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186 BULLETIN 133, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
have come from Mexico, and a female shot in June, 1871, in Eio
Negro. Since the description is that of Notioenas maculosa the type
should be restricted to the second specimen as is done here, and the
specimen said to have come from Mexico if (as seems from what
Schlegel has written) this species, considered as bearing an erroneous
locality.
The present subspecies was recorded December 28, 1920, at Victorica,
Pampa, in fair numbers, and an adult male was taken. The
birds at this season were in pairs that ranged through the open
monte. During the heat of the day they rested on the broad limbs of
calden or algarroba trees where they found comfortable perches well
shaded from the intense rays of the sun. At evening they came to
drink from a water hole near town. When approached they flushed
with loudly clapping wings and darted swiftly away. As I passed
a tree containing a large hollow, I heard a strange growling call
in a low tone that I attributed to the young of some monte cat. On
investigation I found nothing in the hollow, though I noted that a
pair of spotted-winged pigeons flushed from the tree, a circumstance
to Avhich I paid no attention until later when a wounded
pigeon in my hand uttered the same queer call.
The male secured, when first killed, had the bill dull black; iris
slightly darker than pearl gray ; tarsus and toes neutral red ; claws
Ml fl P K
Order CUCULIFORMES
Family CUCULIDAE
CROTOPHAGA ANI Linnaeus
Crotopliaga ani Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 105. (East-
ern Brazil.'*)
At Las Palmas, Chaco, the ani was fairly common and a male was
taken on July 19, 1920. Others were recorded July 22 and 24. Several
were seen at Formosa, Formosa, August 24, and on September
30 a male and a female were shot from a flock of a dozen on the
Paraguay River at Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay. In Guarani the
species is known as ano-i or little ano, so that the name ani is perhaps
a contraction of this term.
The three taken seem to offer no tangible differences from specimens
from the northern range of the species.
GUIRA GUIRA (Gmelin)
Cticulus guira Gmeilin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 414. (Brazil.)
In a small series of specimens from Paraguay, Uruguay, and the
following Provinces and Territories of Argentina, namely, Buenos
=58 See Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, April, 1902, p. 98, and Hellmayr
Nov. Zool., vol. 12, September, 1905, p. 299.