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112- *Dives dives (Lichtenstein). 

 Pueblo Blackbird. 



Maya name, pits. "Native name ' Pich ' (pronounced 'peach')" — 

 Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Load., 1883, p. 446. 

 One specimen : ^, March 23, 1904. 

 Rather common about the hacienda. 



113 Megaquiscalus major macrourus (Swainson) 



Great-tailed Grackle. 



Maya name, qaaii. "Native name ' Sacoa.' The female is considered by 

 the natives another species and is called 'Socao,' instead of ' Sacoa.' " — 

 Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 446. 



One specimen: 9i April 1, 1904. 



114 *Tangavius aeneus involucratus (Lesson) 



Callothrus robustus (Cab.). Chapman, Bull Amer. Mas. Nat. Hist., 1896, 8, p. 280. 



Red-eyed Cowbird. 



Maya name, olv. From call note. 



One specimen : ^, March 4, 1904. 



Abundant in the corrals, where they could often be seen climbing over the 

 cattle, horses, and pigs in search of ticks. They sometimes sustain themselves 

 suspended on the wing for a moment or so while they pick ticks from the 

 legs or bellies of the cattle. 



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115. *Ainblycercus holosericeus (Lichtenstein). 



Prevost's Cacique. 



One specimen : Chichen-Itza, 189-, E. H. Thompson. 



Chapman gives this species as tolerably common in and about the borders 

 of the cornfields or milpas. I did not observe the bird, and the only specimen 

 from Chichen I have examined is that recorded above. 



TANAGRIDAE 



116. Phoenicothraupis salvini peninsularis Ridgway 



Yucatan Ant Tanager. 

 Maya name, ha-ka-lar'. 

 Three specimens : 



a. (^, March 9, 1904. 



b. [9], March 9, 1904. 



c. Chichen-Itza, 189- E. H. Thompson. 



117. [*Phoenicothraupis rubica nelsoni Ridgwat. 



Rosy Ant Tanager. 



Phoenicothraupis rubicoides (Lafr.). Chapman, Bull Amer. Mas Nat Hist., 

 1896, 8, p. 279.] 



