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ing in open meadows. The birds were said to be of regular occur- 

 rence there. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE 



CAPELLA DELICATA (Ord) : Wilson's Snipe 



Scolopax delicata Obd, in reprint of Wilson's American ornithology, vol. 9, 1825, 

 p. ccxviii (Pennsylvania). 



In a marshy meadow at 9,500 feet near Sierra Santa Elena one 

 flushed November 17. On November 20 one was taken here from 

 eight or ten that were seen. Another was observed on November 23, 

 and on the following day at Desconsuelo one rose from a little 

 cienaga at 10,200 feet. 



ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus) : Spotted Sandpiper 



Tringa macularia Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 

 (Pennsylvania). 



Several were seen on November 11 along the Rio Panajachel above 

 the town, and on the following day along the shore of Lake Atitlan. 

 On December 4 they were common along the beaches at Puerto Cortez. 



Family LARIDAE 



LARUS ATRICILLA Linnaeus: Laughing: Gull 



Larus Atricilla Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 136 (Bahamas). 

 Many were seen in the harbor at Puerto Barrios, December 4. 



Family COLUMBIDAE 



COLUMBA FASCIATA FASCIATA Say: Band-tailed Pigeon 



Columba fasciata Say, in Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, vol. 2, 1823, 

 p. 10 (Plum Creek, near Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colo.). 



One was seen at 9,500 feet near Sierra Santa Elena on November 21. 

 Above Los Encuentros a dozen circled over open hills on November 24. 



ZENAIDURA MACROITWA MARGINELLA (Woodhouse) : Western Mourning Dove 



Ectopistes marginellus Woodhous,, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Philadelphia, vol. 6, 1852, 

 p. 104 (Cross Timbers, north fork of the Canadian River, Oklahoma). 



Two females collected, one at 4,800 feet elevation at the west base of 

 Volcan de Agua near Alotenango on November 5, and one at 5,700 feet 

 altitude at La Alameda near Chimaltenango November 7, are both 

 typical examples of the western race margmella. Whether the eastern 

 form figures anions; other sisrht records is uncertain. 



