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Callisie francescse Lawrencb, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 176 (David, Chiriqui), 

 180 (Greytown, Nicaragua) . 



Calliste larvata francescse Sclater, Oat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 125, in text. 



[Calliste larvata^ b. subsp. /ranc«sca; Sclateb, Cat. Birds. Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 

 125, in list of specimens (Chontales, Nicaragua; Turrialba and Angostura, 

 Costa Rica; Cordillera de ToM, Calovevora, Mina de Chorcha, Santa F6, and 

 Castillo, Veragua; Panama and Paraiso Station, Panama R. R.; Bemedios, 

 prov. Antioquia, Colombia). 



Ccdlispiza frandscx Salvadoki, Atti Roy. Ac. Sci. Torino, iv, 1868, 175 (Costa 

 Rica). 



Calliste larvata (not of Du Bus) Sclatek, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1851, 64 (Chi- 

 riqui; Veragua).— Cassin, in Rep. U. S. Astr. Exp. (Gilliss), ii, 1855, 182, 

 part, pi. 18, flg. 2 (Central America; Colombia).— Salvin, Ibis, 1872, 316 

 (Chontales, Nicaragua).- Boucaed, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 54 (Na- 

 ranjo, Orosi, and San Carlos, Costa Rica).— Sclatek and Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 499 (Antioquia, Colombia).— Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 274, part (Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, and 

 Colombian localities and references).— Sclateb, Cat. Birds Brit.Mus., xi, 

 1886, 124, part.— Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 109 (Naranjo 

 de Cartago, Jimenez, Trojas de Puntarenas, and Pozo Azul de Pirris, Costa 

 Rica).— RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 585 (Segovia R., Hon- 

 duras). — Richmond, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 488 (Rio Escondido, 

 Nicaragua). 



CALOSPIZA INORNATA (Gould). 



FL&IIf-COLORES TANAOER, 



Adult male. — Above plain slate-gray, paler and more bluish on rump 

 and upper tail-coverts; lesser wing-coverts bright cerulean or tur- 

 quoise blue, more purplish blue on lower portion and along posterior 

 margin; rest of wings and tail dull black or duskj?^, with slate-gray 

 edgings; sides of head and neck like pileum, etc. ; lores, apex of malar 

 region, and anterior margin of chin blackish; lower chin, throat, chest, 

 sides, and ilanks dull light gray, the first inclining to white; median 

 portion of breast and abdomen white, the lower portion of the latter 

 tinged with buffy; under tail-coverts dull white or pale buffy, the 

 longer feathers with concealed portion mostly grayish; maxilla black; 

 mandible grayish with dusky tip; legs and feet dusky (in dried skins); 

 length (skins), 109.2-130.8 (119.4); wing, 66.5-68.1 (67.3); tail, 45.2- 

 48.3 (46.5); exposed culmen, 8.4-9.4 (8.9); depth of bill at base, 5.1- 

 5.6; tarsus, 16-17.3 (16.8); middle toe, 11.7-11.9 (11.8).^ 



Admit female. — Similar to the male and not always distinguishable, 

 but usually (?) very slightly duller in color; length (skins), 114.3- 

 119.4(116.8); wing, 63-64 (63.5); tail, 41.7-43.2 (42.4); exposed cul- 

 men, 8.9; depth of bill at base, 5.6; tarsus, 16-16.8 (16.3); middle toe, 

 11.9-14 (13).= 



1 Five specimens. ^ Two specimens. 



