BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Panama (Lion Hill, Panama, Sabana de Panama, and Tabernilla, 

 Canal Zone; Calovevora, Chitra, and Mina de Chorcha, Veragua; 

 Divala, Boquete, and David, Chiriqui), and northward through 

 western Costa Rica (San Mateo; San Lucas; San Jos 6; Bebedero; 

 Guaitil; Alajuela; Bols6n; Volcan de Poas; Turrucares; Barranca; 

 Pozo Azul de Pirrls), western Nicaragua (Le6n; Sucuya; San Juan 

 del Sur; Tuma; Chinandega; Jalapa; San Rafael del Norte; Mata- 

 galpa), Honduras (San Pedro; San Pedro Sula), Salvad6r (Volcan de 

 San Miguel) and Guatemala (Duenas; Savana Grande) to south- 

 eastern Mexico, in States of Tabasco (Teapa), Oaxaca (Santa Efigenia) 

 and Vera Cruz (Playa Vicente; Tlalcotalpam; Catemaco; San Andres 

 Tuxtla). 



Diplopterus excellent Sclatbr, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1857 (pub. Jan. 12, 1858), 

 229 (s. Mexico; coll. A. Salle); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 321 (s. Mexico).— 

 Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 60 (San Pedro, Honduras). — Sclater 

 and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 133 (San Pedro, Honduras). — Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y., vii, 1862, 300 (Lion Hill, Panama). 



D[iplopterus] excellens Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iv, Heft 1, 1863, 94, 

 footnote (s. Mexico; Honduras). 



Diplopterus nsevius (not Citculus nseviits Linnaeus) Sclater and Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 366 (Lion Hill, Panama; crit.). — Salvin, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1867, 156 (David, Chiriqui, Panama); 1870, 211 (Calovevora, 

 Chitra, and Mina de Chorcha, Panama). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 

 1867, 177 (David, Panama); ix, 1868, 128 (Guaitil and San Mateo, Costa Rica); 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 33 (Santa Efigenia, Oaxaca).— Prantzius, 

 Journ. fur Orn., 1869, 361 (Costa Rica).— Nutting, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 

 vi, 1883, 376 (San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua); vi, 1884, 387 (SucuyS, Nica- 

 ragua). — Zeled6n, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 123 (Pozo Azul and 

 San Mateo, Costa Rica). — Cherrie, Auk, ix, 1892, 326 (San Jos6, Costa Rica; 

 crit.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1896, 540, part (San 



Footnote — Continued. 



Locality. 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Nicaragua 



Three adult females from Costa Rica 



Five adult females from eastern Panama (Canal Zone) 



Four adult females ( T. n. nxma?) from western Colombia 



(Cauca) 



Three adult females ( T.n. nsevial) from Venezuela 



Three adult females ( T. n. me.vw.Tj from Trinidad 



Two adult females ( T.n. nssviat) from British Guiana 



One adult female ( T. n. nxviul) from southwestern Brazil 



(Chapada, Mattogrosso) 



Wing. 



122 



116.2 



111.7 



108.8 

 108.8 

 103.2 

 100.7 



103.5 



Tail. 



Ex- 

 posed 



culmeii. 



169.5 



155 



158.9 



147 

 147 

 135.2 

 146 



19.5 

 17.5 

 18.7 



18.4 

 17.5 

 18.2 

 17.7 



18.5 



34 



31.2 



32.4 



30.6 

 31 



28.8 

 29 



31.5 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



24.5 

 24.2 



24 



23.4 

 21.8 

 22.8 

 23 



21.5 



The South American material is much too scant to give a clear idea of the geographic 

 variations on the southern continent. The limited series indicates, however, the 

 existence of two or more forms south of Panama. 



