Descriptions of four new birds from Mexico

Vol. _XVII, pp. 151-152

October

6, ¹

904

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

DESCRIPTICNS OF FOUR NEW BIRDS FRO:\r MEXICO, BY

E.

W. NELSON.

The

l)ir<ls described

below were

collected _l)y

Mr. E. A. Gold-

man

during- the spring

and summer

of l!)04

while continuing

tlu'

work

ofthe Biological

Survey

ⁱⁿ

Mexico.

Porzana goldmani

pp.nov.

MKXICAN YKI.I.OW R.\IL.

Tijpe No. _193,712,adult male, U.S. National

Museum,

Biological Sur- veyCollection.

From

Lerma, Mexico. Collected July11,1904,

by

^{E. A.}

Goldman.

_Original No.10,994.

Geograpliic didribution.

— _Known

_onlyfrom _tj-pe locality in theValley of Toluca,Mexico.

Sjjecific chnrncters.

—

Generally similar ^to P. nnvehnracensh but _darker, the wings,flanks,

and rump

slatyblackish

; white markings on backinthe formof transverse_spots; billslenderer.

Description oftype.

—

Superciliary stripe, sides of head

and

neck dark bufFy mottled with narrowblackish edgings^tofeathers; top ofhead

and

nape blackisli obscurely streaked with narrow dingy buffy edges of feathers; middleof shoulders streaked equally with black

and

ratherdark buffy; ^sidesof shoulders, scapulars

and

tertialsmainly^black edged with dark _buff"y; the black middleof feathers

marked

with transverseoblong wiiite spots (usually two on each feather);

rump

^{blackish with small} white _{spots; primaries} dark _slaty; secondaries dark _grayish with white areasas in novehoracensis; wingcoverts blackish with smallrounded white spots^;chin

and

throat pale^dullbuffyshading on ^lowerneck

and

breastinto darkdullbuffy with ^feathersonsidesof breast tipped withdusky; belly

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Kelson

—

Descriptions of

Fnvr Ncv

Birdie

from

^Mexico.

dull whitish

; pides of body, flunks, thighs,

and

crissum dullblackwith spots

and

bars of white.

One

specimen examined.

Empidonax

fulvifrons fusciceps subsp. nov.

Type No. 193,71:^,adult mule, U.S. National JMuseum, Biological Sur- vey Collection.

From

_{Comitan, Chiapas,} Mexico. Collected

March

29, 1904,

by

^E.A.

Goldman.

Original No.10,(525.

Geograpliic (llstrihution.

—

_Highlands of Chiapas

and

_{adjacent parts} of Guatemala.

Suhspecificcharacifrf:.

—

In size

and

colorofniiderparts like typical /m^cv- frons; upperparts darker; crown

much

darker

and

_strongly contrasted with buck.

Four specimens

examined

; from Comitan, Teopisca,

and

_Tenejapa, Chiapas.

Arremenops

superciliosus chiapensis subsp. nov.

Tifpc No._193,714,adult male, U.S. National INIuseum, Biological Sur- veyCollection.

From

SanBartolome, Chiapas,Mexico. Collected

March

15, 1904,by^{E. A.}

Goldman.

Original No. 10,5.S3.

Geographicdlstrihudon.

—

Valley of theChiapas River,Chiapas.

Suhspecific characters.

— _Much

like Arreynonnps ^s.samicJirasti but top of headdarker, the

median

_stripeoncrown darker

and

_grayer; back dark greenas in typical KnpercilinsuK; distril)utionof huffyon _underpartsas in fiumiclirasti but color of a deeper ^or

more

_{creamy shade;} size as in sumiclirasll.

Nine specimens examined.^{^}

Telmatodytes

palustris tolucensis subsp. nov.

MEXICAN

MAKSn

WKEN.

Ti/pe No. _194,074, adult male, U.^S.National

Museum,

Biological Sur- vey Collection.

From

Lerma, Mexico. Collected July ^5, 1904,

by

^E.A.

Goldman.

_Original No.10,950.

Geographicdistribution.

— _Known

_onlyfrom TulncaValley,Mexico.

Suhspecific characters.

—

_{Size less than in palustris; black dorsal area}

averageslarger; rufous of back _brighter; underjiarts

much more

reddish buff-y.

Descriptionof type (in

worn

breeding plumage).

— _Top

ofhead blackish withtracesof a

brown median

line;middleofbackblack withwelldefined white shaft streaks;

rump ^and

upper ^{tail coverts rich reddish} br<iwn;

middle tail feathers dull grayish

brown

mottled with darker

and

indi- stinctly barred with

same

_{basally; underparts} dull dark reddish buffy (includingpectoral area)

becoming

dingy^whitish on chin

and

throatand middleofabdomen.

Measurements_oftype.

—

_Wing,51; tail,40; culmen, 12; tarsus,^20.

Seven specimens examined,^allfrom_{typelocality.}