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ally greater coverts also) narrowlj^ tipped with white; auricular region 

 similar, but rather grayer; loral and suborbital regions chiefly dull 

 whitish; chin, throat, and upper chest white, the throat crossed by a 

 more or less distinct band of ochraceous-buff or tawny-ochraceous, this 

 again crossed by a dusky submalar streak; malar region white (usually 

 flecked with dusky) anteriorly, ochraceous-buff or tawny-ochraceous 

 posteriorl^'^; lower chest (medially), breast, and abdomen white, the 

 first (sometimes sides of breast also) transversely spotted or barred 

 with brownish gray, those markings immediately adjoining the convex 

 posterior outline of the immaculate white area covering lower throat 

 and upper chest dusky or blackish;' sides of chest and breast brownish 

 gray, passing into a more decidedly brownish hue posteriorly, the 

 flanks tinged with ochraceous; anal region and under tail-coverts 

 ochraceous or ochraceous-buff'; maxilla dusky brown or horn color, 

 mandible paler; tarsi and toes horn color. (Young not seen.) 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 179.83-195.68 (190.75); wing, 82.04- 

 92.71 (86.11); tail, 82.30-100.84 (98.22); exposed culmen, 11.99-17.02 

 (16.00); depth of bill at base (two specimens), 10.16; tai'sus, 26.92- 

 29.46 (28.19); middle toe, 17.78-20.07 (18.54); hind claw, 9.40-10.92 

 (10.16).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 181.86-197.10 (189.23); wing, 79.76- 

 84.07 (82.30); tail, 87.63-94.23 (91.44); exposed culmen, 15.24-16.76 

 (15.75); depth of bill at base (three specimens), 10.16; tarsus, 26.67- 

 27.94 (27.18); middle toe, 17.02-18.03 (17.78); hind claw, 9.1^1-10.67 

 (9.66).' 



Southern Mexico, in States of Puebla (Tehuacan), Oaxaca (San 

 Miguel de las Peras, Totontepec, Huitzo, Mount Zempoal tepee, etc.), 

 and Guerrero (Ayusinapa). 



Tanagra rutila Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 2 (Mexico; Berlin 



Mus.; see Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 57). 

 IPipilol ruHlus Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 33. 

 Pijnlo rutilus Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 410. — Sharps, 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 756. 

 P. [ipilo'] rutilus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 43&. 

 HpUo albicollis Sclateb, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858, 304 (San Miguel de las 



Peras, Oaxaca; coll. P. L. Sclater); 1859, 380 (Totontepec, Oaxaca); Cat. 



Am. Birds, 1862, 120 (Oaxaca). — Lawkence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 



1876, 22 (Huitzo, Oaxaca). 

 [Pipilo fuscusl (var.?) albicollis Baied, Bkewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 122. 



'In some specimens (chiefly those in worn summer plumage) these grayish and 

 dusky markings are almost obsolete; sometimes there is a blackish spot in center of 

 chest. 



^ Seven specimens. 



' Six specimens. 



