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(Zapotlan) and Sinaloa (Mazatlan) to Michoacan (Mount Tancitaro; 

 Tingidndm), Mexico (Valley of Mexico) Puebla (San Salvador; Huez- 

 otzingo; Piaxtla), Vera Cruz (Jalapa; Las Vigas), and Lower Cali- 

 fornia to Cape San Lucas. 



Saurothera californiana Lesson, Compl. Buffon, vi, 1829, 420 (California); Traits 

 d'Om., 1831, 145.— BoTTA, Nouv. Ann. du Mus., iv, 1835, 121, pi. 9 (Cape San 

 Lucas to San Francisco).— [A. Wagner], Miinchen Gelehrte Anz., iii, 1836, 

 95. — SwAiNSON, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 141, footnote. 



Geococcyx califomianus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 73; Rep. U. S. 

 Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 5 (Ringgold Barracks and El Paso, Texas; 

 Rio Grande, New Mexico; Tamaulipas; Fort Yuma, California; habits); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 68,; Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. PhUa., 1859, 303 (Cape 

 San Lucas). — Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, no. 3 (Whipple's 

 Route), 1859, 21 (El Paso and San Antonio, Texas; Fort Conrad, New Mexico; 

 Little Colorado R., Arizona; etc.; habits). — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, i, 

 no. 25, (Cuculi), 1864, 40.— Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 466 (s. Texas; habits).— 

 CoUES, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 51 (Ft. Whipple, Arizona); Check 

 List, 1873, no. 289; 2d ed., 1882, no. 427.— Cooper, Om. Calif., 1870, 368.— 

 Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 206 (e. Colorado, rare) .—Ridg way, 

 Bull. Essex Inst., v, 1873, 185 (s. w. Colorado); Field and Forest, ii, 1877, 

 209 (Colorado); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 190; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 

 1881, no. 385. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 

 472, pi. 48, fig. 1; iii, 1874, 521 (El Paso Co., Colorado).— Yarrow and Hen- 

 SHAW, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1874, 24 (St. George, s. Utah).— 

 Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 257 (Santa Barbara and Kemville, 

 California; habits). — McCauley, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., 

 iii, 1877, 677 (Red R. Canon, n. Texas; habits).— Bendire, Bull. Nutt. 

 Om. Club, iii, 1878, 39 (breeding habits); Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, (ii), 1895, 

 13, pi. 1, fig. 2 (egg). — Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 

 no. 1, 1878, 36 (Brownsville, Hidalgo, and Corpus Christi, Texas); v, 1879, 413 

 (Lomita Ranch, Texas; habits; descr. nest and eggs).— Merrill (J. C), 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 150 (Fort. Brown, Texas; habits; descr. nest and 

 eggs).— Miller (F.), Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 109 (San Rafael, Califor- 

 nia; habits).— B elding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 432 (Marys\^lle Buttes, 

 Yuba Co., Murphy, and San Andreas, etc., Calaveras Co., California); v, 1883, 

 543 (Cape San Lucas district. Lower California).— Brown (N. C), Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 41 (Kendall Co., Texas).— Abert, Journ. Cine. Soc. 

 N. H., V, 1882, 59 (Arkansas R., e. Colorado). — Ogilby, Sci. Rec. Roy. 

 Dublin Soc, iii, 1882, 60 (Navarro Co., Texas, rare; Dallas Co., Texas). — 

 Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, viii, 1883, 25 (Camp Lowell, Arizona; 

 8. California; New Mexico; Colorado); Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xli, 1902, 

 101 (Cape San Lucas, rare).— Holterhoff, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, viii, 

 1883, 182 (San Diego, California; ventriloqual powers). — Drew, Auk, ii, 

 1885, 17 (vertical range in Colorado). — Beckham, Auk, ii, 1885, 143 (near 

 Pueblo, Colorado); Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 662 (San Antonio, Texas; 

 habits).— EvERMANN, Auk, iii, 1886, 93 (Ventura Co., California). — Goss, 

 Auk, ui, 1886, 114 (w. Kansas, occasional). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886, no. 385; 2d ed., 1895, no. 385; 3d ed., 1910, 181.— 

 Scott [and Allen], Auk, iii, 1886, 424 (Pinal and Santa Catalina Mountains, 

 Arizona; descr. young). — Hancock, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 

 16 (Corpus Christi, Texas; habits).— Townsend (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., X, 1887, 204 (Pitt R., n. California).- Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1892, 106 (Corpus Christi, Texas, common).— Attwater, Auk, ix. 



