BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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iris light yellow; legs and feet grayish; length (skins), 305-345 (323); 

 wing, 177-201 (189.6); tail, 95-112.5 (103.7) ; ctdmen, 44-50.5 (47.6); 

 tarsus, 31-36 (33.3); outer anterior toe, 22-28.5 (24.2).'' 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but forehead, crown, and 

 upper median portion of crest, together with chin and throat, uniform 

 black (instead of red, like rest of head) ; length (skins), 280-340 (312) ; 

 wing, 173-203 (186.7); tail, 90-113.5 (102.4); exposed cidmen, 38.5- 

 49 (45); tarsus, 31-36.5 (34.6); outer anterior toe, 21.5-26.5 (24.2).* 



Young male. — Similar to the adult female, but forehead and median 

 portion of crown duller black or sooty black, chin and throat dark 

 sooty slate or dark grayish brown, nasal tufts, chin, lores, and malar 



<» Thirty-four Bpecimens. 



i> Twenty-seven specimens. 



Locality. 



wing. 



Tail. 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen. 



Tarsus. 



Outer 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males (S. g. regiut) from Vera Cruz (6) and Tamau- 

 lipas(4) 



Ten adult males (S. g. neUani) from Guerrero (6), Miohoaoan (1), 

 Colima (1), and Sinaloa (1) 



One adult male from Yucatan 



Three adult males from Chiapas 



Seven adult males from Guatemala 



Two adult males from British Honduras 



Three adult males from southern Honduras 



Six adult males from Nicaragua 



Ten adult males from Costa Eica 



One adult male from western Panama (type of C. g. buxans 

 Bangs) , 



FEMALES. 



Nine adult females (S. g. regim) from Tamaulipas (4) and Vera 

 Cruz (5) 



Ten adult females (S. g. neUoni) from Guerrero (5), Jalisco (1), 

 Tepic (1), Colima (1)' and Sinaloa (2) 



One adult male from Tabasco , 



One adult female from Campeche 



Two adult females from Chiapas 



Five adult females from Guatemala 



Three adult females from British Honduras 



Two adult females from southern Honduras 



Two adiUt females from Nicaragua 



Ten adult females from Costa Eica 



One adult female from western Panama 



176.6 

 184 ' 

 191 



isae 



185 

 186.9 

 189 

 191.8 



192 



197.4 



180.7 



174 



189 



179.3 



189 



178 



194 



186.5 



188.8 



192.5 



103 



107.5 



105.6 



107.5 



102.1 



10L2 



102.9 



112 



lia9 



103.8 



90 

 105 



9L5 

 105.6 



9&5 

 103.5 

 101 

 103.7 

 106 



45 



45.5 



4a 8 



4&4 



47.8 



45.9 



46.8 



47.5 



46 



49 



44 



38.5 



44 



46.5 



47.8 



445 



41.5 



44 



449 



47 



32.3 



31 



34 



344 



33 



33.9 



341 



35.1 



34 



35.4 



31.9 



31 



32.5 



32.8 



33.2 



33 



34 



34 



346 



345 



23.6 



23 



25.S 



243 



248 



241 



246 



23.8 



24.5 



25.6 



22.3 



24 



24 



23.5 



23.7 



22.7 



245 



25.5 



248 



25.5 



I am not able to detect any fairly average characters to separate the birds from Costa 

 Rica, western Panama, etc., from those from Guatemala and the extreme southern 

 States of Mexico; hence the characters ascribed to S. g. huxans Bangs are in reality 

 those oiS.g. guatemaUnm as compared with S. g. regius of Vera Cruz, San Luis Potosf, 

 and southern Tamaulipas. It is very likely that Mr. Bangs compared his S. hwmns 

 with Vera Cruz examples of S. g. regius, considering the latter to be true S. gimtemal- 

 ensis, and hence committed the error of redescribing S.g. guatemalenm as a new form. 



