656 BULLETIK 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEfJM. 



tail, 53-60.5 (56); exposed culmen, 23-24.6 (23.9); tarsus, 19.5-21 (20); 

 middle toe, 14.5-17 (15.9).". 



Adult female.— hength. (skins), 133-147.5 (138.1); wing, 60-66 (63.1); 

 tail, 51-55.5 (53.2); exposed culmen, 19.5-23 (21.6); tarsus, 18.5-20 

 (19.2); middle toe, 14^15.5 (14.7).* 



Central and southern portions of Mexican plateau, in States of 

 southern Chihuahua (Batopilas), Durango (Chacala), Michoacan (La 

 Salada; Pa tzcuaro), Jalisco (Ocotlan; San Sebastian; Zapotlan; Bolanos; 

 Guadalajara; Huejuquilla), Morelos (Puente de Ixtla), Hidalgo (Real 

 del Monte), Mexico (Valley of Mexico), Guanajuato, Vera Cruz (Jico; 

 Chichicaxtla; Orizaba; Mirador), Puebla (Atlixco), Oaxaca (Tama- 

 zulapam; Cuicatlan; Santo Domingo; La Parada; Santa Efigenia; 

 Tehuantepec; Mount Zempoaltepec), and Colima (Rio de Coahuyana), 

 and Territory of Tepic (Tepic). 



Thry othorus mexicanus SwA.iNson, Zool. Illustr., 2d ser., i, 1829, pi. H (Eeal del 

 Monte, Hidalgo). 



Troglodytes mexicanus hiCHTEHSTEii^, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, 2; Journ. fiir 

 Orn., 1863, 57 (reprint). 



T[roglodyies] mexicanus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 159. 



Salpincies mexicanus CABA.NIS, Wiegmann's Archiv. fur Naturg., 1847 (i), 324. — 

 ScLATEK, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 212 (Orizaba, Vera Cruz); 1858, 297 

 (Oaxaca); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 18 (Mexico). 



Slalpindes] mexicanus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 78. 



ISalpmctesI mmcanus Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1882, 48. 



Catherpes mexicanus Baikd, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 356, part (in syn- 

 onymy); Review Am. Birds, 1864, 111, part (Mirador, Vera Cruz; Rio de 

 Coahuyana, Colima). — Sclatee, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 172 (City of 

 Mexico). — SuMicHEAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. N; H., i, 1869, 545 (temperate re- 

 gion, Vera Cruz). — Duges, La Naturaleza, i, 1869, 139 (Guanajuato; Guada- 

 lajara, Jalisco) .—Lawrence, Mem. Boat. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 268 (Tepic; 

 Guadalajara).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1880, 72, part 

 (Mexican localities and references). — Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 

 1881, 280 (Puebla).— Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 76.— American 

 Obnitholoqists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. ,717, part (Mexico). 



ICaiherpes'] mexicanus Sclatee and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 6, part. 



Clatherpes] mexicanus CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 276, part. — Ridg- 

 wa¥, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 549, part. 



ICatherpes mexicanus'] var. mexicanus Ridgway, Am. Nat, vii, Oct., 1873, 603 

 (diagnosis). — Baied, Beewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 

 138. 



Catherpes mexicanus mexicanus Obessolskb., Auk, xx, Apr., 1903, 196 (diagnosis; 

 range). 



[CyphorhinusJ mexicanus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 194, no. 2674. 



(?) Troglodytes murarius Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, 2 (Yautepec, 

 Morelos; coll. Berlin Mus.);" Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 57 (reprint). 



{'!)Salpincles murarius Lichtenstein, Nom. Mus. Berol., 1854, 35. 



37inoiAor-M,s (/Mflufaius Lafeesnaye, Rev. Zool., ii, 1839, 99 (Mexico). 



"Fourteen specimens. 

 *> Seven specimens. 



^Probably an Indian artefact, the blue tail of some other bird (perhaps Sialia) 

 being substituted for that of Catherpes. 



