530 FROCEEIDaisGS OF THE NATIO'l^lAiL MUSEfUM vol.89 



Family PHAETHONTIDAE 



PHAETHON LEPTURUS CATESBYI Brandt: Yellow-billed Tropic-bird 



PJiaethon cateshyi Brandt, Bull. Scl. Acad. Imp. St. P^tersbourg, vol. 4, 1838, 

 col. 98 (Bermuda). 



On December 5, as our ship came out of the inner bay at Puerto 

 Barrios, three of these tropic-birds were observed diving from the 

 wing into the water. Griscom does not inchide this species in his 

 list of the birds at Guatemala. 



Family FREGATIDAE 



FREGATA MAGNIFICENS ROTHSCHILDI Mathews 



Fregata minor rothschildi Mathews, Birds of Australia, vol. 4, 1915, p. 280 

 (Aruba, Dutch West Indies). 



A number were flying over the harbor at Puerto Barrios on 

 December 4. 



Family ARDEIDAE 



ARDEA HERODIAS Linnaeus: Great Blue Heron 



Ardea Herodias Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 143 (Hudson 

 Bay). 



One was recorded on Lake Atitlan November 12. While it may 

 have been the typical form, as recorded by Griscom, there is no cer- 

 tainty of this as the bird was seen only at a distance. 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS (Linnaeus) 



Ardea virescens Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 144 (South 

 Carolina ) . 



Green herons were seen occasionally along the shore near the hotel 

 at Lake Atitlan from November 10 to 12. 



Family CATHARTIDAE 



CORAGYPS ATRATUS (Bechstein) 



Vultur atratus Bex^hstein, Allg. Uebers., Vogel, vol. 1, Anhang, 179'3, p. 655 

 (Florida). 



Wliile most abundant in the tropical lowlands from Puerto Bar- 

 rios inland, where I saw them October 25 and December 3 and 4, 

 zopilotes were common over the plateau region. At Antigua the 

 birds were fairly numerous and came to rest in evening on the walls 



