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Trogonid^. 



2° '^.—Mex. 



Aher.fam 

 Trogon viridis, enl. 195 



LiCHT. 



„ glocitans, Licht. Mex. 

 „ pavonirms, col. 372. Mex. 



Trogon niexicanus, Sw. Temiscalt. 



„ resplendens, Zool. pr. 27. Mex. 



„ eleganft, Zool. pr. Mex. 



„ ambigttus, Zool.pr. Mex. Nath.pr. 



„ Morganii, Sw. Mex. 

 Prionites mexicanus, Sw. Mex. Table L. 



The meropidcE, one of the aberrant families of the fissirostral 

 tribe, have no members in America, though two species enter 

 Europe, the rest of the group being confined to the warmer re- 

 gions of the old continent. The trogonidcs again, another aber- 

 rant family peculiar to America, though pretty numerous in 

 Mexico, send no species so far north as to reach the United 

 States.* The third aberrant family, the halcyonidoe, contains 

 one European species and one North American one. The two 

 normal families are spread over the whole world, and are re- 

 presented in Europe and North America by nearly an equal 

 number of species, though few are really common to the two 

 countries. The chimney or barn swallow of America is consi- 

 dered by Audubon as the same with that of Europe ; though pre- 

 vious authors, relying upon some differences in the colour of the 

 plumage, had named it, as a distinct species, rufa or americana. 

 The sand-martin {n'paria) has been described as the same in both 

 continents without much question, but also perhaps without a 

 correct comparison cf a sufficient number of specimens from 

 both continents. The interesting species n&iwed fidva requires 

 further investigation ; by Vieillot, who gave it that appellation, 

 it is said to have a forked tail, which form is also attributed to 

 it in the Fauna boreali- americana, whei*e Say's appellation of 

 lunifrons is adopted : Audubon and the Prince of Musignano, 

 who inspected Say's specimen, describe the tail as square. It 

 remains to be ascertained whether these authors all speak of 

 the same species or not. 



Aber. Ord. RASORES. 



Aher.fam. Cracid^. 



Crax koazin, Albin 32. Mex. 

 Ourax patixi, enl. 78. 2°N. — Mex. 

 Penelope garrula, Wagler, Mex. Licht. 



Aber. /am. Columbid^. 



Columba fasciata, Bon. 8, 3. R. Platte. 

 „ leiicocephala, A. 177. JV. Ind. 



Mex. F/oridas.—2b° N. 

 „ monilis, Vig. 10. Cal. 36" N. 

 Ectopistes migratoria*, ^. 62. 25° N. — 

 62° N. Greenl. accid. 

 „ carolinensis, A. 17. Mex. 

 Licht. — 42° N. L. Super. 

 Peristera montana, ^. 167. 2°N. — 25°N. 

 zenaida, A. 162. CM*a.— 25° N. 



Peristera jamaicensis, Tem. 10. Mex. 

 Licht. 

 „ pusilla, Licht. Mex. 

 Geophilus cvanocephalus, ^. 172. W. Ind. 



—25° N. Florida. 

 ChamcEpelia passerina, J. 182. W. Ind. — 

 32° N. Cape Hatteras. 

 „ squamosa, Tem. 59. 25° S. — 

 Mex. Licht. 



PHASIANlDiE or PaVONID^. 



Meleagris gallopavo, A. 1. Mex. — 44° N. 



TETRAONIDiE. 



Tetrao J lunbellus, A. 41. 32° N.— 56° N. 

 „ t cupido, A. 186. 36° N.— 46° N. 



• Mr. Swainson has recently indicated a prionites hahamensis. 



