140 coRviD.*:. 



2. Psilorhinus mexicanus. 



Pica morio 5, Waglcr, Isis, 1829, p. 751. 



Psilorhinus mexicanus, Riipp. Mus. Setickenb. 1837, p. 189, pi. 11. 



fig. 2; Gray, Handr-l.B. ii. p. (J; Sd. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av.Neotr. 



p. 40. 



Adult. General colour above umber-brown, darker on the head, 

 and inclining to blackish ou the lores, sides of face, and throat, be- 

 coming paler brown again on the upper breast, the sides of which 

 are ashy brown ; rest of the under surface creamy white, slightly 

 ■washed with ashy brown ou the breast, thighs, and ou the under 

 tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts light ashy brown, darker near the 

 edge of the wing ; wings and tail above brown, all but the two centre 

 tail-feathers broadly tipped with white. Total length 14-8 inches, 

 ciilmeu 1"S5, wing 7"55, tail 7'2, tarsus 1'9. 



Hah. Central America : from Mexico to Guatemala ; Honduras ; 

 Costa Rica. 



o, 6. Ad. sk. Honduras. Mr. Dyson [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. W. Mexico. A. Boucard, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Costa Rica. Mr. Van Patten [C.]. 

 e,f. Ad. St. Mexico. Purchased. 



3. Psilorhinus cyanogenys. (Plate IX.) 

 Psilorhinus cyanogenys, Gray, Hand-l. £. ii. p. 6 (descr, nulla). 



Similar to Ps. mexicanus, but diifers in having a distinct greyish 

 blue malar patch, as well as a spot of the same colour above and 

 below the hinder part of the eye. Total length 16 inches, cixlmen 

 1-6, wing 7'6, tail 8-5, tarsus 1'85. 



JJab. Mosquito coast. 



Obs. This species seems to me to be quite distinct, and shows a 

 tendency to the markings on the face of a Xanthura or Cyanocorax. 



a. Ad. sk. Pearl-Bay Lagoon, Mosquito. Henry "Wickham, Esq. [P.]. 



34. STRUTHIDEA. 



Type. 



Struthidea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 143 S. cinerea. 



Brachystoma, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 267 S. cinerea. 



Brachyprorus, Cah. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 217 S. cinerea. 



Ranrje. Confined to Australia. 



1. Struthidea cinerea. 



Struthidea cinerea, Gotdd, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 143 ; id. Syn. B. Austr. 



i. pi. 9 ; id. B. Austr. iv. pi. 17 ; Peich. Viig. Neuholl. p. 148 ; Gray, 



Gen. B. ii. p. 309, pi. 76. fig. 3 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 368 ; Peich. Syst. 



Av. Taf. Ixxx. fig. 7 ; Gould, Handh, B. Austr. i. p. 472 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 7. 

 Brachystoma cinerea, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 267 ; id. An. in Menag. 



p. 729. 

 Brachyprorus cinereus, Cah. 3li(g. Hein. Th. i. p. 217. 



