188 Mr. 0. Salvin on the Ornithology of Guatemala. 



XVIII. — A further Contribution to the Ornithology of Guate- 

 mala. By OsBERT Salvin, M.A., F.L.S, &c. 



As a number of species of Birds were obtained by Mr. Godman 

 and myself during our visit to Guatemala which are not included 

 in the papers on the ornithology of that country, published by 

 Mr. Sclater and myself in the earlier volumes of this Journal, I 

 now propose to give a list of these additions ; and at the same 

 time I take the opportunity of bringing into the same uniform 

 plan all the species incidentally mentioned by me in other 

 papers referring to the ornithology of Guatemala (Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 373, and 1865, p. 187). I also append a series of correc- 

 tions to former lists, both of nomenclature and distribution, 

 which further observations have brought to light. 



I am now acquainted with 613 species of birds that inhabit the 

 country included within the limits prescribed in our first paper. 

 Of these, all but about 31 have come under our personal notice, 

 either from our own observations or from having been procured 

 for us by collectors sent to obtain specimens from particular 

 localities. Our own observations have extended over the greater 

 portion of the country. A small collection was made at Belize, 

 and on each occasion at Yzabal, twice by myself alone, and 

 twice in company with Mr. Godman. I have traversed the 

 road to Guatemala four times, and each time collected a few 

 specimens. I by myself, as well as with Mr. Godman, made 

 considerable collections at Duenas in the uplands of Guatemala, 

 where very large additions were amassed for us by Mr. Wyld and 

 his family while we were away in other parts. These include 

 a large number from the Volcan de Fuego and the upper sec- 

 tion of the Pacific coast-region, both of which are easily reached 

 from Duenas. We both, on separate occasions, collected at 

 Escuintla. After Mr. Godman left, I passed through the Altos^ 

 starting from Vera Paz, staying at Totonicapam, Quezaltenango, 

 and other places, and also made two expeditions to the Costa 

 Grande, staying, during the first, at Retaluleu. The second I 

 devoted to the lagoons of the coast, and the series of small 

 lakes at Huamuchal, close to the frontiers of Soconusco. I also 

 obtained a few specimens from San Jose, the Pacific roadstead 



