cole: aves from yucatan. 115 



seeds) ; 1 capsule Tragia nepetaefolia (with ripe seeds) ; 7 seeds Croton species ; 

 54 seeds Croton species; 3 unknown species of seeds (one seed each). 



" 1 bit of leaf of Peperomia species ; 1 whole wasp. 



" The following verbenaceous species : 1 seed Tamonea scabra; 4 seeds S^ac/iy- 

 tarp/ieta jamaicensis ; 1 nutlet, unknown species. 



" 1 fruiting calyx of some unknown mint ; 4 capsules containing 2 seeds of 

 Henrya costata ; 24 seeds of some unknown acanthaceous species ; 3 seeds of 

 Cedrela ororata ; 1 ripe fruit Morinda roioc ; 6 seeds some unknown euphor- 

 biaceous plant; 5 seeds some unknown legume ; 4 seeds Heliotropium indicum." 



CRACIDAE. 

 2. *Ortalis vetula pallidiventris » Ridgwat. 



Yucatan Chachalacca. 



Maya name, haats. 



One specimen : 9> March 15, 1904. 



Chapman mentions hearing these birds calling only iu the morning. I heard 

 them more often just at dusk, and only once, when the sky was overcast just 

 before a shower, did I hear one in the middle of the day. 



A native in Progreso, the proprietor of a chocolate shop, had two of these 

 birds alive about his place. They were as tame as domestic fowls, and ate 

 bread, cakes, and similar food. I succeeded in purchasing these two birds, 

 intending to take them to the New York Zoological Park, but unfortunately 

 only one of them lived to reach there. 



MELEAGRIDAE. 

 3. *Agriochans ocellata (Cdvier). 



Ocellated Turkey. 



Maya name, kiu. 



One specimen: $, March 30, 1904. 



Not infrequently brought in by the Indians, who cook it as they do most of 

 their meat. They place it in a hole in the ground where they have had a tire, 

 and cover it over with banana leaves, then with palm leaves and earth. Even 

 M'hen thus cooked the flesh is delicious. 



ODONTOPHORIDAE. 



4. * Eupsychortyx nigrogularis f Gould). 

 Colinus nigrogularis (Gould). Cliapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1896, 8, p. 289. 

 Yucatan P)ob-white. 

 Maya name, bets. 

 Two specimens: 



a. J, March 4, 1904. 



b. 9 , Progreso, Feb. 8, 1904. 



^ All species recorded from Chichen-Itza in Chapman's list are preceded by an 

 asterisk. 



