Description of a new <I>Tityra</I> from western Mexico

Elliot

on a

New

Hainminghird.

26^

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW TITTRA FROM WEST- ERN MEXICO.

BY ROBERT RIDGWAY.

Tityra personata griseiceps

Riucw.

Tityra personata

Lawr. Mem.

Bost. Soc. II,pt. iii, No. j, 1874,::S9

(MazatlanandSierra

Madre

of Coliina); «ecJakd.iV Sklhv.

SuBSP.Char.

—

Similar to true T. personata, but female

much

paler andgrayer,withpileumandsidesofheadpalebrownish ash-gray, Ixeotn- ing lighter anteriorly, instead ofdeep brownish grayorgrayish brown abruptly contrasted with white of throat; chinwithouttraceofgrayish or dusky.

Hab.

—

WesternMexico (Mazatl.m andSierra

Madrc

ofColima).

Type. No.58,235,11. S.NatMus.,? ^ad.,Mazatlan;Col.A.J.Graysf)n.

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF HUMMING- BIRD OF THE GENUS AGTRTRIA.

BY

D. G.

ELLIOT,

F. R.S. E.

Agyrtriaalleni, sp.nov.

Top

ofhead and occiputdarkgreenish blue, not metallic; nape,back and shoulders,shining grass-green;

rump

and uppertail-coverts glitter- ing bronze. Tailshining bronze, with thetipsof the feathers pale grav, widest on the outermost rectrices,and diminishingto the central ones which haveamereindication ofgrayat thetip.

Wings

purplishbrown.

Sides ofneckshining bluish green. Throat andcentre ofbreast white, speckled with shining green; sides of breast and flanksmetallic grass- green.

Abdomen

whitish.

Under

tail-coverts pale brown, edged wilh white. Maxilla black,mandiblefl«shcolor, tipblack, Feetblack.

Total length,31-2 in.; wing,i7-Sin.; tail, i7-16in.; bill,3-4in.

Hab.

—

Yungas,Bolivia. (Rusby.)

Type, No.30,784,

Am.

Mus.Nat.Hist.,

New York

City.

A

^single

specimen

of the bii'd described

above was

contained inasmall collection of birds

brought from

Bolivia

by

Dr.

H.

II.

Rusby and purchased by

the

American Museum

of

Natural

His-