318 



M0U0T1DJ5. 



web. Total length lo inches, culmen l-H, wing 4-5, tail 4-3, centre 

 feathers 9*5, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. Central America from Yucatan to Costa Rica. 



a. Ad. sk. Central America. Zoological Society. 



b, c. Ad. st. Bay of Campeche. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Meco Is., Yucatan, Dec. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



(G. F. Gnmner). 

 e,f,g. Ad.sk. Northern Yucatan (G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gaumer Sf E. C. Devis). 

 h-m. Ad.sk. 'Peio,Yi\cntAn{G. F. Gaumer). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



n-ii. Ad. sk. Buctzotz, Yucatan, April (G. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



F. Gaumer). 

 V. Ad. sk. Merida, Yucatan, Dec. {A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Schott). 

 w, X. Ad. sk. Temax, Yucatan, May (G. Sclater Coll. 



F. Gaumer). 

 y, z. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Gould Coll. 



a', b'. (S ad.; c'. lletalhuleu. Guatemala, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Juv. sk. ( W. B. Richardson). 



d'. 5 ad. sk. San Jos6, Guatemala, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(0. S.). 

 e'. S ^d.;f,ff', San Geronimo, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h'. 2 ad. sk. Oct., Dec. (O. S.). 



i', k', V, m . Ad. sk. La Libertad, S. Salvador, Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Feb., March {W. B. 



Richardson). 

 n',o'. c? ; i^'. 5 ad. S.Miguel, S.Salvador, March, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. April ([F. B. R.). 



q'. Ad. sk. San Pedro, Honduras (G. 31. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Whiteli/). 

 r', s'. Ad. sk. San Pedro (G.M. Whitely). Sclater Coll. 



t'. Ad.sk. Chontales, Nicaragua(7'.i?e;^). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m'-s'. cJad. etjuv. Chinandega,Nicaragua, April, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. May ( W. B. Richardson). 



a",b". Ad.sk. Bebedero, Nicoy a, Costa Rica Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{F. Arce). 



4. MOMOTUS. 



Type. 



Momotus, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 465 (1760) M. momota. 



Baryphonus, Vieill. Analyse, p. 48 (1816) M. momota. 



Prionites, Illiyer, Prodr. p. 224 (1811) M. momota. 



Range. Central America from Mexico to Panama, and South 

 America to the Amazonian Subregion and Bolivia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Head blue, or blue with a black coronal patch. 

 a'. Centre of tlie crown black. 



a" . Hind neck with a patch of chestnut 

 below tlie blue nape-cincture ; under 

 surface of body greenish, or ochreous 

 with a greenish tinge momota, ^. Z19. 



b" . Entire hind neck chestnut, overspread- 

 ing the mantle ; under surface of body 

 rufescent bartletti, p. .320. 



c" . No distinct patch of rufous on the nape 

 or hind ueck, but a shade of orange- 



