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brown, ending with dull white; "iris brown; bill light-brownish; feet dark 

 grayish-ash. " 



Length (skin), 8| inches; wing, 2; tail. If; tarsus, ^. 



Habitat, Mexico, Tehuantepec City. Type in National Mu- 

 seum, Washington. 



Remarks. — I have had this specimen for several years, and 

 have delayed its description, hoping to get the male. It was 

 obtained by Prof. Sumichrast, to whom I wrote requesting him 

 to try to procure the male. As he left that part of Mexico, and 

 is now deceased, I have thought best to describe it. It somewhat 

 resembles the female of S. minuta, but is distinguished from it 

 by the smaller size, lighter color and whitish throat, and by 

 having the wing-coverts, tertials and tail-feathers edged with 

 whitish; the bill is not half the size of that of S. minuta. 



May 25th, 1883. 



