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mainly on fruit. The irides of the male from San Jose" were red, 

 those of all the others were orange; bare ocular area and legs burnt 

 carmine; bill black. 



29. Leptotila plumbeiceps (Sclater and Salviri). 



One specimen was taken at Los Amates by Messrs. Heller and 

 Barber. None were seen by the writer. Iris lemon. 



30. Scardafella inca (Lesson). 



Inca doves were found to be as much a part of village life in El 

 Rancho and Gualan as English sparrows are at home. They are 

 such graceful, dainty little birds that it is to be hoped the time will 

 never come when the sparrows, which have neither manners nor 

 grace, will dispossess them. One was secured at Gualan and another 

 at El Rancho. None were noticed in the tierra caliente or in the 

 mountains. The female had orange irides, while those of the male 

 were red. Feet flesh color; bill pale at base and black at tip. 



31. Chaemepelia passerina pallescens (Baird). 



Four specimens were obtained, two at Gualan and two at Lake 

 Atitlan. It is an abundant species generally distributed. Iris Chi- 

 nese orange; bill burnt carmine. 



32. Chaemepelia minuta (Linnaeus). 



A female of this species, taken near Los Amates, was the only 

 individual known to have been seen. Iris red; bill pale horn; feet 

 flesh color. 



33. Chaemepelia rufipennis (Bonaparte). 



Rufus-winged doves were found only at comparatively low 

 altitudes. A pair was taken at Los Amates and one at San Jose*. 

 Iris red; bill pale horn; feet flesh color. 



Family Catharticlae. 



34. Qypagus papa (LinncBus). 



At Los Amates six or eight king vultures came down to assist 

 the village pack of black vultures in disposing of a cow that had 

 died on an island in the Motagua river. Unlike the black vultures, 



