Geococcyx velox 



Cuculus velox A» Wagner Type 



No number. Collection - iiOnchen. V^ing 138, 

 tail 275, culmen tip gone - broken, no sex, 

 tarsus 50.0, middle toe minus claw 29. 0. 

 Karvdnski. Locality - Mexico, 



This is a dark colored bird, the extreme of the 

 Central American type. Indeed the streaks on the 

 chest and neck are so black and broad, and the 

 feathers of the head and neck are so dark that should 

 all (so) Mexican birds prove the same it might be 

 necessary to recognise three races. 



Skin in fair condition, possibly never mounted, 

 Pl\image abraded and tail in moult. Another f eatiire 

 is that the tail is uniform slate - black on the 

 under surface. The terminal v;hite spots measure 

 (from the outside pair first) 30-15 and 6 mm. 

 respt. center pair (of course not tipped, 3rd 

 .(6 mm tip) pair are new. 



Type examined by me at ifOnich on August 19, 

 1933. 



A, J. Van Rossem 



