30 BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 



''This is very common in all the western regions of the isthmus from 

 Barrio to the Pacific, It comes from there through the State of Oaxaca 

 to Tehuacan (Puebla), where it is not rare. It is almost univ^ersally 

 called guarda-harranca or garde ravin, because it generally lives in 

 ravines, and digs its nest along the sides." 



1^7. Sumoniota supercili»ris (Sandb.)- 

 " Tehuan tepee (Tapana, Cacoprieto) ; April and May. 

 " Iris dark-brown ; bill black ; feet grayish-black." 



Fam. AL.CEDI1\II>.E. 



158. Ceryle torquata (Linn.). 



" Tehuantepec (Ghihuitan, Santa Efigenia) ; November and December. 

 "Iris dark-brown; bill black; base of both mandibles grayish ; feet 

 light olive- green." 



159. Ceryle alcyoii (Linn.). 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; December, 1868. 

 " Iris dark-brown ; bill black, basal half of lower mandible whitish 

 horn-color ; feet dusky." 



160. Ceryle amazona (Lath.). 



"Tehuantepec (Ghihuitan, Santa Efigenia); November, December, 

 and January. 



" Iris dark-brown ; bill and feet black." 



161. Ceryle americana var. cabanisi, Tsch. 

 Tehuantepec (Ghihuitan, Santa Efigenia) ; November, Decemb^, 



and January." 



162. Ceryle supercilioisa (Linn.). 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; April, 1871, 



"Iris brownish-black; bill black; base of lower mandible fleshy; 

 feet dark-brown." 



Fam. BIJCCOT¥ID^. 



163. Bucco dysoni, Gray. 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; May, 1871. 



" Iris dark purplish-red ; feet dull-plumbeous ; bill black." 



