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Salpinctea guadelupenm Sharpb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 268. 



Salpinctes guadeloupensis American Ornithologists' Union, Chieck List, 1886, no. 

 716.— Bryant (W. E.), Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., no. 6, 1887, 308 (habits; meas- 

 urements; descr. nest and' eggs). — Townsend (0. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xiii, 1890, 138 (Guadalupe I.). 

 ,8[_alpinctea] guadeloupensis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 548. 



SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS NEGLECTUS Nelson. 

 CHANCOL ROCK WEEN. 



Similar co S. o. notius, but still smaller (except bill and feet), and 

 coloration darker, with under parts usually* thickly speckled (not 

 streaked, except on throat) with dusky, and dusky streaks or specks 

 and white dots on upper parts larger, the latter pure white; axillars 

 and under wing-coverts spotted with dusky. 



Adult male.— L&ngt\i (skins), 130.5-145 (136.T); wing, 68-72 (69.1); 

 tail, 48.5-52 (49.7); exposed culmen, 16.5-20.5 (18.1); tarsus, 20.5- 

 22.6 (21.8); middle toe, 13.5-15.5 (14.8).* 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 135; wing, 64; tail, 46.5; tarsus, 

 21; middle toe, 14.5." 



Western (also central and southern ?) Guatemala (Hacienda Chancol; 

 Volcan de Santa Maria; Nenton) and adjoining parts of Chiapas 

 (Juquipilas).'* 



Salpinctes obsoletus (not Troglodytes obsoletus Say) Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 

 30 (Guatemala).— OouES, Birds Col. Val., 1878, 159, part (Guatemala). — 

 Salvin and GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1880, 71, part (Quezaltenango, 

 Sal,amd, Eabinal, Quioh^ , and Jupiapa, « Guatemala) . — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 715, part (Guatemala). 



[Salpinctesl obsoletus Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 6, part 

 (Guatemala). 



Slalpinctesl obsoletus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 548, part (Guatemala). 



Salpinctes obsoletus neglectus Nelson, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, 70 (Hacienda Chan- 

 col, 10,000 ft., w. Guatemala; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



SALPINCTES MACULATUS Ridgway./ 

 SPOTTED ROCK WREN. 



Much darker than any of the forms of S. obsoletus, with upper 

 parts more coarsely and heavily variegated (even the rump conspicu- 

 ously spotted with dusky and whitish), and with under parts every- 

 where thickly spotted or barred with dusky. 



« In six out of seven specimens examined. 



^ Five specimens. 



« One specimen. 



''The following localities, cited in the Biologia Centrali-Amencana, may or may not 

 pertain to this form: Salamd, side of Cuesta de Chuacus; Summit of Cuestade Cachil; 

 Cachil; Quezaltenango; Rabinal; Jutiapa. 



« Possibly S. maculaius. 



/Type No. 150904, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, Toyabaj, department of 

 Quiche, northern Guatemala, May 7, 1892; Heyde and Lux. 



