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ami green; nearly all with ojwKjue white o(l<,a's ; l)eneatli wliite, with Idack 



Grocoeeyr mlifnminnus. 



streaks on the sides of neck and breast ; the feathers with broad white tips ; 

 the principal difl'erences are as follows : — 



O. californianuB. Bill above, about 2.00 ; gape nearly straight to near 

 tip; nostril behind miiklle of gape. Feathers of throat and upper part of 

 breast light brownish, with shaft-streaks of black. Hab. Southwestern 

 United States, from Cape St. Lueas and Southern California to Te.xas. 

 G. afflnis.' Bill above about l.GO ; gape gently curved throughout. Nostril 

 ojiposite middle of gape. Feathers of throat and breast fulvous-white, 

 without shaft-streaks, except on the sides, where they arc broad and abruptly 

 defined. Hah. Mexico, from A[azatlan to Xalapa. 



This last species is common at Mazatlan, as well as elsewhere in Mexico, 

 and may yet be found in Arizona. 



> Oeococci/x affini.i, Hartlauii, Rpv. ZoiJl. 1844, 215. — Box.vp. 97. — Sci,. P. Z. S. 1858, 

 305. — ScLATEU & Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 134. — Sciateu, Catal. 1862, 325. Ocococcy.c vclox. 

 Kakw. Boxap. 97. 



