BIRDS OF tfORtfH ANf> MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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blue) terminally; outer (distal) secondaries and inner (proximal) 

 primaries deep blue (nearest cyanine), the secondaries narrowly 

 edged with light greenish blue, the primaries rather broadly margined 

 terminally with blackish; outer primaries green passing into greenish 

 blue dis tally; auricular region and sides of neck dull yellowish green, 

 like hindneck; loral region dusky or mixed dull greenish, and dusky; 

 suborbital and malar regions, chin, throat, and chest dull light 

 grayish green or pale olive-green, the feathers (some, at least), with 

 darker narrow shaft-streaks; rest of under parts, together with 

 smaller under wing-coverts, clear light yellowish apple green; under 

 primary coverts dull slate-gray narrowly margined with light yellowish 

 green; under surface of primaries dull slate-grayish; under surface of 

 tail light yellowish olive, changing to deep olive-yellow; maxilla dull 

 ivory whitish ; mandible dusky laterally with median portion (broadly) 

 ivory whitish; iris and bare orbital space yellow (naples yellow or 

 kings yellow) in life; legs and feet grayish dusky (in dried skins). 



Immature.^ — Similar to adults but with the orange-buff of forehead 

 more restricted, sometimes confined to median anterior portion, the 

 sides of forehead being dull greenish blue, like crown. 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 211-252 (226); wing, 130-143 

 (136.4); tail, 96-117.5 (106); culmen, 17.5-19.5 (18.7); tarsus, 13- 

 14.5 (13.8); outer anterior toe, 16.5-19.5 (18.1). a 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 206-231 (220); wing, 125.5-141.5 

 (133.1); tad, 100-112.5 (105.2); culmen, 17-19.5 (18.2); tarsus, 

 13-14 (13.7); outer anterior toe, 16.5-18.5 (17.7). 6 



Western Mexico, in States of Sinaloa (Mazatlan; Escuinapa), 

 Jalisco (Barranca Beltran; Hacienda de San Marcos), Durango 



a Thirteen specimens. 



6 Eleven specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Cul- 

 men. 



Tarsus. 



Outer 



anterior 



too. 



MALES. 



One adult male from Sinaloa 



One adult mala from Tepic 



Two adult males from Durango 



One adult male from Colima 



Three adult males from Guerrero. . . 



One adult male from Salvador 



Two adult males from Costa 'Rica. . . 



FEMALES. 



Three adult females from Sinaloa . . . 



One adult female from Colima 



Five adult females from Guerrero. . . 



One adult female from Oaxaca 



One adult female from Costa Eica . . 



130 



143 



137.5 



136 



135 



139 



138.7 



136.8 



134 



131.2 



132 



131.5 



101 



110.5 



112 



117.5 



101.2 



103 



107 



109.7 



100 



103.8 



100.5 



17.5 



19.5 



18.5 



19.5 



18.8 



19 



18 



18.2 



19.5 



18.9 



17 



18 



13 



14.5 



14 



14.5 



14 



13 



13.2 



13.7 



13.5 



13.6 



14 



13 



16.5 



18 



17.5 



19 



19.2 



17 



17.7 



IS 



17 



17.8 



18.5 



17 



