M9. BIPLOPTERUS. 



423 



buff mottled with grey : under surface of the quills uniform 

 slaty-brown : bill yellow, passing into horny-brown round the 

 nostrils and culmen ; legs pale brown. Total length 10-1 inches, 

 culmen 0-9, wing 3-9, tail 5-7, tarsus 1-4. 

 Hab. The same as that of the genus, 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



b. 5 ad. sk. San Bias, Terr, of Tepic, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Mexico, May ( W. B. Rich- 



ardsori). 

 c,d. c? ad. : e,f. Plains of Colima, Jan. (TF. 5. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5 ad. sk. Richardson), 



g, h, i. Ad. sk. Acapuico, State of Guerrero, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sept. {Mrs. H. H. Smilh). 

 k. Pull. sk. Dos Arroyos (1000 ft.). State Salvin-Godman CIoll. 



of Guerrero, Sept. {Mrs. H. 



H. SinitK). 

 I. Ad. sk. Sierra Madre del Sur {Mrs. Salvin-Godman Coll, 



H. H Smith), 

 m. 5 ad. sk. San Juan, S. Mexico {Re- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



bouch). 

 n. 5 ad. sk. Sierra S. Domingo, Tehuante- Salvin-Godman CoU. 



pec, April {W. B. Richard- 

 son). 

 0. 5 ad. sk. Chimalpa, Tehuantepec, March Salvin-Godman Coll, 



( IF. B. Richardson), 

 p, q, r. Ad. sk. Tehuantepec, Feb. ( W. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Richardso7i). 

 s. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Sclater Coll. 



t. Ad. sk. Laguna, Guatemala, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 

 u. Ad. sk. Rio Motagua, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Feb.(0. «.). 

 V, w. Ad. sk. Costa Piica {J. Carmiol). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Subfamily V. DIPLOPTERIN^. 



Key to the Oenera. 



a. Bill short, compressed, arched ; rectrices 

 narrow; upper tail-coverts reaching 

 to the middle of the tail 39. DrPLOPTEnus, p. 423. 



h. Bill more slender, not compressed, 

 straighter ; rectrices wide ; upper tail- 

 coverts reaching to the end of^ the tail. 40. Dromococcyx, p. 425, 



Tj-pe. 



39. DIPLOPTERUS. 



Diplopterus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 977 D. ntevius. 



llamje. Central America and the greater part of South America. 



1. Diplopterns naevius. 



Le Coucou tnchet(5 de Cayeniu!, Driss. Orn. iv. p, 127, pi. 9. fig. 1 

 (1760) ; Daub. PI. Enl. vi. 812. 



