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pi. 9. p. 55) is, I belieA'e, not this species, but Picus nuttaUi, Gambel 

 (Picus tvilsoni, Malherbe, R. Z. 1849, p. 529), distinguishable from 

 the present by its larger size and purer white below. 



204. Picus varius, Lina., Wils. Am. Orn. pi. 9. fig. 2. 

 Salle, no. 24. Cordova, S juv. aut ? . 



205. Picus jardinii, Malh. R. Z. 1845, p. 374 (teste Bp.). 

 Salle, no. 23. EI Jacale. 



206. Picus cancellatus, "VTagl. Isis, 1829, p. 510 (teste Bp.). 

 Salle, no. 23 bis. San Andrės, Snapam. 



Ramphastid-^. 



207. Ramphastos carinatus, Sw., Gould, Mon. Ramph. pi. 7, 

 et ed. ii. pi. 2. 



Salle, no. 14. Cordova. 



208. Aulacorhamphus prasinus, Gould, Mon. Ramph. ed.ii. 

 pi. 47. 



Salle, no. 13. Cordova. 



CUCULID^. 



209. Dromococcyx mexicanus, Bp. Compt. Rend. May 1856. 

 Salle, no. 209. Cordova. 



I agree with Prince Bonaparte tbat there is little difference between 

 this and the Brazilian D. jikasianellus. But M. Salle's specimen is 

 not quite adult, and, as the bird is not known to occur in interme- 

 diate localities, I think the species are likely eventually to turn out 

 distinct. 



210. PiAYA MEXiCANA (Sw.), Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 440 1—Piaya 

 cayana, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. iv. p. 91. — Coccyzus viridirostris, 

 Hartl. in Naumannia, ii. pt. vi. p. 55. — Piaya viridirostris, Bp. 

 Compt. Rend. May 1856. 



Salle, no. 44. Cordova. 



Mr. Cassin seems to cousider this northern representative of P. 

 cayana "precisely similar " to the S. American bird. Prince Bona- 

 parte says it is an excellent species, and applies to it a name of the 

 Prince of Wurtemburg, to which, I believe, no description has been 

 attached, except that it is " certainhj distinct from the cayana." 

 According to what I consider P. cayana (i. e. Cayenne specimens), 

 this species differs in its rather larger size, lighter throat, more cine- 

 reous chest and darker belly. The under surface of the tail is 

 blacker (and not more rufous as Mr. Swainson says) than in the 

 S. American bird. 



I possess a similar examp]e from Guatimala, and another, barely 

 separable, from Bogota {P. mehleri, Bp. ?). 



