37. GKOCOCCYX. 421 



t, k\ cf ad. sk. Zapotlan Jalisco Dec, AprU Salvin-Godmaa Coll. 

 ( W. Lloyd Sf W. B. Richard- 

 son), 

 v. Skeleton. California. Purchased 



m. Skeleton. i urcnasea. 



Eyton Coll. 



2. Geococcyx affinis. 



p. 107 (187.3); Forbes, P. Z. S. 187! 



- ... . j^^j^ [loi-i); jforbes, P. Z. S. 1877 



P].. .307, 311 ; mdg^v. Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus. ix. p. 162 (1886) itf' 

 Man. A. Am. B. 273 (1887). ^ l-ioou; , m. 



(pt., l^b2) ; ScU. Mus. Pays-Bas, CuciUi, p. 41 (pt., 18(>4). 

 Adult. Cro^^u black, with terminal twin buff spots to the 

 leathers ; back of the neck and mantle rufous-shaded brown with 

 white edges to the feathers ; outer half of the wiug-coverts black, 

 with broad white margins ; primaries black, with a patch and the 

 tip ot the outer web of each feather white; secondaries and lar-er 

 scapulars glossy green shaded with lilac and with broad white 

 edges; back uniform dark rufous-brown; upper tail-coverts and 

 two centre tail-feathers violet-bronze, edged with white ; remainder 

 ot the tail-feathers darker and greener, and with white ends; a 

 rather large smooth bare patch on the sides of the head bright blue 

 the tea hers in front uniform white ; ear-coverts and chin white 

 streaked with brown ; beneath buff, with broad black bands down' 

 the centres of the feathers of the sides of the throat : lower abdo- 

 men and under taU-coverts dark brown ; under surface of the win-s 

 dusky brown, with two white marks on the outer web of each 

 primary : " iris white " {G. F. Gaumer). Total length 19 inches, 

 culmen 1-6, wing (i-l, tail 11-5, tarsus 2. 



Immaiure. Only differs from the adult in being slightly duUer 

 and mottled with brown down the sides of the throat and breast, 

 i lie under tail-coverts are dark as in the adult. 

 Ilah. Mexico and Guatemala. 



/"■ '^'I■ f ■ Mexico. Purchased. 



o. Ad. sk. Mexico. Tweeddale Coll. 



c. 2 ad.sk. Sierra de Alamos, Sonora, Salvin-GodmanColl 



May ( W. Lloyd). 

 r/. d ad sk Presidio, April U- -Fwm-). Salvin-Godinau Coll. 



'")./• cT y ad.sk. Hacienda S.Marcos, Zapotlan, Salviu-Godman Coll 



•Tahsco, May (ir. Z%rf). 

 g. $ ad. sk. ^ dean de Colima, Dec. ( W. B. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Richardson). 

 /'■ 2 ad.sk. Xautipa, State of Guerrero, Salvin-Godman CoU 



July (Mrs. H. H. Smith). 

 >. 6 ad sk. Oaxaca {Fenochio). Salvin-Godman Coll 



A.. V ad. sk. Los Cerrillos, State of Vera Salvin-Godman CoU 



Cruz, June {M. Triuillo). 



