BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 45 



S5@. Peeielope porperasceBig, Wagl. 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; December, 1868. 



" Iris, lower part of gular skin, and acrotarsus carmine-red ; upper 

 part of gular skin, orbital, and loral skin violaceous-black ; bill black. 



" Common name Pava at Tehuantepec, Faison griton or Cajolite at 

 Yera Cruz. Abundant in all the thick woods of the isthmus. It goes 

 generally in small flocks. It is good game, and the flesh is less dry and 

 more savory than that of the Hocco. Its bones, it is said, give attacks 

 of epilepsy to the dogs who have eaten them, and even kill them. Like 

 the Hocco, the Pava is easily tamed." 



257, Orts&Sida poliocepfeaSa, Wagl.) 



" Tehuantepec (Tapana, Barrio) ; Tehuantepec City ; April, Septem- 

 ber, and November. 



" Iris hazel-brown ; orbits and gular skin carmine ; bill light plum- 

 beous ; feet ashy. 



" This species belongs properly to the coast of the Pacific, where it 

 bears, as elsewhere, the name of Chachalaca. Is abundant everywhere." 



558. Ortalida vettala, Wagl. 



" Tehuantepec (Guichicovi) ; September, 1869. 



" Iris brown ; gular naked skin carmine ; bill and feet bluish-ash. 



" This species is more abundant on the eastern coast of the isthmus." 



Fam. PffiKBS€I©JG. 



559. Ortys. c®y®l£®s, Gm. 



" Tehuantepec (Tapana, Santa Efigenia); May, June, and December. 



"Iris brown; upper mandible brownish, lower lighter; feet light 

 brownish-gray. 



" Common in all the plains on the west of the isthmus, where it is 

 called Godorniz. It alights sometimes in trees when pursued." 



Fam. CH^PTUmiBJE. 



560. ]¥©th©c^rcMs salljei, Bp. 

 "Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia); December, 1868. 



"Iris hazel-brown ; ux)per mandible brownish, lower pale; feet red. 

 " Killed near Santa Efigenia. It never appears in the plains." 



261. CEdiciieiiiiig Msta'iatMS, Wagl. 



"Tehuantepec (Tapana) ; December, 1868. 



" Iris greenish-yellow ; bill black, base of lower mandible yellowish- 

 green ; feet pale-greenish." 



