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savannas and wooded hollows, but soon a broad, rapid stream was crossed, and entrance 
was made into the dense forest, through which a road had to be cut, but further on 
the trees were lofty with huge buttresses at the base, and the undergrowth was not 
very thick. It was nearly dark when the river, flowing from the lake, was reached 
and the canoes launched. The current was slight, the water deep and still, and the 
banks were covered with high trees and dense forests, every bush and bough was alive 
with fire-flies, and the cries of night-hawks, coupled with the croaking of innumerable 
frogs, made no inconsiderable noise. The wind was ahead and occasionally so strong 
that the travellers were unable to proceed until it lulled, but at dawn they had 
completed twelve miles and had reached their destination. ‘Two days were spent at 
Agua Azul, so called from the colour of the deep spring which rises near the ‘hacienda’ 
and flows into the lake. Numerous interesting birds were seen among the reeds and 
alligators (Crocodilus americanus) were not uncommon, while every tree and blade of 
grass swarmed with ‘garrapatas.’ Leaving the lake, which was surrounded by high 
mountains, the journey was made principally over savannas and open ground to the 
town of Yojoa, and vid Potrerillos to the Atlantic. In the forest the route lay for 
miles through vistas of palm trees and bamboos, which shaded the path with their 
feathery branches, but unfortunately prevented the deep mud-holes from drying up. 
After leaving San Pedro, where brown monkeys with white faces were seen, a high 
range of mountains was crossed and Omoa reached on February 14th. 
G. C. Taylor enumerates one hundred species of birds, and G. M. Whitely sub- 
sequently sent us a collection of 135 species from the same country. These were 
named by Salvin and a list of them published in the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological 
Society’ for 1870, pp, 835-839. Whitely’s skins (520) were obtained in 1869 in 
the vicinity of Puerto Caballo (Cortes) *, Julian, Medina, and San Pedro. The three 
last named places are situated in the low forest-lands on the Chamelicon River; San 
Pedro, the farthest inland, is not more than 30 miles from Puerto Caballo, now the 
Atlantic terminus of an incompleted inter-oceanic railway. 
After examining the collection carefully, it became apparent that the Ornithology 
of this part of Honduras scarcely differs from that of the thoroughly explored iowlands 
of Vera Paz. 
GUATEMALA. 
Guatemala is coterminous on the north and west with Mexico, the flat low lying 
peninsula of Yucatan extends to the north-east, British Honduras, the Caribbean 
Sea, and the Republics of Honduras and Salvador are on the east and south-east, 
while on the south-west lies the Pacific Ocean. The greater part of the country is 
* Often confused with Puerto Cabello in Venezuela. 
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