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Ceryle americana cabanisi, Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 399 '"; vi. pp. 375", 387", 394''; 



407 ''; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 501 ". 

 Chloroceryle cabanisi, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, p. 256''; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 176". 

 Ceryle septentrionalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 134 ''. 

 Ceryle americana septentrionalis, Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 511 '". 



Supra nitide virescens, capite toto et cauda saturatioribus, alls albo guttatis ; macula infra oculos, gutture, 

 torque cervicali integra et ventre albis, vitta malari angusta viridi, torque pectorali lata castanea, bypo- 

 chondriis et tectricibus subcaudaUbus maculis magnis nigricanti-viridibus notatis ; alis intus in pogonio 

 interno albo maculatis ; cauda ad basin alba, rectricibus externis fere ad apicem albis in pogonio interno 

 albo variegatis ; rostro et pedibus nigricantibus. Long, tota circa 7'0, alae 3-4, caudse 2-2, rostri a rictu 2-0, 

 tarsi 0-4. 



$ mari simUis, pectore et abdomine nigricanti-Tiridi bitorquatis, colore castaneo nnUo. (Descr. maris et 

 feminsB ex San Geronimo, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. North America, South-western States, Texas to Arizona; Lower California 2'^. — 

 Mexico (Bullock^), Hermosillo in Sonora (Ferrari-Perez), Isleta (W. Lloyd), 

 Mazatlan (Grayson ^^), Presidio de Mazatlan (Forrer), San Bias (W. B. Eichard- 

 son), Tepic (Grayson ^^), Colotlan, Aguas Calientes ( W. B. Bichardson), Guanajuato, 

 Guadalajara (Buges^), Plains of Colima, E. Tupila (Xantiis^^), Kio Salado in 

 Nuevo Leon (F. B. Armstrong), Sierra Madre above Ciudad Victoria, Aldama, 

 Tampico, Valles (W. B. Bichardson), Misantla, Vega del Casadero (M. Trujillo), 

 Jalapa (de Oca ^, Ferrari-Perez ^^j, Coatepec, Santa Ana, Eio Eancho Nuevo, 

 Hacienda Tortugas (Ferrari-Perez), Orizaba (BoUeri, Sumichrast ^o, Ferrari-Perez, 

 F. B. G.), Cordova (Salle ^, Sumichrast ^% Atoyac (Mrs. H. H. Smith), Playa 

 Vicente (M. Trujillo), Valley of Mexico (White ^^, Herrera^^), Morelia (F. D. G.), 

 Chietla, Izucar de Matamoros (Ferrari-Perez^^), Sola, Juchatengo, Oaxaca city 

 (M. Trvjillo), Chihuitan29, Santa Efigenia^oao^ Tepanatepec 20 (Sumichrast), 

 Chimalapa, Sierra de Santo Domingo, Tehuantepec ( W. B. Bichardson), Teapa 

 (Mrs. H. H. Smith), N. Yucatan (G. F. Gaumer^^) ; British Honduras, Cayo in 

 the western district. Old Eiver (Leyland ^) ; Guates^ala, Rio' Dulce (0. S.), Toliman 

 (W. B. Bichardson), Duenas^, Eio Guacalate'', San Gerdnimo, Huamuchal (0. S. 

 & F. I). G.); Salvador (Mus. Brit.), La Libertad ( W. B. Bichardson) ; Honduk\s, 

 San Pedro (G. M. Whitely^^), Truxillo^?, Segovia E. ^3 (Tow/is^tZ), Lake Yojoa 

 (Taylor *) ; Nicaragua, Momotombo, Matagalpa ( W. B. Bichardson), Chontales 

 (Belt 12), Escondido E. (Bichmond ^% Blewfields ( TTYcMam ^% San Juan del Sur ^\ 

 Omotepe^s, SucujaS^, Los Sabalos ^4 (Xutting); Costa Eica (Hoffmann^\ 

 Ellendorp'", v. Frantzius, Boucard), San Jose (v. Frantzius i' , Carmiol l^ Zeledon -i, 

 Futting^^ Cherrie^^), Jimenez, Naranjo de Cartago (Zeledon-^), Valza, San Carlos 

 (CarmioU% Cartago (v. Frantzius^', Cooper ^% La Palma (Nutting ^°); Pa>-ama, 

 David (Bridges 2 lo) Calovevora, Calobre (Arce i^), Lion Hill (M'Leannan s), Paraiso 

 Station (Hughes), Chepo (Arce). 

 This northern form of Ceryle americana is closely allied to that species, the differences 



