CROTOPHAGA.— GUIRA. 131 



1. St. Croix, 18th June (A. Sf E. N.). Salvin-Godmaa Coll. 



1. St. Croix, 2iid July {A. ^ K N.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. St. Croix (A. ^- E. N.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Cuba {Tristram, Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Grenada, W. Indies (J. G. Wells). Crowley Bequest. 



1. British Guiana. W. Radclifte Saunders, E.«q. 



[r.]. 



1. Brazil. Old Collection. 



1. Iguape, Brazil, Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Crotophaga sulcirostris, Swains. 



Crotophag'a sulcirostris, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 7o3 ; Shellei/, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 432 (1891) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 

 p. 9, pi. i. fi^. 7 (ISO-i) ; Srdv. ^y Godm. Biol. Cent r.- Amer., Aves, ii. 

 p. 545 (1896) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaniml. p. 173 (1899) ; Shnrpe, 

 Iland-l. ii. p. 175 (1900). 



The eggs of the Groove-billed Ani are covered with a coat of 

 white chalky matter, through scratches in which the blue shell 

 beneath is indistinctly visible. Examples measure from I'l to 1"34: 

 in length, and from "83 to 1'03 in breadth. 



2. jNIazatlan, Mexico {A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Tauchico, Mexico, May {Field Crowley Bequest. 



^ Coll.). 

 1. Yucatan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Costa Rica, 9th May. C. F. Underwood, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus GUIRA, Less. 

 Guira guira (Gm.). 

 (Plato II. fig. 12.) 



Crotophaga guira, Thien. Fortjtflanz. ges. Vo//. p. 91, tab. xv. fig. 11 



(1845-54); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 173 (1899). 

 Guira piririgua, Dalgleish, Pron. P. Phi/s. Soc. Edinb. viii. p. 87 (1883-5) ; 



X. p. 82 (1888-90); Scl. ^- Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 32 (1889); 



Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 202 ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 191. 

 Guira guira, Shelleg, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 433 (1891); Sharpe, 



Hnnd-l. ii. p. 175 (1900) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mas. Puidista, iv. p. 26.3 



(1900). 



The eggs of the Guira Cuckoo are of a deep blue colour covered 

 with a delicate tracery or irregular network of blotches and lines 

 of white chalky matter of varying thickness. They measure from 

 1'4.5 to 1-6 in length, and from 1*12 to 1-24 in breadth. Occa- 

 sionally a specimen is entirely devoid of chalky matter. 



4. S. America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Uruguay. A. R. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.] . 



3. Uruguay. 0. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Uruguay. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Argentine Republic. R. Lydekker, Esq. [P.l. 



3. Argentine Republic. A. H. Holland, Esq. [fe.]. 



3. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



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