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57 (Chilomo, Honduras). — Salvin, Ibis, ISfil, 353 (Honduras). — Boucard, 



Liste Ois. Guat., 1878, 36 (Guatemala). 

 [CoAsu/u] on/2(Vora 8cLATER and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 39, part. 

 Corvus [Cassidix] niexicanus (not Corcus nifxicfonis Gmelin) Lesson, Traits 



d'Orn., 1831, 433 (ex Corvus incxicanus Gnwlin). 

 Cassidix niexicanus Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 416 (Mexico; Central 



America; monogr. ). 

 C^assidix'] oryzivora mexicana Bangs, Proc. New Eno;l. Zool. Club, ii, June 30, 



1900, 11 (in text). 

 Cassidix oryzivora mexicana Ba^gs, Auk, xviii, 1901, 370 (David, Chiriqui). 

 Cassidix crassirostr Is f {not Scapliidnra crasslrostris ^wainson) Moore, Proc. Zool. 



Soc. Loud., 1859, 57 (Omoa, Honduras). 



Genus CALLOTHRUS Cassin. 



CaUothnis Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Mar., 1866, 18. (Type, Psarocolius 

 wneus Wagler). 



Rather small unicolored terrestrial leterida^ with bill shorter than 

 head, stout (basal depth more than half the length of ciilmen), the 

 maxilla shallower subbasally than the mandible; inner web of prima- 

 ries conspicuousl}' widened beyond middle portion, the widened por- 

 tion terminating- on second and third quills in a conspicuous tooth -like 

 point; adult male with a conspicuous erectile ruflf on sides of neck. 



Bill shorter than head, stout-conical, with upper outline decidedly 

 though slightly curved, its basal depth decidedly more than half the 

 length of culmen, its basal width nearly half the length of culmen; 

 culmen straight in middle, slighth' convex terminally and basally, dis- 

 tinctly but not sharp!}' ridged; gonys straight, decidedly shorter than 

 maxilla from nostril; commissure straight or nearl}^ so about as far as 

 beneath nostril, then strongly and rather abruptly deflexed to the 

 rictus. Nostril small, roundish, partly surrounded posteriori}^ by 

 dense feathering of the frontal antise, with membrane visible above 

 posterior portion only, and this nearly covered by the frontal feathers. 

 Wing moderate or rather long, more than four times as long as cul- 

 men, nearly live times as long as tarsus, its tip moderately produced 

 (about as long as tarsus), pointed or subtruncate; ninth, eighth, and 

 seventh primaries equal and longest, the sixth but little shorter; inner 

 webs of longer primaries conspicuous!}' expanded beyond middle, the 

 widened portion on second and third ending in a distinct tooth-like 

 point or projection. Tail about two-thirds as long as wing, slightly 

 rounded, the retrices broadest terminally, with rounded or nearly 

 truncate tips. Tarsus decidedly longer than culmen, its anterior scu- 

 tella distinct; middle toe, with claw, equal to or very slightly longer 

 than tarsus; lateral toes with claws reaching to or slightly beyond 

 base of middle claw; hallux nearly as long as lateral toes and much 

 stouter, its claw decidedly shorter than the digit. Feathers of hind- 

 neck aad sides of neck elongated, developed in adult males into a very 



