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of lores (meeting narrowly across anterior part of forehead), upper 

 eyelid and angular postocular spot (the two connected) white, the last 

 with posterior extremity pointed; posterior portion of lores and sub- 

 orbital region dark brown or blackish brown, passing gradually into 

 broccoli brown on posterior portion of auricular region ; rest of upper 

 parts clear bright olive-green; malar region, chin, and throat buff, the 

 posterior portion of the first streaked with blackish brown; chest dull 

 yellow, strongly tinged with buff laterally and anteriorly; sides and 

 flanks yellowish olive-green, the under tail-coverts similar but paler 

 and more yellowish; breast (medially) and abdomen pale gray; bill 

 black, the mandible pale brownish (in dried skin) at gonydeal angle; 

 legs and feet dusky horn-color (in dried skin); length (skin), 146.1; 

 wing, 68.3; tail, 60.7; exposed culnien, 9.9; depth of bill at base, 6.1; 

 tarsus, 20.8; middle toe, 12A.' 



Southwestern Mexico, in State of Guerrero (Omilteme, Sierra Madre 

 del Sur, altitude 8,000 feet; mountains near Chilpancingo). 



Chlorospingus albifrons S.u.vix and Godman, Ibis, 6th ser., i, Apr., 1889, 237 

 (Omilteme, "in Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico," alt. 8,000 ft.; coll. Salvin 

 and Godman). 



CHLOROSPINGUS ALBITEMPORA ( Lafresnaye ) . 

 CARMIOL'S CHLOROSPINGUS. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Pileum, hindneck, and sides of head and neck 

 (except malar region) plain sepia brown, varying to grayish brown or 

 dark sooty brown, paler on the neck, sometimes I'onsiderably darker 

 immediately beneath eyes; a postocular spot of white, involving about 

 the posterior half of upper eyelid, and terminating posteriorly about 

 halfway between posterior angle of eye and extremity of auricular 

 region or nearer to the former than to the latter; rest of upper parts 

 plain olive-green; malar region pale brown or brownish buff3% flecked 

 with sepia brown; chin and throat dull buflj' white or brownish white, 

 the middle throat more or less flecked with sepia; chest, sides, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts bright olive-yellow (sometimes tinged with 

 orange- buffy on upper chest), the sides and flanks rather more yellow- 

 ish olive-green; breast and abdomen white; under wing-coverts and 

 axillars white tinged with light yellow; bill brownish black, the mandi- 

 ble usually somewhat more brownish; iris brown,'* legs and feet horn 

 color (in dried skins). 



Adult male.—'Length (skins), 132.1-139.7 (136.4); wing, 67.3-71.1 

 (69.3); tail, 56;4^60.5 (58.4); exposed culmen, 10.4-12.2 (11.2); depth 



'No. 143615, U. S. Nat. Mus. (No. 2454, U. S. Biol. Surv.), Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 

 December 24, 1894; Nelson and Goldman. The adult male no doubt quite similar in 

 plumage, but probably slightly larger. 



^Carmiol, manuscript. 



