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d. Chest and breast irregularly barred or squamated; larger (wing averaging 

 more than 130, tail more than 85). (Eastern Mexico.) 



Chloronerpes seraginosus (p. 129) 

 dd. Chest and breast regularly barred; smaller (wing averaging less than 130, 

 tail less than 80). 

 e: Whole under parts barred. {Chloronerpes ruhiginosus.) 

 f. Larger (wing 114-133.5, averaging much more than 115); lateral rectrices 

 usually not distinctly, if at all, barred; adult males with red on sides 

 of pileum broader, never interrupted above eye. 

 g. Chest more narrowly barred with yellow, the yellow bars usually 

 less than half as broad as the olivaceous interspaces. 

 h. Posterior under parts less distinctly barred; bill stouter. 

 i. Color of back, etc., averaging more greenish or yellowish olive; 

 olivaceous bars on chest less dark, less, or not at all, tinged 

 with orange. (Southeastern Mexico to Nicaragua.) 



Chloionerpes mbiginosus yucatanensis (p. 131). 

 a. Color of back, etc., averaging more golden or orange olive; 

 olivaceous bars on chest darker, more or less strongly tinged 

 with orange. (Costa Rica and Panama.) 



Chloronerpes rubiginosus uiopyglalis (p. 138). 

 hh. Posterior under parts more strongly barred; bill more slender. 

 (Andes of MMda, Venezuela.) 



Chloronerpes rubiginosus meridensis (extralimital).<i 

 gg. Chest more broadly barred with yellow, the yellow bars more than 

 half as wide as the very dark olive interspaces. (Sierra Nevada 

 de Santa Marta, Colombia.) 



Chloronerpes rubiginosus aUeni (extralimital).^ 

 ff. Smaller (wing 98-115, averaging less than 112); lateral rectrices dis- 

 tinctly barred, at least on outer web; adult males with red on sides 

 of pileum narrower, frequently interrupted above eye. 

 g. Back, etc., yellowish olive; chest barred with pale yellowish or 

 yellowish white and dull blackish, the yellowish bars broader. 

 (Arid coast district of Venezuela.) 



Chloronerpes rubiginosus rubiginosus (extralimital)." 

 gg. Back, etc., bright tawny-olive; chest barred with light yellowish 

 and dark olive, the yellowish bars narrower. 

 h. Smaller (wing 98-106, tail 55-62, culmen 20-23.5, tarsus 18.5-20.5). 

 (Island of Trinidad.) 



Chloronerpes rubiginosus trinitatis (extralimital)."* 



" Chloronerpes rubiginosus meridensis Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, Feb. 24, 

 1911, 33 (Merida, Venezuela; coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.). 



6 Chloronerpes yucatanensis alleni Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii, March 

 31, 1902, 83 (San Sebastian, Santa Marta, Colombia; coll. E. A. and 0. Bangs). 



c Picus nibiginosvs Swainson, Zool. lUustr., ser. 1, i, no. 3, Dec, 1820, pi. 14 and 

 text ("Spanish Main"; type locality subsequently fixed by Hartert as Cumana, 

 Venezuela; coll. E. Falkner); Sundevall, Consp. Picin., 1866, 69. — Chloronerpes' 

 rubiginosus Swainson, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 308; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xviii, 1890, 86, part. — Chloronerpes rubiginosus rubiginosus Hellmayi, Novit. Zool., 

 xiii, 1906, 38, part (Los Palmales and Cumand, Venezuela; crit.). 



d Chloronerpes rubiginosus rubiginosus Hellmayr, Novit. Zool., xiii, 1906, 38, part 

 (Caparo, Valencia, Seelet, and Chaguanas, Trinidad; crit.). — Chloronerpes rubiginosus 

 trinitatis Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, Feb. 24, 1911, 32 (Princeetown, 

 Trinidad; coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.). 



