-ilO Mr. Swainson's Sj/nopsis of the Birds of Mexico. 



G. CoLAPTES. Swai?is. in Zool.Journ. No. 10. 



84. Colaptes Mcxicanus. 



Vinaceous gray ; banded above, and spotted beneath with 

 black ; throat cinereous ; shaft of the quill and tail feathers 

 bright red. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. Real del Monte. The male 

 has a red stripe on each side the head. 



Total length, 11^: bill, U ; wings, Gi ; tail, ^. 



G. XiPHORHYNCHUS. Swaiiis. in Zoul. Jotirn. No. 10. 



85. Xiphorhynclius Icucogaster. 



Chin and fore part of the throat white, Innnaculate ; feathers 

 of the head, neck, and breast whitish, margined with 

 black: bill one inch and a half long, slender, pale, the up- 

 per mandible brown. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. 



Total length, 8f : bill, 1^; wings, 'l-A ; tail, 4|. 



86. Xiphorhynclius Jlavigaster. 



Chin fulvous white, immaculate ; head, neck, and back striped 



with fulvous ; bill long, strong, brown, slightly curved. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec, 

 Total length, 9^: bill, 1 A; wings, 4-r»u ; tail, 4^. 



G. OxYGLOSSUS. Swains, in Zool. Joiirn. No. 10. 



87. Oxyglossus mactdahis. Sw. Wilson iii. pi. 19. f. 3. 



Maritime lands, near Vera Cruz. 



88. Sitta carolinensis. 



Table land. Real del Monte. 



Fam. Cuculid.;e. 



89. Cuculus Mexicanus. 



Rufous beneath cinereous ; throat and breast cinnamon ; tail 



long cuneated, beneath rufous. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. 

 Closely resembles C. cayenensis, L., but the tail beneath is 



rufous, not black ; the ferruginous colour of the head and 



neck is likewise much brighter. 

 Bill, \\ ; wings, 6; tail, 13^; outer feather, 6^. 



90. Crotophaga sidcirostris. 



Black, glossed with green and violet ; bill carinated, the sides 



marked by transverse grooves. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. Size of the Lesser Ani. 



91. Trogon Mexicanus. 



(Female). 



Ferruginous-brown; breast and body beneath red ; middle tail 

 feathers ferruginous, the rest black, the three outer pair 

 tipt and banded on their exterior shafts with white. 



Temiscaltipec. 



Fam. 



