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Coccyzus cayanus (not Cuculus cayanus Linnaeus) Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1837, 115 (Guatemala). 



Piaya cayana Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 33 (JucMtan and 

 Barrio, Oaxaca).— Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 454 (Yucatan, 

 habits).— Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 162 (Jalapa, Vera 

 Cruz).— Salvin, Ibis, 1889, 372 (Meco, Mugeres, and Holbox Islands, Yuca- 

 tan) —Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890, 206 (Ticul, Yucatan).— 

 Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xix, 1891, 373, part (Tampico, Tamaulipas; 

 Valles, San. Luis Potosi; Misantla, Coatepec, Cofre de Perote, San Lorenzo, 

 Playa Vicente, Jalapa, Orizaba, and Atoyac, Vera Cruz; Teapa, Tabasco; 

 Tonala, Chiapas; Tabi, Peto, Buctzotz, Temax, Merida, Izalam, Meco I., 

 Mugeres I., and Holbox I., Yucatan; Belize, etc., British Honduras; Retal- 

 huleu, Duefias, Yzabal, Coban, Cajabon, Chisec, and San Geronimo, Guate- 

 mala; San Pedro, Honduras; Chontales, Nicaragua; Angostura, Bebedero, 

 and Tucurriqui, Costa Rica Castillo, Chepo, Paraiso, and Panama, 

 Panama). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1896, 528, part 

 (Tampico, Tamaulipas; Misantla, Jalapa, Cofre de Perote, Coatepec, 

 Cordova, San Lorenzo, Orizaba, and Atoyac, Vera Cruz; Chihuatan and 

 Barrio, Oaxaca; Tonala, Chiapas; Teapa, Tabasco; Peto, Izalam, Temax, 

 Merida, etc., Yucatan; British Honduras; Peten, Coban, Yzabal, Chisec, 

 Cajabon, San Geronimo, Duefias, and Retalhuleu, Guatemala; La Libertad; 

 Salvador; Omoa, Truxillo, San Pedro, Comayagua, and Rio Segovia, Hon- 

 duras; Chontales, Leon, Chinandega, San Juan del Sur, Sucuya, Rio Escon- 

 dido, and Bluefields, Nicaragua; San Jose, Angostura, Irazu, La Palma de 

 Nicoya, Alajuela, Liberia, Cartago, and Jimenez, Costa Rica; David, Castillo, 

 Calovevora, and Lion Hill, Panama). — Salvadori and Festa, Boll. Mus. 

 Zool., etc., Torino, xiv, 1899, no. 339, 8 (Punta de Sabana, Panama). 



[Piaya] cayana Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 108, part (Mexico; 

 Central America). — Forbes and Robinson, Bull. Liverpool Mus., i, no. 2, 

 1898, 43, part (Tehauntepec, Oaxaca; Tactic, Guatemala; Honduras). — 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 169 (Mexico to Panama). 



Piaya mexicana (not Cuculus mexicanus Swainson) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1856, 308 (Cordova, Vera Cruz; crit.); 1858, 359 (Comayagua, Hon- 

 duras). — Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 60 (Peten, Guatemala; Omoa, 

 Honduras). — Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 133 (Lake Peten, Guatemala; 

 Omoa, Honduras). 



Piaya mehleri (not of Bonaparte, 1850?) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860, 285 

 (Mexico; Guatemala); (?) 1864, 177 (vicinity of City of Mexico); Cat. Am. 

 Birds, 1862, 322 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz; Guatemala).— Salvin, 1872, 323 (Chon- 

 tales, Nicaragua); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 156 (David, Chiriqui, 

 Panama; crit.); 1870, 211 (Castillo and Calovevora, Veragua, Panama). — 

 Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 280 (Mosquito Coast, 

 Nicaragua). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 128 (San Josd and 

 Angostura, Costa Rica) ; ix, 1869, 205 (Merida, Yucatan). — Frantzius, Journ. 

 fur Orn., 1869, 361 (Costa Rica).— Boucard, Liste Ois. recol. Guat., 1878, 

 25; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 48 (San Jos6, Costa Rica).— Zeledon, 

 Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 22. 



(?) P[iaya] mehleri Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 110 (Bogota, Colombia; coll. 

 Mus. Leyden). 



Piaya cayana mehleri Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, Sept. 12, 1882, 401 

 (La Palma de Nicoya, Costa Rica; habits); vi, 1883, 376 (San Juan del Sur, 

 Nicaragua), 388 (Sucuya, Nicaragua). — Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 

 1883, 498 (Volcan de Irazu; notes).— Zeled6n, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 

 1885, 110 (Costa Rica); Anal. Mus. Nac. CoBta Rica, i, 1887, 123 (San Jose, 

 Alajuela, Liberia, Cartago, and Jimenez, Costa Rica). — Cherrie, Auk, ix, 



