10 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Adult male.—Wing, 115-121 (118.3); tail, 40.5-43 (42.2) ;_ bill 
from nostril, 17-18.5 (17.7); from posterior edge of frontal shield, 
41.5-48 (43.8); tarsus, 52.5-55 (53.5); middle toe, 51.5-54 (52.5).°_ 
Adult female.—Wing, 128-131 (129.7); tail, 43~-45.5 (44.5); bill 
from nostril, 18-19 (18.7); from posterior edge of frontal shield, 
43.5-47 (45.5); tarsus, 56-59 (57.2); middle toe, 54-55 (54.5).% 
Central America, from Guatemala (Humachél; Lake Petén; 
Santa Ana de Mixtén; Lake Amatitlan) southward through British 
Honduras (Belize River; Orange Walk), Honduras (Omoa; Truxillo q 
Tigre Island; Lake Yojoa), Nicaragua (Greytown; Rio Escondido; 
Lake Nicaragua; Momotombo; Omotepe, Sucuyé) and Costa Rica 
(La Palma de Nicoya; Las Trojas de Alajuela; Siquirres; Lake 
Ochomongo; Salistrél de San Anténio; Tenério; Barranca de Punta 
Arenas; Miravalles; mouth of Rio Matina) to western Panamé 
(Dival4, Chiriqui). 
a Three specimens. 
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MALES, 
One adult male from southern Texas (J. s. gymno- 
SCOT ya vasaisivinis es ayarseciere tare wicca ele armachyana reerneisteed ia cis 119 38 17.5 43.5 55 53 
Five adult males from eastern Mexico (J. s. gymno- 
WOE x x assesses asst eaeipacecee pen ma shictistlv RNR VACA sicoaneonae 119.6 42.5 17.6 42.3 52.9 53 
Five adult males from western Mexico (J. s. gymno- . 
SOME) oo sosieaniczmmay, se eteeteeeeleacinct wececemeenmnda 119.9 41.6 17.4 41.2 51.7 51.1 
One adult male from Guatemala (J. s. Spinosa)...... 119 43 17.5 41.5 52.5 52 
One adult male from Honduras (J. s. Spinosa)........ 121 43 18.5 48 55 54 
One adult male from Nicaragua (J. s. spinosa)... -| 115 * 40.5 17 42 53 51.5 
Nine adult males from Cuba (J. s. violacea).-......... 124.1 41.2 17.8 42.8 54.4 54.1 
Seven adult males from Isle of Pines (J. s. violacea)...| 114.5 39 17.1 41.2 52.9 52 
Two adult males from Jamaica (J. s. violacea)......... 113.5 39.5 18 39.7 51.7 53 
FEMALES, 
Two adult females from eastern Mexico (J. s. gym- 
MOSOMG) s sarees wiseetiiain a a sinausiatcidiasercevicintots stv ome aloesamernen 135. 2 49 19 47.7 56 54.7 
Seven adult females from western Mexico (J. s. gym- 
UO SEONG ) seta, ais ceapasnu nye Riefetrcscreicieiglare Ruse ccs 139.3 45.8 19.2 45.7 53.9 52.6 
One adult female from Guatemala (J. s. spinosa).....| 128 43 19 47 59 55 
Two adult females from Nicaragua (J. s. spinosa)... 130.5 45.2 18.5 45, 2 56. 2 54.2 
Four adult females from Cuba (J. s. violacea)......... 131.6 43.5 185 46.9 57.2 54.7 
Six adult females from Isle of Pines (J. 8. violacea)....] 129.1 44, 2 18.2 46, 2 57.2 56. 6 
Two adult females from Haiti (J. s. violacea) ......... 136.7 47.5 19.5 46 56.7 57.7 
It is almost certain that some of the specimens measured have the sex wrongly 
determined. (See Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., x, 1916, 217, 218.) 
