth meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was 

 held at the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 11-13, 1887, the President in the chair. 

 The meeting was attended by seventeen Active Members and 

 twelve Associate Members. The report of the Secretary stated 

 that the membership of the Union consisted of 46 Active Mem- 

 bers, 35 Foreign Members, 70 Corresponding Members, and 

 143 Associate Members. The Union had lost by death during the 

 year one of its founders and Councillors, Prof. Spencer F. Baird, 

 — a loss irreparable to the Union, and one deeply felt through- 

 out the scientific world. The date of the meeting for this year 



From collector's notes based on the fresh specimen. 



