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Key to the Species and Subspecies of Ecchaxinornis 385 



5. Ecchaunornis radiatus fulvidus (Salvin and Godman) 385 



Genus 4. Malacoptila Gray 387 



Key to the Central American Subspecies of Malacoptila panamensis 388 



6. Malacoptila panamensis panamensis Lafresnaye 388 



7. Malacoptila panamensis inomata (Du Bus) 390 



Genus 5. Monasa Vieillot 392 



Key to the Species of Monasa 393 



8. Monasa grandior Sclater and Salvin 395 



9. Monasa fidelis Nelson 397 



10. Monasa pallescens Cassin 397 



11. Monasa minor (Nelson) 398 



12. Monasa simiUs Nelson 399 



Genus 6. Nonnula Sclater 399 



Key to the Brown-headed Species of Nonnula 400 



13. Nonnula frontalis (Sclater) 401 



Suborder Anisodactyl^e. Anisodactyle CoRAcnFORMES 402 



Key to the Superfamilies of Anisodactylse 403 



SUPERFAMILY HaLCYONES. ThE KINGFISHERS 403 



Family Alcedinid^. The True Kingfishers 405 



Key to the American (and related Old World) Genera of Alcedinidse 406 



Genus 1. Streptoceryle Bonaparte 407 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Streptoceryle 408 



1. Streptoceryle torquata torquata (Linnseus) 409 



2. Streptoceryle torquata stictipennis (Lawi-ence) 414 



3. Streptoceryle alcyon alcyon (Linnaeus) 415 



4. Streptoceryle alcyon caurina (Grinnell) 420 



Genus 2. Chloroceryle Kaup 421 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Chloroceryle 422 



5. Chloroceryle amazona (Latham) 424 



» 6. Chloroceryle americana isthmica (Goldman) 428 



7. Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis (Sharpe) 431 



8 Chloroceryle iiida (Linnaeus) 434 



9. Chloroceryle senea senea (Pallas) 437 



10. Chloroceryle senea stictoptera (Ridgway) 440 



Superfamily ToDi. The Todies 441 



Family Todid^. The Todies 441 



Genus 1. Todus Linnaeus 442 



Key to the Species of Todus 443 



1. Todus multicolor Gould 443 



2. Todus pulcherrimus Sharpe 445 



3. Todus angustirostris Lafresnaye 445 



4. Todus Bubulatus Gray 447 



5. Todus todus (Linnaeus) 448 



6. Todus mexicanus Lesson 449 



Superfamily Momoti. The Motmots 450 



Family Momotid^. The Motmots 450 



Key to the Genera of Momotidae 452 



Genus 1. Momotus Brisson 453 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Momotus 454 



1. Momotus coeruliceps (Gould) 455 



2. Momotus lessonii lessonii Lesson 457 



3. Momotus lessonii exiguus Ridgway 460 



