BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Adult /emaZe.— Length (skins), 470-500 (485); wing, 195.5-212 

 (204.3); tan, 145.5-168.5 (158); culmen, 121-142.5 (131.4); tarsus, 

 43.5-49.5 (47); outer anterior toe, 33-38 (36)." 



Southeastern Mexico, in States of Puebla (Metlaltoyuca), Vera 

 Cruz (Playa Vicente; Misantla; Colipa; Hacienda de los Atlixcos; 

 Hacienda Tortuga; Vega de Casadero; San Lorenzo; Alvarado; 

 C6rdova; Jalapa; Mirad6r; Cosamaloapfim; Uvero; Atoydc; Pasa 

 Nueva; ToloSa), Oaxaca (mountains near Santo Domingo; Chima- 

 lapa), Tabasco (Teapa), and Yucatan (northern Yucatan; Meco 

 Island) to Guatemala (Chocttim; sources of Rio de la Pasi6n; Lan- 

 quln; Ca]'ab6n; Rio Dulce; Los Amates, Yzabdl; Santo Tomas), 

 British Honduras (Belize; Orange Walk; ChasniguaS; near Manatee 

 Lagoon; near Quamin Creek; near Soldier Creek; Toledo District), 

 and Honduras (San Pedro; C6iba). 



{Ramphastos] pisdvorus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 151 (based on Ticcana 

 s. Pica brasiliensis Edwards, Birds, pi. 64; Tucana hrasiliensis gvtture alho 

 Brisson, Om., iv, 413; Picus americawus Hernandez, Mex., 697; Xochitenacatl 

 Ray, Av., 178). — Gmblin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. i, 1788, 355. — Latham, Index 

 Om., i, 1790, 136. 



Rlamphastos] pisdvorus Bonapabte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 93. 



Bamphastos pisdvorus Sclatbk, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 824 (Vera Paz, Guatemala; 

 Jalapa, Mex.). 



(?) Eamphastos mrinatus Swainson, Zool. lUustr., ser. 1, i, no. 8, May, 1821, pi. 

 45 and text (locality unknown; based on a bill, and a sketch by an unknown 

 artist; also, largely, on Edwards). 



Ramphastos carinatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1834, 73 (Mexico); Mon. 

 Ramphastidse, ed. 1, 1834, pi. 7; ed. 2, 1854, pi. 2. — Sturm, ed. Gould's 

 Mon. Ramph., pt. iii, 1842, pi. 2. — Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, 

 108 (Mexico).— ScLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 308 (Cordova, Vera 



o Five specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



TaU. 



Cul- 

 men. 



Tarsus. 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



MAXES. 



Siz adult males from State of Vera Cruz 



One adult male from State of Oaxaca 



Two adult males from British Honduras 



One adult male from Guatemala (Los Amates, Yzabal) 



rEMALBS. 



One adult female from Fuebla 



Two adult females from Vera Cruz 



One adult female from British Honduras 



One adult female from Guatemala (Los Amates) 



213.2 



207 



206.5 



187 



212 

 206 

 202 

 195.5 



169.5 

 159 

 162.5 

 147.5 



168.5 

 159 



158 

 145.5 



156.7 

 147 

 141 

 133.5 



137 

 138 

 123 

 121 



49.7 

 47 

 47.5 

 SO 



48.7 

 43.5 



45 



37.6 

 34 

 33.5 

 34. S 



35. 7 

 37.6 



Specimens from Guatemala and British. Honduras are intermediate in coloration 

 between those from Mexico and R. p. brevicarinatus, most of them having the red 

 jugular band distinctly indicated. They seem to be nearer the northern form, how- 

 ever, than to the southern one. 



