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these buffy streaks often margined laterally with a line of blackish 
or dusky; under wing-coverts uniform ochraceous-buff; inner webs 
of remiges light tawny-ochraceous, the terminal portion (extensively) 
of five outer primaries grayish brown or dusky; bill pale yellowish 
horn color or dull buffy whitish, darker (more horn colored) on basal 
portion of maxilla; iris brown; legs and feet dusky horn color (in 
dried skins). 
Young—Similar to adults but general coloration darker, with 
blackish streaks on back and under parts heavier; feathers of chest 
more broadly and distinctly margined with black and texture of 
plumage more lax. 
Adult male—tWLength (skins), 219-259 (237); wing, 100.5-120 
(113.3); tail, 88-104.5 (95.2); culmen, 37-42.5 (39.9); tarsus, 21-25 
(23.3); middle toe, 16.5-19 (18.3).¢ 
Adult female—Length (skins), 208-255 (231); wing, 102.5-121.5 
(110); tail, 84-102 (92.5); culmen, 35-43.5 (39.7); tarsus, 21.5-24.5 
(22.9); middle toe, 16.5-19.5 (17.8).° 
Southeastern Mexico, in States of Tamaulipas (Alta Mira; Tam- 
pico; Tamesi), Vera Cruz (Playa Vicente; Rivera; Jalapa; Orizaba; 
Miradér; Cérdova; San Lorenzo near Cérdova; Misantla; Colipa; 
Plan del Rio; Otatitlan; Santa Lucrécia; Vega del Casadero; Ha- 
cienda Tortugas; Pasa Nueva; Buena Vista; Tolosa; Carrizél; Mot- 
a Thirty-eight specimens. b Twenty-five specimens. 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. al Tarsus. Meaele 
MALES. 
Eight adult males from Tamaulipas.............2.2-..2-0-006- 116.1 98.9 40.9 23.3 18 
Five adult males from Vera Cruz..........--.--22-002 cece eee 112.7 98 39.8 23.3 18.4 
Four adult males from San Luis Potosi 112.1 92 40.4 23.1 18.7 
Three adult males from Puebla.............. 114.3 96.3 39.7 23.7 18 
Four adult males from Oaxaca...... 116.1 93.6 40.2 24,2 18.4 
Two adult males from Guatemala........2..-...2.02.02- ee eee 119.7 99.5 39.7 23.7 19.7 
Eight adult males from British Honduras....................- 107.9 91 38.5 22.9 18.1 
Two adult males from Honduras 116 96.2 40 23.7 19 
Two adult males from Nicaragua 111.2 91.2 42 22.5 17.2 
FEMALES. 
Eight adult females from Tamaulipas............... 112.4 94.2 40.2 22.9 18.2 
Six adult females from Vera Cruz and Puebla. 109.8 92.2 40.2 23.5 17.1 
Three adult females from Oaxaca......-.....-.....- 112.5 95.8 39.8 23.2 18,8 
One adult female from Tabasco..... 108 85.5 41 23.5 17.5 
One adult female from Chiapas..... 105 B65B heise 21.5 18 
One adult female from Guatemala 102.5] 87 38 21.5 17 
Two adult females from British Honduras.........------------ 108.7 91.5 36.7 22.2 7 
One adult female from Honduras............ 111 95.5 39 22 16.5 
One adult female from Salvad6r.... 107 86.5 40 23 18 
One adult female from Nicaragua... . 116 95.5 39 22.5 18 
