8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIOlIB VOL. 6l 



surface of quills bordered with grayish white. In the dry specimen 

 the bill is black and the feet grayish olive. 



Measurements of type (adult male). — Length of skin, i in; wing, 

 58; tail, 48; culmen (chord), 12; tarsus, 17. 



Average measurements of two adult male topotypes. — Wing. 5< i : 

 tail, 47; culmen (chord ), 12; tarsus, 17.5. 



Average measurements of two adult female topotypes. — Wing, 

 58.5; tail, 46; culmen (chord), 11.6; tarsus, 17.3. 



Material. — Four specimens from Mount Guargues (also written 

 Garguez on some maps) . 



