^No.4.i COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY MOMOTID^. 705 



nioinoticlse. 



1841. Jardine, W. HorsB Zoologicse. No. III. On the History and Habits of the 

 Birds composing the Genus Prionites of Illiger. <^Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist.,Yi, 

 1841, pp. 321-328, figg. 

 1841. Lesson, E. P. Description des Oiseaux du genre Momot Briss. <^Actes Soc. 



Linn, de Bordeaux, xii, 1841, pp. 187 . 



Pas VTie moi-meme. Titre tir6 de Carus et Engelmaim. 

 1843. Cabot, S., Jr. [Momotus yncatacensis, sp. n., from Yucatan.] <CProc. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. , i, 1843, p. 156. 

 This was subsequently identified with M. (Eumomota Scl. 1857) superdliaris Sandb. 



1849. Strickland, H. E. Momotus gularis, Lafresnaye. <i^Jard.Contrib.Orn.,lS^Q, 



p. 33, 1)1. xvii. 

 1851. SCHOMBUEGK, E. Prionites Momota, III. < Naumannia, i, Heft iv, 1851, pp. 21- 



24. 

 Aus der Leben. 



1853. SCLATER, P. L. Notes sur deux novelles esp^ces du genre Momot (momotus). 



< Rev. et Mag. de Zool., v, 18.53, pp. 489, 490. 

 Momotus semirufus, M. subrufeseens, p. 489. 



1854. Gould, J. Description of a New Species of Momotus [castaneiceps]. <CP. Z. 



,S.,xxii, 1854,p.l54. 



1855. Gould, J. Description of a New Species of Momotus. <^Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



2d ser., xvi, 1855, pp. 273, 274. 

 Prom P. Z. S., July 25, 1854, p. 154. 



1857. SCLATER, P. L. Review of the species of the Fissirostral Family Momotidse. 



< P. Z. <S., xxY, 1857, pp. 248-260, pi. (Aves) cxxviii. 



4 genera, 17 spp., and 4 others doubtful. Humomota, ■p. 257, g.n. Momotus microstephanus, 

 M. nattereri, p. 251, spp. nn. A very complete account of the group. The pi. represents Pri- 

 onirhynchus carinatus. 



1863. SCHLEGEL, H. Momotus. <iMus. Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas., i^ livr., Jnil., 186^, ]i]i. 



1-8. 



The gToup here treated is made to consist of the Momotidce and Todidce of authors; there 

 are given 13 spp. of the single genus Momotus, and 2 of Todus. 



1872. MURIE, J. On the Motmots [Momotidse] and their Affinities. < Ibis, 3d ser. , ii, 



1872, pp. 383-412, pll. xiii-xv. 



I. Skull and sternum of Momotus lessoni. II. Cranimn, etc. , of M. brasiliensis. JH. Oste- 

 ology of M. ruficapillus. TV. Eumomota superdliaris — skeleton generally. V. The alliances 

 of the Momotidce osteologically considered. (These are with the Todidce, the two families 

 constituting a section of Syndactyle birds proposed to he caMeA Serratirostres.) VI. Com- 

 pendium of facts and opinions on the Motmots. VII. Conclusions derivative from data given. 

 Pis. xiii-xv represent anatomical details and bills. 



■'Describes the skull and sternum oi Momotus lessoni, and in detail the skeleton of Baryph- 

 thengus ruficapillus and Euinoinota superdliaris. A comparison is then made of the osteol- 

 ogy of the Momotidce with that of the Todidce, Coradidce, Meropidce, Alcedinidce, and other 

 families ; and after a consideration of various facts as to habits, structure, and geographical 

 distribution, and of opinions as to their supposed affinities, arrives at the conclusion that the 

 four families just named best accord with the Momotidce, and of them the Todidce are most 

 akin. If it is necessary to group them more nearly, Mr. Blyth's term " Serratirostres " {Mag. 

 2^at. Hist, new ser., ii, p. 422) may be used. Only four genera of Momotidce {Momotus, SO' 

 ryphthengus, Hylomanes and Eumomotus) seem well established." {Zool. Rec.) 



1873. Salvin, O. On the Tail-Feathers of Momotus. <P..^.»S'., 1873, pp. 429-433, 



figg. 4. 



Mode of formation of the "racket"; cf. Ibis, 1872, p. 383. The birds are stated to nibble 

 iKe feathers. 



