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are umber or clay brown, and the tips of the outer tail feathers are darker 

 and browner, less grayish white. (The type.) 



Claravis mondetoura salvini, subsp. nov. 



Type. — Dwight Coll. no. 63,782; adult male, collected at Volcan San Lucas, 

 Guatemala, June 26, 1927, by A. W. Anthony. 



Adult male. — Exactly as in South American males above; abdomen and 

 ventral area more extensively white than in any other race; outer tail feathers 

 more extensively black basally than in other races; axillars as in other Central 

 American races. (The type.) 



Adult female. — Autoptically unknown to me, but judging by Salvin's 

 detailed description in the Biologia Centrali Americana, vol. 3, p. 256, it must 

 be close to the West Panama form, in having the chest and abdomen exten- 

 sively grayish and whitish. 



Remarks. — Mexican records must be allocated here provi- 

 sionally, as no female exists. 



Notes on the Mexican Ant-tanager {Habia rubica rubicoides) . 



According to Pddgway's treatment (Birds of North and 

 Middle America, pt. 2, p. 144-147) Habia rubica rubicoides 

 (Lafresnaye) occupies most of southern Mexico and northern 

 Central America, replaced by two closely allied forms in western 

 Mexico and the usual pale one in Yucatan. In 1905 Bangs de- 

 scribed an excellent form confinis from eastern Honduras, partial- 

 ly connecting rubicoides with vinacea of western Panama. In 

 1927 Dickey and Van Rossem described salvadorensis from Salva- 

 dor, another distinct race connecting confinis with ajfinis Nelson 

 of Oaxaca. In 1929 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 69, p: 427) Peters 

 commented on anomalous specimens from Lancetilla, Honduras, 

 which were nearer to rubicoides instead of confinis, as might have 

 been expected. 



It will be apparent therefore that material has been accumu- 

 lating for many years, but no general revision has as yet been 

 attempted. In studying the fine series of this species in the 

 Dwight Collection some interesting facts have been brought to 

 light, and one most unfortunate change in names may become 

 necessary. The name rubicoides proves to be even more of a 

 composite than previously suspected. It has been my good 

 fortune to have available types or topotypes of every form 

 involved. 



