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and green ; nearly all with opaque white edges ; beneath white, with black 



Geococcyx calif ornianus. 



streaks on the sides of neck and breast ; the feathers with broad white tij)s ; 

 the principal differences are as follows : — 



G. californianus. Bill above, about 2.00 ; gape nearly straight to near 

 tip ; nostril behind middle of gape. Feathers of throat and upper part of 

 breast light brownish, with shaft-streaks of black. Hah. Southwestern 

 United States, from Cape St. Lucas and Southern California to Texas. 

 G. af5nis.' Bill above about 1.60 ; gape gently curved throughout. Nostril 

 opposite middle of gape. Feathers of throat and breast fulvous-white, 

 without shaft-streaks, except on the sides, where they are broad and abruptly 

 defined. Hab. Mexico, from Mazatlan to Xalapa. 



This last species is common at Mazatlan, as well as elsewhere in Mexico, 

 and may yet be found in Arizona. 



1 Geococcyx affinis, Hartlaub, Rev. Zool. 1844, 215. — Bonap. 97. — Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, 

 305. — ScLATER & Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 134. — Sclater, Catal. 1862, 325. Geococcyx velox, 

 Karw. Bonap. 97. 



