52 NELSON, New Birds from Mexico and Guatemala. rae 
Platypsaris aglaiz sumichrasti, new subspecies. 
SUMICHRAST’S BECARD. 
Type, No. 154701, U. S. Nat. Museum, Dept. Agric. coll., @, Otatitlan, 
Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 15, 1894. Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. 
Goldman (Orig. No. 1926). 
Distribution.— The hot coast lowlands of central Vera Cruz and thence 
southward to Guatemala. 
Description — Adult male with entire top and sides of head and neck, 
including back to rump, uniform glossy black; rump dark ashy; tail and 
wings blackish brown. There is a large, dark rose-colored throat patch, 
and the crissum is dull, dark fulvous. The rest of lower parts are dark 
slaty, somewhat lighter on the flanks and abdomen. The females, com- 
pared with those of aglaze, may be known by their more intense 
coloration. 
In the ‘ Revue Zoologique,’ 1839, p. 98, Lafresnaye describes 
Pachyrhynchus aglaie and gives its habitat as ‘ Mexico.’ He says 
that it is ‘‘ above slate color, the nape and rump partly rufescent, 
puleum entirely black, forehead more grayish.1 Beneath pale mouse 
gray, the chin grayer, the foreneck and breast with a broad spot 
of intense rose color.” The rufescence of nape and rump men- 
tioned above are due to the immaturity of his specimen. 
In ‘The Ibis’ for 1859, p. 394 (pl. xiii), Mr. D. G. Elliot de- 
scribes Platypsaris affinis, with habitat in ‘ Mexico.’ He remarks 
that “‘ This species of Platypsarzs, to which I have given the name 
of afinis, is closely allied to Platypsaris aglaie (La Fresnaye), 
from which, however, it can easily be distinguished by its much 
smaller bill, and the general lighter color of its plumage, as well 
as the distinct black head, whereas ¢here is little or no difference in 
the adult male of P. aglaie, between the color of the head and back. 
The black of the head and neck [in affinis| ts separated from the 
plumbeous of the back' by a narrow line of ash color; and the ears 
are tinged with purple. Beneath, this species is much lighter than 
P. aglaie, being ashy white.’ The plate of afinzs agrees with 
Mr. Elliot’s description and at the same time agrees as closely as 
could be expected with Lafresnaye’s description of ag/azz of which 
afinis is a pure synonym. I take it that Mr. Elliot must have 
1 Ttalics are mine. 
