328 



V, tc. (S $ ad. sk. 



a-. J ad. sk. 

 ;/, z. cJ ad. sk. 

 a'. (S ad. sk. 



h'. cJ ad. sk. 



d'. 



Ad. sk. 

 $ ad. sk. 



MO.MOTlDJi. 



Vallcs, San Luis Potosi, 



May ( W. B. E.). 

 ]N[isaii"tla, March {F. D. G.). 

 Colipa, Marcli (F. D. G.). 

 Ciiesta de Misautla, June 



(M. Trujillo). 

 Phin del Rio, Jalapa, July 



( Ferrari-Perez) . 

 Jalapa [de Oca). 

 Cuichapa, Cordova, March 



{Feirari-Perez) . 



Sahin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



I 



lu. Momotus mexicanus. 



Momotus mexicanus, Swains. Phil. May. i. p. 442 (1827) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. (38 (1847) ; id. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1848); 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 253, 1859, p. 387, 1860, p. 252 (Orizaba) ; id. 

 Cat. Atner. B. p. 202 (1862) ; ScM. Mus. Pays-Bas, Momolus, p. 6 

 (1863); Sumichr. Mem. Bast. Son. Nat. Hist. i. p. 560 (1869); 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 80, no. 938 (1869) ; Scl. i^ Salr. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotr. p. 102 (1873); Laiur. 3Iem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 289 

 (1874); Sulv. P.Z.S. )883, p. 426 (Acapulco) ; Ferrari- Perez, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 160 (1886). 



Momotus martii {nee Spix), Jard. Sf Selby, Bl. Orn. i. pi. 23. 



Priouites martii {nee Sj)i.r), Sivains. Zool. III. (2) ii. pi. 81 (1831-32). 



Prionites mexicanus, Sivains. Classif. B. ii. p. 3.38 (1837); Bj). 

 Con.y). i. p. 165 (1850). 



Crybelus mexicanus, Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 112 (1859). 



Adult male. General colour above light grass-green ; wings like 

 the back, but the primaries washed externally with blue; tail- 

 feathers greenish blue, the two centre ones tipped with black; 

 crown of head and neck cinnamon, shading otF into ochraceous on 

 the mantle ; lores, feathers round the eye, and a longitudinal tuft 

 along the ear-coverts black, with a narrow streak of blue above the 

 hind margin of the black band, and another patch of blue below 

 the anterior portion of it ; remainder of the cheeks and under 

 surface of body light emerald-green, with a tuft of black feathers 

 on the fore neck, edged \\\\\\ blue ; lower flanks, under wing- and 

 tail-coverts pale sandy buff, the edge of the wing green. Total 

 length 11"5 inches, culmcn 1"5, wing4"3, tail4'3, centre tail-feathers 

 5-8, tarsus 1-05. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 12 inches, culmen 1"5, wing 4'5, tail e5, centre tail-feathers 6-4, 

 tarsus 0*95. 



Hab. Mexico. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. e. 6 2 ad. sk. 



f,ff, h. S ad.; i. 

 ad. sk. 



Mexico. 

 Mexico. 

 Mazatlan, W. Mexico {1. 



Grayson), 

 Pre.'^idio de Mazatlan, Dec, 



Feb (A. Forrer). 

 Bolanos, Jalisco, Feb. ( TV. 



B. Eichardson). 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



