. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 472 XORTII AMERICAN BIRDS. Geococcyx californianus, Raird. FAISANO; ROAD-BTTNNEB; CHAFABBAL COCK. Saurothera ailiJ'unuaiKi, Lksson, Compli'in. liiitl'. VI, 1829, 420. — Botta, Ann. di". Muh. 1835, r21, 1)1. ((/ii|m St. to .San Kriuicisco). ( curinjalii, Waolkh, Isis, V, 1831, 524. Siiuriilhrra Imlht: (), , Tiiiitu dOrn. I, 1831, 145. Jlii>loj)tcriiii I'lnlifiis {IacIiT.) IJciIK, Isis, 1831, 541 (no dcsi'iiption). (feocoecin- iiiaticun, llAi.


. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 472 XORTII AMERICAN BIRDS. Geococcyx californianus, Raird. FAISANO; ROAD-BTTNNEB; CHAFABBAL COCK. Saurothera ailiJ'unuaiKi, Lksson, Compli'in. liiitl'. VI, 1829, 420. — Botta, Ann. di". Muh. 1835, r21, 1)1. ((/ii|m St. to .San Kriuicisco). ( curinjalii, Waolkh, Isis, V, 1831, 524. Siiuriilhrra Imlht: (), , Tiiiitu dOrn. I, 1831, 145. Jlii>loj)tcriiii I'lnlifiis {IacIiT.) IJciIK, Isis, 1831, 541 (no dcsi'iiption). (feocoecin- iiiaticun, , Kcv. Zoiil. 1844, 215. — ,, I'r. A. X. Sc. Ill, .Inly, 1847, 234.— Bos. ("onsp. 1850, 97. — In. Consji. Zyj,'o(I. in Atrii. Itiil. , 5. — lIi;!, J. A. N. .Sc. I'll. 2il sciii's, II, 1853, 270. — XKWiiKKltS Zoiil. ( al. and Oirgon Kontc, 91, r. 1!. 1!. liiji. VI, 1857. SiiKra/hn-ii iiuinjinafd, Kmv, , 1832, 991 ; tab. (li){. of Iicad anil foot). Lrp/asloiiKt hmijiciiudit, , Birds, II, 1837, 325. — CiAMnKi,, I'r. A. X. S. I, 1843, 2(13. Gcococciij' mcx-icuiiim, (Iamuki,, .). A. X. Sc ''d sciii's, I, 1849, 215 (not of ). — C'Assix, III. I, 1855, 213, jil. xxxvi. — Sclatku, fatal. 324, 18(12. — Hkkkm. X, .S', 59 (nest). Gciicocajx culi/nriiidiius, Baikd, Birds X. Am. 1858. 73. — t'oul'Kli, Orn. Ciil. I, 1870, 3(58. Sp. Char. Tail very Idmi,'; llii- lateral fcatliLMs iiiiu'li shorte-st. An erectile on the head. A hari- .skin around and lichind the eye. Li'ga very ioiijr ami stout. All the leathers of the upin'r parts uud \viuii;.s of u dull metallic olivaceous-green, broadly edged with white near the end. There , however, a tinge of black in the green along the line of white, which itself .sull'used with brown. On the neck the black pre- ponderates. The sides and inider sin-fac(! of the neck have the white feathers streaked. Otototryx eali/orniania. centrally with black, next to which


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