BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



327 



lower rump, upper tail-coverte, and tail burnt umber; secondaries 

 similar in color to wing-coverts but slightly duller; primaries, pri- 

 mary coverts, and alulae brownish dusky or dusky brown, the first 

 usually narrowly edged, more or less distinctly, with light brownish; 

 under parts vinaceous-drab, passing into vinaceous-buff or vinaceous- 

 fawn on chin and upper throat; axillars and under wing-coverts 

 brownish drab to deep cinnamon-drab, the under surface of remiges 

 more decidedly cinnamon-drab passing into grayish dusky termi- 

 nally; under surface of tail grayish brown (nearly benzo brown) ; bill, 

 including cere and rictus, entirely black; eyelids, legs, and feet 

 deep lake red; a iris deep rose pink; a length (skins), 273-324 (306); 

 wing, 151-169 (163.2) ; tail, 104-137 (124.8) ; culmen, 13-15.5 (14.2) ; 

 tarsus, 19.5-23.5 (22.4); middle toe, 23-26 (24.6). b 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male but slightly duller in 

 color, the chin and upper throat paler (sometimes buffy whitish), the 

 under parts of the body less purplish or vinaceous (nearly army 

 brown or deep fawn color); length (skins), 301-320 (307); wing, 

 160-163 (161.5); tail, 118-124.5 (120.9); culmen, 13.5-14 (13.7); 

 tarsus, 21.5-22 (21.6); middle toe, 22.5-25 (23.7) . c 



Young. — Much duller in color than the adult female; upper parts 

 browner, except hindneck, which, together with sides of neck, is 

 brownish drab or grayish cinnamon-drab; wing-coverts and scapulars 

 tipped or terminally margined with dull orange-cinnamon, the feathers 

 of pileum, rump, and the upper tail-coverts similarly tipped with a 

 rather deeper shade of the same, those of the under parts narrowly 

 and indistinctly tipped with cinnamon. 



Guatemala (Puerto Barrios); Costa Rica (Guayabo; Bonilla; 

 Coliblanco; Guacimo; CachI; Turrialba; San Antonio; La Estrella 



- Fresh colors of specimens killed by- the author at Guayabo and Bonilla, Costa 

 Rica. 



& Thirteen specimens. 



- Four specimens, from Costa Eica. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Nine adult males from Costa Eioa 



Four adult males from western Panama 



FEMALES. 



Four adult females from Costa Eica 



One adult female from Ecuador (Bucay, Province of Guayuas) 

 = (E . n. berlepschi 



161.8 

 166.1 



161.5 

 144 



123.3 

 128.2 



120.9 

 110.5 



14.1 

 14.2 



13.7 

 12 



22.1 

 23.1 



21.6 

 20 



24.4 

 25.1 



23.7 



