25S PEEISTEEID.E. 



Leptoptila fulviventris brachyptera, A. 0. U. Check-1. N. An er. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 122' ; Cliapm. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. viii. p. 287 ' ; x. p. 35 ' ; Nelson, N. Amer. Faun. no. 14, p. 36 \ 

 Leptoptila albifrons, Scl. (nee Bp.), P. Z. S. 1857, p. 214 » ; 1859, pp. 368 '", 391 " ; 1864, p. 178 '^ 



Sol. & Salr. Ibis, 1859, p. 222 " ; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 838 " ; Lawr. Mem. Best. Soc. N. H. ii. 



p. 305 '°; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 44"; Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. p. 82"; 



Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Mex. i. p. 105 (part.) '*; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 232". 

 jEchmoptila albifrons (nee Bp.), Coues, Bull. U. S. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 48'°; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. i. p. 158 ^ 

 Engtjptila albifrons, Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 100"; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



ix. p. 175"; Bendire, Life Hist. N. Amer. Birds, p. 144, t. 2. fig. 22'*. 

 Engyptila verreauwi (nee Bp.), Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 378'', 389", 396". 

 Evgyptila vinaceifulva, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. iii. p. 270 ". 

 Engyptila sp., Jouy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 789 ". 



Supra brunnea, vix olivascens, alls dorso coiicoloribus ; remigibus sepiariis, anguste albido marginatis ; 

 secundariis intimis et rectricibus medianis dorso concoloribus, harum lateralibus intus et apicem versus 

 nigricanfcibus, pallide brunneo terminatis, extcrnis nigris late albo terminaliter fasciatis ; fronts et loris 

 albidis, vix vinaoeo tinctis; pileo postico, coUo postico et lateral! melallice lilacinis, interdum viridi 

 Tel £eiico-chal3-beo nitentibus, iuterscapulio summo ])aullo viridi adumbrate ; facie laterali et corpore 

 subtus pallide vinaceis, gula summa alba, pectore imo pallidiorc; abdomine et subcandalibns albis ; 

 hypochondriis imis brunnescentibus, vix ochraceo lavatis ; subalaribus et axillaribus cum remigibus iutus 

 castaneis : rostro nigro, regione nuda orbitali caerulescente ; pedibus cocoineis ; iride alba. Long, tota 

 circa 10'8, alae 5-7, cauda; 5-0, culm. 0-9, tarsi 1-2. (Descr. maris ex San Geronimo, Vera Paz. Mus. nostr.) 



2 mari similis, sed sordidior, reciricum fasciis albis terminalibus angustioribus. Long, tota circa 9-6, alse 5-55. 

 (Descr. feminas ex Coatepec. Mus nostr.) 



Ilah. North Amkeica, valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas s. — Mexico, between 

 Matamoros and Camargo [M'Call^), Nuevo Leon, Rio Salado, Estancia Mon- 

 terey, Hacienda de les Escobas, Pesqueria Grande, Rio Gila, Monte Morelos 

 {Armstrong *}, Soto La Marina, Aldatna, Tanipico, Tamaulipas, San Bias, 

 Santiago, Tepic, Lake Chapala, Tehuantepec {Richardson'^), Sonora*, Sierra 

 Madre from Chihuahua to Jalisco ^4, Santiago, Colima*, Beltran* {Lloyd), 

 Mazatlan (Grff^^son ^^), Jalisco, Barranca (Jo;/?/ 2^), Acapulco, Tea.]^a. {Mrs. S. H. 

 Smith ^), city of Mexico ( White ^^), woods of both coasts i^, Santa Efigenia ^^J 

 Tehuantepec city ^<^ {Sumichrast), Cuesta de Misautla {F. D. G. & Trujillo^), 

 Vega del Cazadero, Sochiapa {Trvjillo % Rancho del Ahuehuete, Puebla^s 

 Coatepec*, Plan del Rio, Huatu>co {Ferrari-Perez), Playa Vicente {Boucard^^, 

 Trujillo % Orizaba {Botteri ^), Jalapa {de Oca i°, Chapman "'), Yucatan (Gaumer *). 

 Chichen-Itza (C/iffpmara^) ; Honduras, San Fedro {Whiteli/ ^'^) ; Guatemala, Sau 

 Geronimo, Duenas, Barranco Hondo, Retalhuleu, and Pacific coast {0. S. & 

 F. I). G. 13), Tollman, Panajachel {Bichardson^); Salvador, La lAhertadi {Blchard- 

 son^) ; Nicaragua, Volcan del Chinandega (i??'c/t«r(Zsora *j, Ometepe 1. 2^, Sucuya^e^ 

 Lake of Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur, Pacific coast ^s {Nutting). 



In the west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and at Mazatlan, Grayson found many 

 nests of this bird. 



