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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Secondaries and outer vanes of prima- 

 ries near base, dark blue; primaries with 

 outer vanes alonf? distal half and at tips 

 edged with dark green; inner webs of 

 primaries brown. 



Exposed under surface of primaries 

 and secondaries dull blue. 



Lower parts, back to crissum, dingy 

 blue with a dull greenish wash; blue 

 brightest on abdomen, and contrasting 

 abruptly with green of crissum. 



Crissum rich dark green. 



Secondaries and outer vanes of inner 

 primaries dark blue ; rest of outer vaiico 

 and tips of primaries dark green ; inner 

 webs of primaries brown. 



Exposed under surface of primaries 

 and secondaries dull bluish green. 



Lower parts, back to crissum, dull 

 green, richest on abdomen and shading 

 insensibly into color of crissum. 



Crissum brighter green. 



Description of rsittacula insularis, 9 o.^., \ Description of rsittacnla cyanopyga, $ ad., 

 Maria Madre, May, 1897. from Tepic, Mexico, April, 1S97. 



Entire dorsal surface dingy green; 

 brightest on sides of head, forehead, 

 rump, and upper tail coverts, with a dull 

 bluish shade on middle of back and 

 wings. 



Lower surface dull green, back to 

 crissum; the latter brighter green. 



Dorsal surface dark green; brightest 

 on forehead, rump, and upper tail coverts, 

 with an olive shade on middle of back 

 and Avings. 



Lower surface nearly uniform light 

 green, with a yellowish shade; crissum 

 nearly the same. 



Average measurements of rsittacnla insularis and P. cyanopyga. 



Name. 



Locality. 



Sex. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 speci- 

 mens. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Cul- 

 meu. 



Tarsus. 



Psittacula insularis 



Psittacula insularis 



Psittacula cyanopyga. . 

 Psittacula cyanopyga. . 



Maria Madro Island 







Tepic and Jalisco 



do 



ad. S 

 ad. 9 

 ad. d 

 ad. 9 



6 

 2 

 3 

 4 



91.8 

 91.5 

 90. G 

 89.2 



45.8 

 4G.5 

 45. G 

 41.5 



13.9 

 13.5 

 12.8 

 13.1 



12.9 

 13 



13.1 

 12.7 



Coccyzus minor (Gmel.) Mangrove Cuckoo. 



This bird is rather common among the mangroves and other trees 

 bordering the salt lagoons near San Bias. A single specimen was 

 taken on May 8 near the shore of Maria Madre, but no others were 

 seen, and it probably occurs there only as a straggler. 



Trogon ambiguiis goldmani Nelson. Goldman's Trogon. 



Trogon amhignns Grayson Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., XI^', p. 272, 1871 ; Lawr., 



Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., II, p. 290, 1874 (part). 

 Trogon' ambiguHS goldmani Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, p. 8, 1898. 



Goklman's trogon was common in the more heavily wooded parts of 

 Maria Madre and Maria Magdalena, and occurs no doubt on the less 

 heavily wooded Cleofa. On Maria Madre they were found from the coast 

 up nearly to the summit in suitable timber and especially along the sides 

 and bottoms of heavily wooded canyons. Their habits were similar 

 to those of the mainland bird. They sit quietly for a time on a branch 



