34 BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 



19®. M®r«coccyx cry th ropy §ia (Less.). 



" Tehuantepec (Chihuitan), Tehuantepec City ; October and Decem- 

 ber. 



"Iris brown 5 bill orange-brown; culmen blackisli; orbital skin green- 

 ish-yellow before the eye and azure-blue behind the eye ; feet dull fleshy. 



" Similar to Geococcyx mexicanus in its terrestrial habits. Indeed, it 

 never alights except on the lowest bushes ; woody places, les hejucales 

 (places full of entangled creepers), and hedges are its favorite spots. 

 It runs very quickly, and easily escapes from sight. Its flesh, like that 

 of the Geococcyx, has an unsavory and disagreeable odor." 



191. CJeococcyx iBaexicaeiMs (Gm.). 



" Tehuantepec (Juchitau) ; August and September. 



" Iris brown, separated from the pupil by a narrow golden ring ; 

 orbital skin blue and red ; bill bluish-gray, culmen dusky ; feet livid- 

 bluish. 



" This bird, quite common in the west of the isthmus, there bears 

 the name of Corre-camino (Spanish) or Cere-quidja (Zapotique)." 



Fam. RAMPMASTlBiE. 



19S. Ftero§^lo§sMs torquatos (Gm.). 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; January and March. 



" Iris yellow ; orbital skin red ; feet greenish -olive. 



" Common in the woods at the foot of the Cordilleras at Santa Efige- 

 nia, at Tapana, at Tanatepec, &c. I have been told that Baniphastos 

 carinatus is found at times in the same localities. I have not there met 

 with it." V 



193. CampeplailMS giiateiiialeii§is (Hartl.). 

 "Tehuantepec (Chihuitan), Tehuantepec City; November and De- 

 cember. 



" Iris light yellow ; bill horny- white ; feet ashy." 



194. S>ry©c©pws scapMBari§ (Vig.) 



" Tehuantepec (Chihuitan, Santa Efiigenia) ; November and December. 

 " Iris white ; bill white ; feet dark ashy-blue." 



19tl. PiCMs scalaris, Wagl. 

 " Puente, Colorado (Puebla) ; August, 1868. 

 " Iris brown ; bill blackish ; feet greenish." 



