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Adult female.— Length (skin), 162.56; wing, 66.55; tail, 72.90; ex- 

 posed culinen, 14.73; tarsus, 22.86; middle toe, 17.27.' 

 Guatemala to Costa Rica (Pacific side). 



Chondesies ruficauda Boxaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxvii, 1853, 918 (Nicaragua); 

 Notes Orn. Coll. Delattre, 1854, 18. 



Hxmophila ruficauda Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, Oct., 1860, 398 (RioMontagua, 

 Guatemala).— ScLATEE, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 118 (Chuacus, Guatemala).— 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1870, 114(crit. nom.).— Zeledon, Oat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 

 9.— Nutting and RiDQw AY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1884, 383 (Sucuya, Nic- 

 aragua).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 396, pi. 30, 

 fig. 2 (Ohol, Chuacus, Montagua Valley, and Guastatoya to Gualan, Guate- 

 mala; Acajutla, Salvador; Sucuyd, Nicaragua; Costa Rica). — Shabpb, Oat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 724.— Lantz, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci., 1896-97 

 (1899), 222 (Grenada, Nicaragua). 



[Hxmophila] ruficauda. Sclatee and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 33 (Guate- 

 mala; Costa Rica). 



Ainiophila rufix:auda Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 112 (Mexico) . 



[Calamospiza'] ruficauda Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 111, no. 7671 (Nicaragua). 



[Embemagra'] rufix:auda Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 91, no. 7345 (Guatemala). 



{f) Haemophila tolteca Mdller, Syst. Verz. Wirb. Mex. , 50. 



(.?) Haemophila toltec Mullee, Reise Mex., iii, 1865, 584. 



[Embemagra^ tolteca Geay, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 91, no. 7346. 



AIMOPHILA RUFICAUDA LA WRENCH (Salvin and Godman). 

 lEHUANTEPEC GROUND SPARROW. 



Similar to A. r. ruficauda, but larger; black stripes of pileum usu- 

 ally (?) more distinctly edged with brown, back more tinged with gray, 

 and tail usually slightly less rufescent. 



^i^^itmaZe.— Length (skins), 175.26-190.50 (181.61); wing, 73.15- 

 79.50 (76.20); tail, 88.90-93.98 (90.17); exposed culmen, 14.48-16.26 

 (15.49); tarsus, 22.86-24.13(23.62); middle toe, 17.27-18.54(18.03).'' 



Adult female.— Li&ngth (skins), 172.72-187.96 (179.07); wing, 70.10- 

 72.39(71.37); tail, 81.79-88.90 (85.60); exposed culmen, 14.99-16.51 

 (15.49); tarsus, 23.37-24.13 (23.88); middle toe, 17.27-18.29 (17.78).' 



State of Oaxaca (Pacific side), southwestern Mexico (Juchitan; Santa 

 Efigenia; Tehuantepec; Chimalapa; Huilo tepee). 



Hsemophila ruficauda (not Chondesies ruficauda 'Bonstparte) Lawrence, Bull. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 22 (Tehuantepec City, Santa Efigenia, and Juchitan, 



Oaxaca) . 

 Hxmophila lawrencii Salvin and Godman, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Aves, i, sig. 50, Aug., 



1886, 897 (Juchitan, Oaxaca; coll. Salvin and Godman). — Shaepe, Oat. 



Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 723. 



^ One specimen. '' Five specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



