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10. Heleodytes guttatus (Gould). 

 Yucatan Cactus Wreu. 

 Three specimens : 



a. 9 , Progreso, Feb. 4, 1904. 



b, c. Xbac (?), 1901, G. F. Gaumer. 



Although I obtained this bird at Progreso, whence it has been reported 

 several times, I have no notes on its abundance or habits. 



11. Mimus gilvus gracillis (Cabot). 



Yucatan Mockingbird. 



Maya neme, tsl-ko. " Native name ' Chico,' or ' Zenzotl. ' The name of 

 * Zenzotl ' is generally given in Mexico to all the species of Mocking-birds." — 

 Boucard, Proc, Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 439. 



One specimen, given me by Dr. Gaumer. 



I found this bird common at Progreso, but did not see it at Chichen-Itza. 



12. Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linne). 

 Blue Honey Creepei". 



One specimen : Xbac (?), 1901, G. F. Gaumer. 



Although reported from other States of Mexico and from other parts of Cen- 

 tral America, there appears to be no previous record of this bird from Yucatan. 



13. Volatinia jacarini splendens (Vieillot). 

 Blue-black Grassquit. 

 One specimen: [ J ], Xbac (?), 1901, G. F. Gaumer. 



REPTILIA, AMPHIBIA, AND PISCES. 

 By Thomas Barbour and Leon J. Cole. 



Introduction. 



The collections upon which this report is based are from the following 

 sources : First, series obtained by Mr. Leon J. Cole ; secondly, specimens 

 from Mr. Edward H. Tliorapson, received at various times ; thirdly, 

 specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology from various sources 

 other than those mentioned. 



The literature on the lower vertebrates of Yucatan is not very extensive. 

 Large collections have been made by Dr. G. F. Gaumer at various local- 

 ities, and upon these specimens, for the most part, are based the Yucatan 

 records of the Biologia Centrali-Americana. Ives, in the Proceedings of 

 the Phila. Acad, for 1891, reported on the reptiles collected by Profes.sor 

 Heilprin's party ; he described AnoJis acutirostris as new ; we record 

 this species for the second time. Cope, in several papers, has also added 



