472 



\ORTII AMKRICAN lURDS. 



Geococc3rx californianus, Batrd. 



FAI8AH0; BOAD-BUNNEB ; CHAFABBAL COCK. 



Saurnthera cali/urnumn, Lksson, C'oiiii»lt'iu. liutr. VI, 1829, 420. — Botta, Ann. du Mus. 

 183a, 121, pi. (<.'ajM* St, l.ueas to San Fiancisto). Gotcoccijx vnriajntit, \Va(;leh, Isis, 

 \\ 1831, 524. Siiunitlnra buttn: (IJi.ainmi.lk), I.ksson, Truite ilOrn. I, 1831, 145. 

 Jiijilojtfmis viittiniJi (\Arui.) I)nlK, Isis, 18:$!, 541 (n<> ilcsriiption). frt'iH:iHr!/.r ciaticus, 

 IlAiMi.Ain, Hcv. Zool. 1844, 215. M'Cai.i., Vv. A. N. Sc. Ill, July, 1847, 234.— 

 Hon. ("onsp. 18.'iO, 97. — In. Consp. Zy«,'o«l. in At»ii. ital. 1>54, 5. — I1f.ki!Man\, .1. 

 A. N. Sc. Ph. 2<l scries, II, 18.">3, 270. — Nkwiikuky, Zo<»1. Cal. and Ongnn Koutf, 

 91, I'. 1{. I{. li'.p. VI, 1857. SiiKi-ofhra minjimUi, Kaui', Isis, 1832, 991 ; tab. xxvi 

 (fifj. of liJ'ad and fiM)t). Lcpfnsfonin lomj ten tula, SwainsuN, Hinls, II, 1837, 325. — 

 CiAMnKi., Pr. X. X. S. I, ls43, 263. Geococcif.'- mcriatntis, (iamiu-.l, .1. A. X. Sc. 2d 

 series, I, 1849, 215 (not of (Jmki.in^. — Cassin, 111. I, 1855, 213, i>l. xx.wi. — Sclatku, 

 fatal. 324, 18(i2. — Hkkkm. X, S\ 59 (nest). Oon-twcijx mlijorniatius, Baiud, Birds 

 N. Am. 1858, 73. — Coui'KU, Orn. Cal. I, 1S7(\ 368. 



Sp. Ciiau. Tail very lorn,'; tin* lateral loathers much shortest. An erectile crest on 

 the head. A hare skin around and hthind the eye. Legs very long and .*<t()ut. 



All the leathers of tlie upiu-r parts and wings of a dull metallic olivaceous-green, 

 broadly edged with white near the end. There is, however, a tinge of black in the green 

 along the line of white, wdiich itself is sulVuscd with hrown. On the neck the black pre- 

 ponderates. Tlie sides and under surfac(i of the neck have the white feathers streaked 



Georocnjx cali/ornianwt. 



centrally wnth black, next to which is a brownish suffusion. Tlie remaining under parts 

 are whitish, immaculate. Primary quills tipped with white, and with a median band 

 across the outer webs. Central tail-feathers olive-brown : the others cl(>ar dark green, 

 all edged, and (except the central two) broadly tipped with white. T<^p of the head 

 dark blacki.^h-bluo. Length, 20 to 2.3 inches ; wing, about G.oO ; tail, 12 to 13. Size 

 generally very variable. 



Hab. Middle Texas, New Mexico, and California to Central Mexico. Seen as far 

 north as Fort Reading, California, and Fort Chadbourne, Texas. Localities : Southeast 

 Texas (Dresser, Ibis, ISGo, 4GG, resident) ; W. Arizona (Coces, P. A. N. S. 18G6, 57) ; 

 Capo St. Lucas (XANTrs) ; Kioway Agency (Dr. Palmer). 



