364 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



STURNELLA MAGNA INEXPECTATA Ridgway. 

 CENTRAL AUERICAir KEADOWLASE. 



Similar to S. m. mexicana^ but decidedly smaller; plumage of upper 

 parts still more decidedly brownish; yellow of under parts clearer or 

 purer. 



Adult maZ<^— Length (skins), 1T9.1-235.7 (199.9); wing, 94.7-111 

 (103.6); tail, 57.9-77.7 (67.8); culmen, from base, 27.4r-32.5 (30.2); 

 tarsus, 37.6-44.2 (38.4); middle toe, 27.9-31.2 (27.4).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 170.4-216.7 (197.6); wing, 90.2-98.6 

 (94.5); tail, 58.9-67.3 (62); culmen, from base, 26.4-30.2(28.6); tarsus, 

 35.6-39.1 (37.8); middle toe, 26.9-29.7 (27.9).' 



Atlantic lowlands of southeastern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz 

 (Minatitlan) and Chiapas (Palenque), and southward through eastern 

 Guatemala and Honduras (Segovia River) to Costa Rica and Veragua.^ 



Stumella ludovieicma (not Stumus ludomcianus Linnseus) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1856, 143 (David, Chiriqui).— Taylor, Ibis, 1860,317 (Honduras).— 

 Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 191 ( Veragua) ; 1867, 142 (David, Chiri- 

 qui). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 104 (San Jos6, Costa Eica). — 

 BoucABD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 59 (Cartago, etc., Costa Rica). 



Stumella hippocrepis (not Stumus hippocrepis Wagler) Mooeb, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond.. 1859, 58 (near Belize, British Honduras, on pine ridges). 



Stumella mexicana (not of Sclater) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1865, 177 

 (David, Chiriqui).— Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 142 (Veragua).— 

 Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 10. 



IStumella magna] var. mexicana Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 172, part. 



Stumella magna mexicana Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 112 (San 

 Jos6, Alajuela, Cartago, and Santa Ana, Costa Rica) . — Cferrie, Auk, vii, 

 1890, 334 (San Jos6, Costa Rica); ix, 1892, 250 (San Jos6). 



' Seventeen specimens. 



* Ten specimens. 



Specimens from different localities average as follows: 



" I am doubtful aa to the correctness of referring the birds from Costa Rica and Verar 

 gua to this form. They are considerably larger, and apparently more richly colored, 

 though the series of specimens is not suflScient to show whether the apparent differ- 

 ences are constant. 



