Islands of the Coast of Yucatan, &;c. 371 



more value than if it lived on the mainland, in which case I 

 should not have ventured to separate it. 



-t 128. EUMOMOTA SUPERCILIARIS. 



Prionites suj^erciliaris, Sandbach, Kep. Brit. Assoc. 1837, 

 p. 99. 



Crypticus superciliaris, Jard. & Selb. III. Orn. iv. pi. IS'^. 



Eumomota super ciliai'is, Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 453. 



Meco I. (December). 



According to Mr. Gauraer this species is very common in 

 Yucatan. It was originally described from specimens ob- 

 tained in Campeche. 



-f- 129. Ceryle alcyon. 



Cenjle alcyon (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Mon. Alced. p. 79, pi. 23. 



Cozumel I. ; Ruatan I. 



Also found on the opposite mainland at Belize and Omoa. 



t-130. Ceryle superciliosa. 



Ceryle superciliosa (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Mon. Alced. p. 93, 

 pi. 28. 



Cozumel I. 



A single specimen of this widely ranging South-American 

 species, which is also generally distributed throughout the 

 low lands of Central America. 



-/-131. TrOGON MELANOCEPHALUS. 



Trogon melanocephalus , Gould, Mon. Troch. ed, 2, pi. 27; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 454. 



Meco I. 



According to Mr. Gaumer, this species is not common in 

 Yucatan. It is, however, widely distributed in Central 

 America, and ranges northwards to the Mexican frontier 

 State of Tamaulipas. 



* Published before Jan. ISil (see Jardine, Ann. & Mag. N. H. vi. 

 p. 321). The first part of the first vokime of the ' Illustrations of Orni- 

 thology ' was issued in 1837, and contained six plates, and was to be 

 followed by successive similar parts at intervals of six weeks or two 

 months. Plate 18, if this course was followed, would have been pub- 

 lished in 1838. 



