316 



MOJIOTIDJJ. 



those near the edge of the wing green. Total length 13 inches, 

 culmeu 1'.5, wing 4-3, tail 5, centre feathers G-7, tarsus O'Vo. 



Hah. Uiiper Amazonia to Ecnador, Colombia, Panama, and Costa 

 Rica. 



a. Ad.sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (7'. Salvin-Godmaii Coll. 



Bell). 



b. 2 ad. sk. Angostura, Costa Rica, Salvin-Godmau CoLl. 



Jime 19 {J. Carmiol). 



c. (S ad. sk. Santa Fe, Veragua (E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. e,f. Ad. sk. Cbepo, Panama, Nov. (-E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Arc4). 

 g. Ad. sk. Panama (■/. McLeannan). Sclater Coll. 



h. S ad. sk. Panama (/. AlcLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Remedies, Autioquia ( T. K. Sclater Coll. 



Sabnon). 

 k. S ad. sk. Remedies ( T. K. Snltnon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



l. Ad. sk. U.S. Columbia. Purchased. 



m, n. Ad. sk. Saravacu, Ecuador (C. Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ley). 

 o. Ad. sk. Yauayacu, Ecuador ( C. Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



%)• 



2. Prionirhynchus carinatiis. 



Prionites carinatus, DuBus, Bull. Acad. Bruxelles, xiv. pt. 2, p. 108 

 (1847) ; id. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 249. 



? Crypticus carinatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 165 (1850). 



Prionirbynclius carinatus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 257, pi. 128 (Guate- 

 mala), 1858, p. 357 (Yojoa) ; Scl. >^- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 132 ; 

 Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 117 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 263 (1862; Lake 

 Yojoa) (1869); Salv. Ibis, 1872, p. 321 (Nicaragua); Scl. iSj- Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 102 (1873) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 39, 

 49 (Costa Rica). 



Momotus carinatus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 81, no. 946 (1869). 



Adult. Similar to P. i^latyrhynclius as regards the colour of the 

 back, wings, and tail, but entirely wanting the cinnamon-rufous 

 colour on the head, neck, and breast ; the crown green, a little 

 lighter than the back, with a streak of bright blue over the eye; 

 base of forehead rufous ochre ; lores, featheis round the eye, and 

 ear-coverts black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and under surface of body 

 green, washed with golden olive on the fore neck and chest ; below 

 the black ear-coverts a shade of blue, and a conspicuous blue chin- 

 patch ; on the fore neck a large patch of elongated black plumes ; 

 under tail-coverts dull green, washed with ochre at the base. 

 Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1*45, wing 4-35, tail 6, tarsus 0-7. 



Hub. Central America, from British Honduras to Nicaragua, 



a. Ad. sk. Belize, British Honduras Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{J. BlancaneaiLv). 



h. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. tiuatemala. Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Lake of Yojoa, Honduras Sclater Coll. 



{G. C. Taylor). 



e. Ad.sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (T. Z>WO' Salvin-Godman Coll. 



