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fading into paler gva,y on median portion of chest; suborbital orescent, 

 anterior half of malar region, chin, upper throat, and abdomen white; 

 abroad postocular streak of dark brown; a loral, a rictal, and a sub- 

 malar streak of black; flanks grayish buff; femoral region and under 

 tail-coverts clear buff; maxilla cinnamon-brown; mandible paler; legs 

 and feet pale brownish. 



Adult /)i,ile.—L&ngth (skins), Vy2A0-l&2.56 (155.70); wing, HG.Oi- 

 71.1:^ (68.83); tail, 66.04-71.88 (68.33); exposed culmen, 14.^2-14.99 

 (14.73); depth of bill at base, 8.S;)-;).65 (9.14); tarsus, 20.32-21.59 

 (21.08); middle toe, 14.99-16.51 (15.49).' 



Adult fei)ia/c.— Length (skins), 139.70-l(i0.02 (152.40); wing, 62.99- 

 66.80 (64.52); tail, 63.50-69.85 (67.06); exposed culmen, 13.46-15.24 

 (14.22); depth of bill at base, 7.ST-8.89 (8.38); tarsus, 20.07-21.84 

 (20.83); middle toe, 12.95-14.99 (14.22).' 



Tierra caliente of Oaxaca, southern Mexico (Santo Domingo, Tehuan- 

 tcpec, San Bartolo, Juchitan, Salina Cruz, etc.). 



SdEtnopltlla sumichrasti Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hiyt. N. Y., x, Feb., 1871, 

 6 (Juchitan, Oaxaca, s. Jlexico; U. S. Nat. JIuk.); Bull. U. S. Nat. .Mus., 

 no. 4, 1876, 22 (do.). — S.\lvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 

 395.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 126. 



[Hxmophtla'] sumichrasti Sclater and Salvin, Noui. A v. Neotr., 1873, 33. 



AIMOPHILA CARPALIS (Coues). 

 BENDIKE'S SPAKROW. 



Similar to A. su/nu'/trasfl but much smaller, grayer above, with 

 back more narrowly streaked, and tail grayish brown instead of cinna- 

 mon. 



Adults {sexes aliJcc). — Pileum streaked broadly with chestnut-rufous 

 or rusty (sometimes nearly uniform rusty) and narrowly with grayish, 

 the latter forming a more or less distinct median line; a broad super- 

 ciliary stripe and sides of head generally light grayish, the latter 

 relieved by a postocular streak of rusty and a rictal and a submalar 

 streak of blackish; upper parts, including upper tail-covej:"ts and 

 tail, brownish gray, or light grayish brown, the back and scapulars 

 streaked with blackish; lesser wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous; under 

 parts grayish white. 



Young. — Upper parts, including pileum, light grayish brown, broadly 

 streaked with blackish; lesser wing-co\'erts dusky centrally, broadly 

 margined with pale brownish buff; under parts whitish, the chest and 

 sides streaked with dusky. 



Adidt male.— Length (skins), 127.00-135.89 (131.06); wing, 60.96- 

 66.04 (63.25); tail, 63.50-68.07(65.28); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.67 



^ Seven specimens. 

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