BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



301 



(193.6); tail, 112-126 (119.2); culmen, 14-15.5 (14.8); tarsus, 

 24-26.5 (25.2); middle toe, 28.5-31.5 (30.2). a 



Young. — Much duller in coloration than adults; general color of 

 head, neck, and anterior under parts dull, light vinaceous-drab, and 

 reddish brown on lesser wing-coverts more rusty and less uniform 

 (mostly on terminal portion of the feathers) . 



Mexico and part of Central America; north to lower Rio Grande 

 Valley in Texas (Brownsville; Fort Brown; Hidalgo; Lomita Ranch; 

 accidental at Corpus Christi), Nuevo Le6n (Monterey; Las Escobas; 

 Santa Ingracia; Los Trevinos; Villa Grande; Montemorelos) , and 

 southern Sonora (Sierra de Alamos) ; southward, through Sinaloa 

 (Mazatlan; Presidio de Mazatlan; Rosario; Plomosas; El Toro; 

 Escuinapa), Tepic (Santiago; San Bias), Guanajuato (Silao), Tamau- 

 lipas (Forlon; Linares; Victoria; Matamoros; Aldama; Tampico; 

 Alta Mira; Rio de la Cruz; Camargo), Vera Cruz (Motzorongo; 

 Misantla; Atoyac; Vega de Casadero; San Lorenzo; Orizaba; 

 Potrero; C6rdova; Jalapa; Vera Cruz; Rancho Nuevo; Plan del 

 Rio; Hacienda de Tortugas; Alvarado), San Luis Potosi (Vallfe), 

 Mexico (near City of Mexico), Colima (Manzanillo; Tonila; Sierra 

 Madre), Guerrero (Acapulco), Oaxaca (Huilotepec; Tuxtepec; Tapa- 

 natepec; Tehuantepec; Tapana; Teotalcingo; Santa Efigenia; 



° Ten specimens. 



