37. GEococcrx. 419 



eye ; feathers of the undorparts with ver)- irregukir and rather 

 broad bars of bhick aud whitish, giving a mottled appearance; 

 abdomen and under tail-eoverts uniform dusky black, slightly 

 glossed with olive ; bill blackish horn-colour, lighter along the end 

 half of the edges of the mandibles : " iris brown ; legs olive-grey " 

 (0. Buckley). Total length l'J-1 inches, culmcn 2, wing 6-2, tail 

 10, tarsus 275. 

 Hah. Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. Intaj, Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



37. GEOCOCCYX. 



Type. 



Geococcyx, Wagl. Ms, 18.31, p. 524 G. mexicanus. 



Leptostoma, Sioains. Class. B. ii. p. 325 (1837) G. mexicauus, 



Ranye. Southern United States to California, and extending to 

 Mexico and Guatemala. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 



a. Under tail-coverts white viexicamis, p. 419. 



b. Under tail-coverts dark brown affinis, p. 421, 



1. Geococcyx mexicanus. 



Phasianus mexicanus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 741 (1788) ; Walden, Ibis, 



1869, p. 338. 

 Saurothera californiana, Less. Compl. Buff. vi. p. 420 (1829) ; id. 



Traite, p. 145 (1831) ; id. Ann. du Mm. 1835, p. 121, pi. 9. 

 Cuculus viaticus, Z/c/^^ «M 31us. Berol.,J'de War/l. Isis, 1831, p. 524; 



JSartl. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 215 ; Pucker, op. cit. 1845, p. 51. 

 Geococcyx variegata, Wagl, Isis, 1831, p. 524; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 4-53 (1847). 

 Diplopterus viaticus, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 541. 

 Saurothera bottse, Less. Traite, p. 145 (1831) ; Botta, Nouv. Ann. 



Mus. 18.35, p. 121, pi. 9. 

 Saurothera marginata, Kaup, Isis, 1832, p. 991, pi. 26. 

 Cuculus velox, Karioinski, Miinchen Gekhrt.Anzeiy. iii. p. 95 (1836). 

 Leptostoma lon^cauda. Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 325 (1837) ; Gambel, 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1843, p. 363. 

 Geococcyx mexicanus, Strickl. Ann. ^- May. Nat. Hist. viii. p. 544 



(1842) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 453 (1847) ; Cass. III. B. Califom. 



i. p. 213, pi ••!(; (1855); 6W. Cat. Am. B. p. 324 (1862)"; id. 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 177; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 209, no. 8900 (1870) ; 



Scl. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. 'Neotr. p. 107 (1873). 

 Geococcyx viaticus, Ilartl. liev. Zool. 1844, p. 215 ; McCall. Proc. Ac. 



Nat. Sc. Phil. iii. p. 234 (1847) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 453 (1847); 



Hermann, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philnd. (2) ii. p. 270 (1853). 

 Geococcyx velox. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 453 (1847). 

 Geococcyx californianus, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 73 (1860) ; Cab. (J- 



Ileim; Mus. Hein. iv. p. 96 (1862); Scld. Mus. Pays-Bos, 



Cuculi, p. 40 (1864); Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 466; Coojier, Orn. Cal. 



p. 367 (1870); Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 180 (1872) ; Baird, N. 



Am. B. ii. p! 472 (1874) ; Broicn, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii. p. 41 



(1882) ; Brewster, op. cU. \-iii. p. 25 (1883) ; Coues, Ky N. Am. B. 



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