196 Mr. 0. Salvin on the Ornithology of Gvatemala. 



nouli. They were shot near Masatenango, in the Costa Grande 

 of the Pacific side. 



45. Brachyotus cassini, Brewer. 



A fevv days before leaving Guatemala, some Indians brought 

 two specimens of the American Short-eared Owl. They said 

 they had shot them amongst some long grass {pajal) on the 

 slope of the Volcan de Agua. 



46. Mycteria AMERICANA (Linn.). 



I believe this magnificent Stork occurs nowhere but in the 

 neighbourhood of the half-dry, brackish lakes of Huamuchal. It 

 is not common, and is only occasionally met with. I obtained 

 but two specimens {vide Ibis, 1865, p. 197). 



47. Demiegretta ludoviciana (Wils.): Baird, Birds N. A. 

 p. 663 ; Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 192. 



Louisiana Herons are common about the lagoons that line the 

 whole Pacific coast of Guatemala. I never observed the species 

 far inland. 



48. Demiegretta pealii (Bp.) : Baird, Birds N. A. p. 661 ; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 192. 



This species is generally, but not commonly, met with on the 

 muddy flats surrounding the salt pools of Chiapam. 



49. Demiegretta rufa (Bodd.) : Baird, Birds N. A. p. 662. 

 This Heron is found in the same localities as the preceding 



species, but is certainly more abundant. 



50. Botaurus lentiginosus (Mont.) 

 Duefias and Coban. 



51. Ardetta exilis (Gm.). 

 Duenas and Coban. 



52. Squatarola helvetica (Linn.) : Baird, Birds N. A. 

 p. 697 ; Salv., Ibis, 1865, p. 190. 



This almost universally distributed species occurs on the sandy 

 flats of Chiapam, and is usually seen in company with the flocks 

 of Trinc/ce, and the like. 



53. ^gialites nivosus, Cassin ? : Baird, Birds N. A. p. 696. 

 We possess a single specimen of a Ring-Plover collected by 



