30 BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 



"This is very common in all the western regions of the isthmus from 

 Barrio to the Pacific. It comes from there throujj^h the State of Oaxaca 

 to Tehuacau (Puebla), where it is not rare. It is almost universally 

 called guarda-harranca or garde ravin, because it generally lives in 

 ravines, and digs its nest along the sides." 



157. Euinoniota supercilaaris (Sandb.). 



" Tehuantepec (Tapana, Cacoprieto) ; April and May. 

 " Iris dark-brown ; bill, black ; feet grayish-black." 



Faiu. AI^CEDIIVID^. 



158. Ceryle torquata (Linn.). 



" Tehuantepec (Chihuitan, Santa Efigenia) ; Kovember and December. 

 " Iris dark-brown ; bill black ; base of both mandibles grayish ; feet 

 light olive-green." 



159. Ceryle alcyoii (Linn.). 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; December, 1868. 

 " Iris dark-brown ; bill black, basal half of lower mandible whitish 

 horn-color ; feet dusky." 



160. Ceryle amazoiia (Lath.). 



"Tehuantepec (Chihuitan, Santa Efigenia); November, December, 

 and January. 



" Iris dark-brown ; bill and feet black." 



161. Ceryle americana var. cabanisi, Tsch. 

 Tehuantepec (Chihuitan, Santa Efigenia) ; November, December, 



and January." 



169. Ceryle superciliosa (Linn.). 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; April, 1871. 



"Iris brownish-black; bill black; base of lower mandible fleshy; 

 feet dark-brown." 



Fam. BrCCOI%ID^. 



163. Bucco dysoiii, Gray. 

 " Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; May, 1871. 

 " Iris dark purplish-red ; feet dull-plumbeous ; bill black." 



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