432 ctrcuLiD^. 



3. Crotophaga sulcirostris. 



Crotopliaga sulcirostris, Swains, Philos. Mag. (n. s.) i. p. 440 (1827); 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 458 (184o) ; Cass. Proc. Philacl. Acad. 1848, 

 p. 91 ; Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 99 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 309 ; 

 Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 59 ; Scl. t. c. pp. 368, 388 ; Scl. ^ Salv. 

 Ibis, 1859, p. 135 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 285, 297 ; G. C. Taylor, 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 118; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 320 (1862): Cab. ^ 

 Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 101 (1862) ; Schl Mus. P.-B. Cuculi, 

 p. 47 (1863) ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 280, 1868, p. 175, 

 1869, p. 148 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 211; Scl. ^ Salv. t. c. p. 837 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 210, no. 8913 (1870); Scl. ^- Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 107 (1873) ; Taczan. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 548, 

 1877, pp. 328, 753 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 47 ; Taczan. P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 240, 1880, p. 210; Ridyw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iil 

 pp. 219, 233 (1880) ; Nutting, op. cit. v. pp. 401, 498, 546 (1882) ; 

 id. op. cit. vi. pp. 376, 387, 395 (1883) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, 

 p. 454 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 426 ; Cones, Key N. Am. B. 

 p. 472 (1884) ; Taczan. (^ Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 118 ; A. 0. U. 

 Clieck-l. p. 207 (1886); Taczan. Orn. Pirou, iii. p. 181(1886); 

 Ferrari-Perez S^ Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 162 (1887) ; 

 liidgiv. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 272 (1887) ; Lloyd, Auk, 1887, 

 p. 190 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1889, p. 372. 



Crotopbag'a casasii, Less. Voy. Coquille, i. p. 619 (1826) ; id. Man. 

 Orn. ii. p. 134 (1828) ; id. Cent. Zool. pi. 11 (1830) ; Tschudi Sf 

 Cab. Faun. Peruan., Aves, p. 41 (1855). 



Crotopliaga sulcii'ostra, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 322 (1837). 



Crotophaga semisulcata, Swains. An. i7i Menag. p. 346 (1837). 



Crotopliaga sulcata, Licht. in Mus. Berol. (teste Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. 

 Hein. iv. p. 101). 



Crotophaga rugiro8tris (nee Siv.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 359. 



Adult. Similar in plumage to C. ant, but differs in the hill, which 

 has three or four ridges on the upper mandible parallel to the 

 culmeu, and a few straight ridges on the lower mandible. Total 

 length 13-4 inches, culmen I'l, wing 5-7, tail 8-3, tarsus 1-3. 



Nestling. Hack, glossed on the wings and tail with violet-blue. 



Hah. Eio Grande VaUey and Central America from Mexico to 

 Panama, extending into Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



a-l. cJ 5 ad. sk. Brownsville, Texas, Jan., April, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May (^F. B. Armstrong), 

 m, n. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



0. Ad. sk. Mazatlan, Feb. (F. Bischoff). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



p, q. <S ^ ad. sk. Presidio de Mazatlan, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. Forrer). 

 r. (S ad. sk. San Bias, Terr, of Tepic, April Sulvin-Godiuan Coll. 



( IF. B. Richardson). 

 s, t. S ^ ad. sk. Bolafios, Jalisco, Feb. {W. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Richardson), 

 u-y. S $ ad. et Sautana, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



imm. sk. Feb., March ( W. Lloyd). 



z, a'. (S $ ad. sk. Santiago, Manzanillo, Colinia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June ( W. Lloyd). 

 6', c', <Z'. cJ ad. sk. Putla, May, Sept. (Ri'bouch). Seebohm Coll. 

 e',f' .<S $ad. sk. Epatlan, Canton de Matamo- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ros, Nov. [Ferrari-Perez). 

 ^r'-r'.cJ Jad. sk. Nuevo Leon, May, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. B. Armstrong). 



