332 MOMOXID^. 



7. HYLOMANES. 



Ilylomanes, Licht. Abhandl. Akad. Wissenscli. Berol. 



1838, p. 449, pi. 4 H. uiomotula. 



Range. Central America, from Mexico to Guatemala. 



1. Hyloinanes momotula. 



Hylomanes moraotula, Licht. Abhandl. Aknd. Wisse/iscJi. Berol. 1838, 

 p. 449, pi. 4; Bp. Consp. i. p. 164 (1850); Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 256 (Jalapa) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 54(Omoa) ; Scl. <^ Salv. 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 400 (Guatemala) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 263 (1862) ; 

 id. \- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 102 (1873). 



Momotus momotula, Gray ^ Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 68, pi. 24 (1847) ; 

 Gray, List Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1848) ; Sc/il. Mus. Pays- Bus, 

 Momotus, p. 7 (1863) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 81, no. 947 (1869). 



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

 the back, the primaries externally washed with ochreous butF; tail 

 green, brownish towards the ends ; hinder crown and neck pale 

 cinnamon, the forehead washed with green ; over the eye a streak 

 of bright blue ; lores and feathers behind the eye ochreous buff; 

 eyelid and ear-coverts black ; cheeks dull green, separated from the 

 black ear-coverts by a whitish line ; throat creamy white, slightly 

 washed with olive in the centre ; lower throat, fore neck, and chest 

 olive, washed with brighter green, the breast washed with bluish 

 green; abdomen and under tail-coverts creamy white; flanks 

 ochreous buff, washed with green : under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries tawny buff"; quills dusky below, chestnut along the inner web. 

 Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 2-8, tail 2-55, tarsus 

 0-75. 



Hah, The same as that of the genus. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Coll. 



b Ad. sk. Plava Vicente, Vera Cruz, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec. {M. Trujillo). 

 c, d. Ad. sk. Cayo, Western District, Salvin-Godman Cell. 



iBritish Houdm-as, Oct., 



Jan. {Bla/icaneaux). 

 e-g. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Gould Coll. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



/fc. Ad. sk. Guatemala (Frtn PaWew). Sclater Coll. 



l,m,n. Ad.sk. Choctum, Vera Paz (0. .S'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 0, p. Ad. sk. Sources of the Rio de la Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Pasion, Vera Paz, Feb. 



(O. S.). 

 q. Ad. sk. Vera Paz (O. -S'.). Tweeddale Coll. 



r. d" ad. sk. Volcan de Agua, above S. Sclater Coll. 



Diego, Nov. 4(0. .S'.). 

 s. J ad. sk. Volcau de Fuego, La Trini- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



dad, Oct. 28 (O. S.). 

 t. Ad. sk. Savana Grande. Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 



