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in 1841; and two specimens sent to the Brussels Museum were described, and one of 
them figured, by DuBus in one of the parts of his unfinished ‘ Esquisses Ornitholo- 
giques,’ published in 1846 1. 
For some time subsequent to that date C. larvata remained a very rare bird, though 
Dyson found it in Honduras, and specimens of his passed into the collection of the 
British Museum?. In 1847 Lafresnaye described the southern bird, from specimens 
obtained by Delattre, as Aglaia fanny }°, a name subsequently changed into francescw 
by Mr. Sclater 18, It is not accurately known where Delattre’s specimens came from ; 
but it has been said from Colombia. This may well be; for we now know, from skins 
sent by Salmon from Remedios in the State of Antioquia, that C. /arvata does pass into 
the South-American continent ®. 
In Guatemala C. larvata is by no means a xare bird in the forest-districts of Vera 
Paz up toan elevation of about 1500 feet. We here obtained several specimens in 1862, 
and in the same districts our native hunters secure a considerable number. In 1859 
Salvin met with it in the month of June in the forest in the outskirts of the village of 
Yzabal, on the lake of the same name. ‘The birds were usually seen in the open parts 
of the forest, flying about, and hopping from tree to tree in pairs. ‘Their cry was 
feeble, and rather like that of some Finch °. 
Throughout the rest of Central America Calliste larvata occurs in most of the suitable 
localities; but it must be observed that it appears to restrict its range to the forests of 
the Atlantic, or eastern side of the country, until we reach the State of Panama. 
Tabasco, where it was originally discovered, seems to be the northern limit of its range, 
as it has never been met with by any of the energetic collectors who have worked in 
Southern Mexico. 
M‘Leannan states that this species builds in a large species of prickly palm . 
Note.—The following species of Calliste have been attributed to Mexico, but there is 
every reason to suppose that they do not occur there :— 
, Calliste mexicana (L.), now known as a Guiana species, and the name mexicana 
being erroneous, the bird passes under that of C. flaviventris (Vieill.) (cf. Scl. Mon. 
Call. p. 63). 
Calliste arthusi, Less., Bp. Consp. i. p. 235. Mexico. 
This is a purely Venezuelan species. 
Calliste chrysotis, DuBus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 236. Mexico. 
A species of Ecuador and Peru. 
BUTHRAUPIS. 
Buthraupis, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 29 (1850). 
Only one of the six species contained in this genus occurs within our region, where 
it is restricted to the higher mountain-region of the State of Panama, never having been 
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