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BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA.
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pale yellow; legs and feet grayish dusky or horn color (bluish gray in life); length (skins), 140-166 (155); wing, 65.5-77 (71.8); tail, 56-68 (62.2); culmen, 18.5-20 (19.4); tarsus, 25.5-29 (26.8); middle toe, 14.5-17 (15.8).[1]

Young female (first plumage). — Somewhat like the adult female but duller rufous or rufous-tawny above; the pileum, back, scapulars, and rump rather broadly barred with blackish; underparts pale bufly, deeper on chest, everywhere (except on lower abdomen) irregularly barred (more spotted on throat) with dusky.

Eastern Mexico, in States of Tamaulipas (Tampico; Alta Mira), Vera Cruz (Playa Vicente; Jalapa; Coátepec; Córdova; Huatusco; Choapám; Misantla; Orizaba; Miradór; Tlalcotalpám; Otatitlán;

Papantla; Tolosa; Buena Vista; Potrero), Puebla (Teziutlan; Met-


  1. Thirty-four specimens.
    Locality. Wing. Tail. Culmen. Tarsus. Middle
    toe.
    males.
    Ten adult males from Puebla, Vera Cruz, and Tabasco, e. Mexico 73.7 65.5 19.7 27.8 16.2
    Nine adult males from Guatemala (6) and Chiapas (3) 70.5 62.1 19.6 26.6 15.4
    Ten adult males from Honduras 72.6 60.2 19.6 26.1 15.2
    Six adult males from eastern Nicaragua 71.4 58.7 19.2 26.4 15.4
    Ten adult males (T. d. yucatanensis) from Yucatan (9) and Campeche (1) 72.1 63.2 19.1 26.2 15.2
    One adult male (T. d. pacificus?) from western Chiapas 74 65 19 27 16
    Three adult males (T. d. pacificus) from western Nicaragua 68 55.7 19.2 25.7 15.2
    Ten adult males (T. d. pacificus) from western Costa Rica 70.6 59.2 19.5 26 15.1
    Five adult males from (T. d. pacificus) from western Panamá 69.7 57.1 19.5 26.2 15.5
    Three adult males (T. d. doliatus?) from Venezuela (mainland) 69 56 18.8 26 14.8
    Three adult males (T. d. doliatus?) from Margarita I., Venezuela 70.2 54.7 18.3 24.8 14.2
    Five adult males (T. d. doliatus) from Guianas 75.5 63 19.4 26 15.9
    Ten adult males (T. d. fraterculus) from Trinidád 71.1 57.5 19.8 26.6 15.4
    Four adult males (T. d. fraterculus) from Tobago 74 59.1 19.7 27.4 14.9
    females.
    Twelve adult females from Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, and Tabasco 71.8 65.2 19.4 27.2 15.8
    Nine adult females from Guatemala (7) and Chiapas (2) 68.7 61.5 19.1 26.6 15.4
    Seven adult females from Honduras 72.6 61 19.3 26.7 15.6
    Five adult females from eastern Nicaragua 68.3 58 18.9 26.2 15
    One adult female from eastern Costa Rica 69 60.5 18.5 26 15.5
    Four adult females ( T. d. yucatanensis) from Yucatan 71 64 19.6 27 16
    One adult female (T. d. pacificus?) from western Chiapas 72 63 19 27 16.5
    One adult female (T. d. pacificus) from western Nicaragua 71 59 19 26.5 15.5
    Nine adult females (T. d. pacificus) from western Costa Rica 67.8 57.5 19 26.1 15.6
    Six adult females (T. d. pacificus) from western Panamá 68.2 57.2 18.7 26 15.4
    Two adult females (T. d. doliatus?) from Venezuela (mainland) 68.7 58.7 18.2 25 15.2
    Three adult females (T. d. doliatus?) from Margarita I., Venezuela 69.2 55.7 18.2 25.5 15
    Six adult females (T. d. fraterculus) from Trinidád 69 56 18.7 26.6 15.3
    Three adult females (T. d. fraterculus) from Tobago 73 57.5 18.8 26.2 15.2