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is subject. In view of this, it seems well to present a brief description 

 of eacli example, to wliich. are also added, as of interest, the original 

 label notes of the collector. 



a. Male adult, December 4,1895. Very dark above and below 5 no 

 light spots on abdomen or thighs; some rufous streaks on throat, also 

 on nape; tail very dark, with no broad subterminal bar, the light inter- 

 spaces on central feathers so dark that the bars are but slightly indi- 

 cated. ''Bill black, bluish at base; cere yellowish green ; gape yellow; 

 irides pale brownish gray; feet yellow; claws black. Length, 33 J laches; 

 weight, 30 ounces. Stomach full of small frogs and grasshojDiiers; crop 

 contained 17 small frogs and 1 grasshopper. Thiu and in poor con- 

 dition." 



h. Male adult, December 7, 1895. Very dark, with no spots on abdo- 

 men or thighs, but rich rufous edgings on the feathers of breast, lower 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts; nape black and white with rufous 

 streaks on sides; tail with very light gray, almost white, interspaces. 

 "Bill black, pale horny at base; gape yellow; cere orange yellow; feet 

 yellow; claws black; irides dark brown. Length, 21^ inches. Exces- 

 sively fat." 



c. Male adult, December 22, 1895. Somewhat like /;, but much 

 lighter below, with bufify streaks on throat and breast ; light interspaces 

 of central rectrices dirty gray. "Bill black, base horny blue; cere yel- 

 lowish green; feet yellow; claws black; irides brown. Length, 22 

 inches; weight 32 ounces. Stomach contained frogs." Very fat. 



d. Male adult, December 23, 1895, Very dark above and below, like 

 «, but abdomen relieved by a few whitish spots on the sides of the 

 feathers; some whitish mottlings on back and scapulars; a little more 

 rufous on head and nape, some also on throat and breast;* light inter- 

 spaces on tail feathers paler and grayer; tail with a broad blackish 

 subterminal band. "Bill black at tip, base horny blue; cere greenish 

 yellow ; gape and feet yellow ; claws black ; irides dark brown. Length, 

 22 inches." 



e. Male adult, December 27, 1895. Much like c, but rufous on throat 

 and breast decidedly darker; more of rufous on crown and a wash, of 

 the same color on upper tail-coverts; gray interspaces of tail light, and 

 the black bars broken. " Bill black, its base horny blue; feet yellow; 

 claws black; cere horny yellow; irides dark brown. Length, 21 inches; 

 weight, 34 ounces." 



/. Female adult, December 3, 1895. Throat, breast and nape rufous, 

 the throat variously mottled ; feathers of thighs, abdomen and lower 

 breast with large whitish spots on each side of shafts; upper tail- 

 coverts blackish, with two to three rows of whitish gray bars; tail dirty 

 gray, with transverse markings of black. " Bill horny black, horny 

 blue beneath; cere yellowish green; feet dull yellow; claws black; 

 irides hair brown. Length, 23f inches; weight. 2# pounds. Excess- 

 ively fat." 



