A.K2 Berlkpsch, Descriptions of New Neotropical Birds. [October 



through Delattre, I wanted to see specimens from tliat very 

 locality and therefore am mncli obliged to Prof. Ridgway, who 

 sent me for examination all the four skins collected by Nutting 

 at Sucuya, Nicaragua, for U. S. National Museum. All these 

 skins agree very well among themselves and are c: aracterizcd 

 by the deep orange or ochraceous shade of the yellow on the 

 upper breast and sides of the body (somewhat as in E- 

 cr/5/«/fa of Bogota)- while the middle of the abdomen is of a 

 purer and clearer yellow. The olive-green of the upper parts pre- 

 sents a somewhat yellowish or brownisli shade. The cinereous 

 color of the head has a slight greenish admixture, and the gray 

 of the throat is dark but with a slight yellowish suffusion. 



E. spodocephala -pallida of Yucatan diflers from the birds 

 just described very decidedly in its much smaller size, shorter 

 wings, tail, and bill, the latter being pale at the tip of the under 

 mandible. The colors of the l)ody are also very much lighter. 

 The yellow of the under parts is very clear and quite uniform, 

 perhaps a little darker on the upper breast, but never of an orange 

 or ochraceous shade. The gray of the throat is much paler, more 

 whitish gray, and the olive-green of the upper parts is very much 

 clearer and purer without the yellowish or brownish tint to be 

 seen in true spodocephala. The upper part of the head is nearly 

 of tlie same tint as in true spodocephala. but it appears that this 

 color is more restricted on the neck, as well as the gray on the 

 throat below.* 



E. spodocephala stictothorax., of which I have examined rive 

 specimens collected at Chiriciui, Veragua, is of nearly the same 

 size as true E. spodocephala. It nevertheless diH'ers by having 

 the upper part of the breast flammulated with olive-green, of 

 which there is no trace in the Nicaragua specimens. The gray of 

 the throat is much darker, without the yellowish sufVusion . and is 

 much more extended to cover the whole jugulum. The upper 

 part of the head is perhaps a little darker, and the remaining 

 upper parts are of a dark olive-green without the yellowish or 

 brownish tint o^ E. spodocephala. The under wing-coverts and 

 the bend of the wing are a rather duller greenish yellow. The 

 bill is evidently stronger and longer. 



Prof. Ridgway also sent me a skin oi Eucometis from Belize, 

 Honduras (cjU. Blancaneaux) which appears to be somewhat 

 intermediate between true spodocephala of Nicaragua and E. s. 



