156 DENDEOCOLAPTID^. 



Automolus ruUginoms, Sumichrastj La Nat. v. p. 247'; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 91 

 (partim) *. 



Supra saturate brunneus, pileo obscuriore ; alia extus, uropygio, cauda et pectore saturate rubiginoso-rufis, 

 gula pallidiore ; tectrieibus auricularibus grisescentioribus ; abdomine bninneo, hj'pochondriis et tectrici- 

 bus subcaudalibus obscurioribus dorso fere concoloribus, tectrieibus subalaribus et remigibus ad basin 

 intus clare rubiginosis : rostro et pedibus saturate corylinis, illius mandibula infra pallida. Long, tota 8-0, 

 alae 3-8, caudse rectr. med. 3-4:5, rectr. lat. 3-1, rostri a rictu 1-1, tarsi 1-1. 

 $ mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova {SalU ^), Vera Cruz [Sanchez % Jalapa [de Oca ^, M. Tmjillo), 

 Coatepec near Jalapa {M. Trujillo), Hot region of Vera Cruz, Uvero {Sumi- 

 chrast ^). 



Automolus ruhiginosus waa one of Salle's discoveries ^ whose specimens were procured 

 not far from Cordova in the State of Vera Cruz, where he collected for some time. 

 Other specimens have since been obtained in the same district, namely, at Jalapa and its 

 neighbourhood. Sumichrast states that this bird is an inhabitant of the hot region of 

 Vera Cruz ^ ; but we must add to this the more temperate portions of that State, as its 

 range extends to an elevation of at least 5000 feet and probably higher. It is 

 doubtless resident in the district in which it is found ; the specimens secured by our 

 collector, Mateo Trujillo, were shot at various times from May to October. 



It has hitherto been the practice to include the Guatemalan birds of this form under 

 the name A. ruhiginosus, but with the series now before us we think it necessary to 

 separate several forms from the typical bird, which, according to our views, inhabits a 

 restricted area confined to the mountains of Central Vera Cruz sloping towards the 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



4. Automolus ver£epacis. 



Anabates ruhiginosus, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, pp. 5, 117 (nee Scl.)*. 



Automolus ruhiginosus, Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 337 ^ ; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mns. xv. p. 91 

 (partim) '. 



A. rubiginoso simUis, sed omnino pallidior, snpra magis cinnamomeus, pileo, uropygio et cauda clarioribus ; 



pectore pallide baud saturate rubiginoso quam abdomen pauUo obscuriore. (Descr. exempl. ex Coban, 



Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 

 $ mari similis. 



Hah. Guatemala (Constancia % Skinner ^), Coban, Tactic, Choctum (0. S. & F. B. G. ^). 



Hitherto this Automolus has been considered inseparable from the Mexican A. ruhi- 

 ginosus, and was so named in the lists of the birds of Guatemala ^, and in the catalogues 

 of the Strickland Collection ^ and in that of the British Museum ^. With a much 

 larger series of specimens before us than Mr. Sclater examined when compiling the 

 last-named work, we find that it is necessary to recognize several well-marked forms of 

 A. ruhiginosus, all of which have definite ranges so far as our present materials 

 indicate. 



