CERYLE. . ATT 
Ceryle americana cabanisi, Nutting, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 899°; vi. pp. 875°", 887°, 394”; 
407 “*; Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 501°. 
Chloroceryle cabanisi, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, p. 256; Scl. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 176%. 
Ceryle septentrionalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 134°. 
Ceryle americana septentrionalis, Richmond, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 511”. 
Supra nitide virescens, capite toto et cauda saturatioribus, alis albo guttatis; macula infra oculos, gutture, 
torque cervicali integra et ventre albis, vitta malari angusta viridi, torque pectorali lata castanea, hypo- 
chondriis et tectricibus subcaudalibus maculis magnis nigricanti-viridibus notatis ; alis intus in pogonio 
interno albo maculatis ; cauda ad basin alba, rectricibus externis fere ad apicem albis in pogonio interno 
albo variegatis; rostro et pedibus nigricantibus. Long. tota circa 7°5, alee 3-4, caudee 2°2, rostri a rictu 2°0, 
tarsi 0°4. 
mari similis, pectore et abdomine nigricanti-viridi bitorquatis, colore castaneo nullo. (Descr. maris et 
femine ex San Gerdnimo, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Nortu America, South-western States, Texas to Arizona; Lower California ??.— 
Mexico (Bullock+), Hermosillo in Sonora (Ferrari-Perez), Isleta (W. Lloyd), 
Mazatlan (Grayson 8), Presidio de Mazatlan (forrer), San Blas (W. B. Richard- 
son), Tepic (Grayson 8), Colotlan, Aguas Calientes (W. B. Richardson), Guanajuato, 
Guadalajara (Dugés®), Plains of Colima, R. Tupila (Xantus 5), Rio Salado in 
Nuevo Leon (Ff. B. Armstrong), Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria, Aldama, 
Tampico, Valles (W. B. Richardson), Misantla, Vega del Casadero (M. Trujillo), 
Jalapa (de Oca®, Ferrari-Perez *!), Coatepec, Santa Ana, Rio Rancho Nuevo, 
Hacienda Tortugas (ferrari-Perez), Orizaba (Botteri, Sumichrast *°, Ferrari-Perez, 
F. D. G.), Cordova (Sallé*, Sumichrast*°), Atoyac (Mrs. H. H. Smith), Playa 
Vicente (MZ. Trujillo), Valley of Mexico (White ®°, Herrera?°), Morelia (f. D. G.), 
Chietla, Izucar de Matamoros (ferrari-Perez*!), Sola, Juchatengo, Oaxaca city 
(M. Trujillo), Chihuitan?°, Santa Efigenia*°*, -Tepanatepec?°? (Sumichrast), 
Chimalapa, Sierra de Santo Domingo, Tehuantepec (W. 5. Richardson), ‘Teapa 
(Mrs. H. H. Smith), N. Yucatan (G. Ff. Gaumer'?); British Honpuras, Cayo in 
the western district, Old River (Leyland °); GuaremaLa, Rio Dulce (0. S.), Toliman 
(W. B. Richardson), Duefias’, Rio Guacalate’, San Gerédnimo, Huamuchal (0. 8. 
& F. D. G.); Satvavor (Mus. Brit.), La Libertad (W. B. Richardson) ; Honpuras, 
San Pedro (G. M. Whitely '4),. Truxillo ”, Segovia R. *° (Lownsend), Lake Yojoa 
(Taylor *); Nicaracua, Momotombo, Matagalpa (W. B. Richardson), Chontales 
(Belt 2), Escondido R. (Richmond *°), Blewfields (Wickham '*), San Juan del Sur *?, 
Omotepe *%, Sucuyd 2, Los Sabalos*+ (Nutting); Cosra Rica (Hoffmann, 
Ellendorf *, v. Frantzius, Boucard), San José (v. Frantzius ", Carmiol °, Zeledon**, 
Nutting *, Cherrie®’), Jimenez, Naranjo de Cartago (Zeledon 4), Valza, San Carlos - 
(Carmiol*), Cartago (v. Frantzius ", Cooper), La Palma (Nutting °°); Pavama, 
David (Bridges 2 1°) Calovevora, Calobre (Arcé '1), Lion Hill (/*Leannan *), Paraiso 
Station (Hughes), Chepo (Arcé). 
This northern form of Ceryle americana is closely allied to that species, the differences 
