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dusky (dark plumbeous in life); length (skins), 89.4-95.8 (91,7); 

 wing, 51.8-55.4 (53.1); tail, 27.4^31 (29.5); exposed culmen, 6.9-7.6 

 (7.1); depth of bill at base, 3.3-3.6; tarsus, 12.7-13.5 (13); middle toe, 

 8.6-9.7 (9.1).' 



AdAdt female. — Above deep yellowish olive-green, becoming more 

 yellowish on forehead, where the feathers show darker central spots; 

 cheeks and chin pale yellowish olive or olive-yellowish; throat pale 

 gray, in strong contrast with yellowish of chin, etc., and the deep 

 olive-yellow or dull gamboge yellow of chest, breast, sides, and flanks 

 (the latter more olivaceous); abdomen white; under tail-coverts pale 

 brownish gray; bill, iris, and feet as in adult male; length (skins), 89.7- 

 93.5 (91.9); wing, 53.1-55.9 (54.1); tail, 28.2-30.6 (29.6); exposed cul- 

 men, 6.9-7.4 (7.1); depth of bill at base, 3.6-3.8 (3.8); tarsus, 13.3- 

 13.5 (13.2); middle toe, 9.4-9.7 (9. 4).' 



Guatemala to Isthmus of Panama. 



Phonasca, humilis Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., viii, Sept., 1860, 334 (Costa Bica; 

 coll. Berlin Mus.). 



Acroleptes humilis Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 89 (Costa Kica; crit. ). 



Euphonia humilis Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 98 (Costa Rica). — Frant- 

 /lus, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 297 (Costa Eica).— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vi, 1888, 373 (San Juan del.Sur, Nicaragua; song). 



Euphonia minuta (not Euphona minuta Cabanis) Salvin and Sclateb, Ibis, 

 1860, 275 (Coban, Guatemala).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 332 

 (Panama E. E. ). — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 186(Bugaba, Chiriqui; 

 Calovevora,Veragua). — Sclater, Ibis, 1873, 373 (Chontales, Nicaragua); Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 71, part (Bugaba, Chiriqui; Oalovevora,Veragua; 

 Costa Rica; Chontales, Nicaragua; Coban, Vera Paz, Guatemala). — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 258, part (Guatemala; Nica- 

 ragua; Coata Eica; Veragua; Panama E. E.). — Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. 

 Costa Eica, i, 1887, 109 (San Jos6, Costa Eica). — Chekkie, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., xiv, 1891, 531 (Costa Rica; crit.); Auk, ix, 1892, 25 (San Jos6, Costa 

 Eica). 



^Euphonia] minuta Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 17, part. 



EUPHONIA GODMANI Brewster. 

 GODMAN'S EUPHONIA. 



Similar to M minuta humilis, but decidedly larger and with bill much 

 stouter; adult male with yellow of forehead and under parts much 

 paler, the former much broader; head and neck more brightly viola- 

 ceous, upper parts more violaceous steel blue, and inner webs of outer- 

 most rectrices more extensively white; adult female paler and much 

 grayer olive-green above, with occiput and hindneck bluish gray, the 

 chest and sides much paler olive-yellowish, and the throat olive- 

 yellowish instead of pale gray. 



AdMlt inale. — Forehead and anterior portion of crown (as far back 

 as posterior angle of eyes) pale lemon or canary yellow; rest of head 



^ Four specimens from Costa Rica. '' Three specimens from Costa Rica. 



