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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Secondaries and outer vanes of prima- 

 ries near base, dark blue ; primaries with 

 outer vanes alonj; distal half and at tips 

 I'dged with dark green; inner webs of 

 primaries brown. 



Exposed under surface of primaries 

 and secondaries dull blue. 



Lower parts, back to crissuni, dingy 

 blue with a dull greenish wash; blue 

 brightest on abdomen, and contrasting 

 abruptly with green of crissum. 



Crissum rich dark green. 



Secondaries and outer vanes of inner 

 primaries dark blue ; rest of outer vanes 

 and tips of primaries dark green ; inner 

 webs of primaries brown. 



Exposed under surface of primaries 

 and secondaries dull bluish green. 



Lower part.';, back to crissum, dull 

 green, richest on abdomen and shading 

 insensibly into color of crissuni. 



Crissuni brighter green. 



Description of Psittaeula inaularis, 9 "d., 

 Maria Madrc, Mail, 1S97. 



]>e^criplion of P-sltlacithi. cijanopyga, 9 ad.j 

 from Tepk; Mexico, April, JS07. 



Entire dorsal surface dingy green; | Dorsal surface dark green; brightest 

 brightest on sides of head, forehead, • on forehead, rump, and upper tailroverts, 

 rump, and >ipper tail coverts, with a dull 

 bluish shade on middle of back and 

 wings. 



Lower surface dull green, back to 

 crissum; the latter brighter green. 



with an olive shade on middle of back 

 and wings. 



Lower surface nearly uniform light 

 green, with a yellow^ish shade; crissnm 

 nearly the same. 



Average measurements of J'sittacnla insularis and P. cyanopijija. 



Coccyzus minor (Gmel.) Mangrove Cuckoo. 



This bird is rather common aiuoiiy the mangroves and other trees 

 bordering- the .salt lagoons near San Bias. A single specimen was 

 taken on May 8 near the sliore of Maria Madre, bnt no others were 

 seen, and it probably occnrs tliere only as a straggler. 



Trogon ambiguus goldmani Nelson. Goldman's Trogon. 



Trogon amhiguits Grayson Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., XIV, p. 272, 1S71 ; Lawr., 



Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., II, p. 290, 1874 (p.art). 

 Trogon ambiguus goldmani Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, p. 8, 1898. 



Goldman's trogon was common in the more heavily wooded parts of 

 Maria Madre and Maria Magdalena, and occurs no doubt on the less 

 heavily wooded Cleofa. ( )n Maria Madre they were found from the coast 

 up nearly to the summit in suitable timber and especially along the sides 

 and bottoms of heavily wooded canyons. Their habits were similar 

 to those of the mainland bird. They sit ipiietly for a time on a branch 



