igiQ- Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 345 



Piaya melanogastra Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1908, p. 496; Shelley, 



Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XIX, 1891, p. 377 (part). 

 Piaya melanogaster tnelanogaster Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Orn. Ser., I, 



1915, p. 307. 

 Macropus caixana Spix, Av. Bras., I, 1824, p. 54 (part 9) pi. XLIII, fig. 2. 



Range: Guiana, northern Brazil and eastern Ecuador. 

 3 : British Gmana, 



*Piaya melanogaster ochracea^ Cory. Peruvian Black-bellied 

 Cuckoo. 



Piaya melanogaster ochracea Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Orn. Ser., I, 1915, 

 p. 304 (Yurimaguas, Yane, Yaka, Peru). 



Range: Peru. 



1: Peru (Yurimaguas, the type). 



Genus SAUROTHERA Vieillot. 



Saurothera Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 28 (Type Coucou a longbec BuSon = Cuculus 



vetula Linn.). 



*Saurothera bahamensis bahamensis Bryant. Bahaman Lizard 

 Cuckoo. 



Saurothera bahamensis Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., IX, 1864, p. 280 

 (New Providence, Bahama Islands); Cory, Bds. Bahama Islands, 1880, p. 116 

 (col. plate); Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, p. 159; Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. 

 Mus., XIX, 1891, p. 371; RiDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 

 1916, p. 58. 



Range: New Providence and Eleuthera Islands, Bahama. 

 7: Bahama Islands (New Providence 5; Eleuthera 2). 



*Saurothera bahamensis andria'' {Miller). Andros Island Lizard 

 Cuckoo. 



Saurothera andria Miller, Auk., 1894, p. 164 (Fresh Creek, Andros Island, 



Bahamas). 

 Saurothera bahamensis andria Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 191 1, p. 419; Ridg- 



WAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 60. 



Range: Andros Island, Bahamas. 

 3: Bahamas (Andros Island). 



'^ Piaya melanogaster ochracea Cory: "Similar to P. m. melanogaster, but differs 

 in having the bill smaller and general coloration somewhat paler; crown paler and 

 more ashy gray; upper parts, throat and breast more tinged with ochraceous rufous." 

 Wing, 131; tail, 216; tarsus, 37; bill (culmen), 24; depth of bill, 12 mm. 



^ While averaging slightly larger, birds from Andros Island are very close to 

 5. bahamensis bahamensis and may prove inseparable. In specimens prepared by 

 Maynard the color has been more or less changed largely due to the use of some pre- 

 servative (probably alum) instead of arsenic. 



