32 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater 



Fam. CCEREBID.E. 



16. Chlorophanes atriccqnlla (VieilL), sp. 62. 



On comparing Guatemalan specimens of this bird with others 

 from Trinidad, New Granada, the Upper Amazon, and Cayenne, 

 I do not find differences sufficient for the estabhshment of specific 

 separation. 



17. CcEREBA CARNEIPES, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 376. 

 One specimen only obtained, July 9th : a young male assuming 



the adult dress. 



Fam. TANAGRID.E. 



18. PiTYLUS POLIOGASTER, DubuS. 



Coban. 



Originally described from Guatemalan specimens, but also 

 occurring in Southern Mexico. 



19. Arremon aurantiirostris, Lafr. 

 Coban. 



20. Phoenicothraupis rubicoides (Lafr.), sp. 70. 

 Yzabal (June) ? . 



21. Chlorospingus ophthalmicus (DuBus). 

 Coban. 



22. Pyranga bidentata, Sw. 

 Volcan de Fuego, alt. 5500 ft. 



23. Ramphocelus passerinii (Bp.), sp. 76. 



This magnificent Tanager is far from uncommon about the 

 edges of the forest near Yzabal. The neighbourhood of the 

 Campo Santo seems to be a favourite locality. I know^ of no 

 bird that shows itself so brilliantly as it flies from bush to bush. 

 At Yzabal it is commonly known as the Arrozero, or Bice-bird. 

 The twenty-one birds collected at Yzabal prove, I think, that 

 the immediate coast has been comparatively neglected by col- 

 lectors, and that the series forwarded from Coban and other 

 parts of the department of Vera Paz do not include many inter- 

 esting species produced by the districts lying fui-ther eastward. 

 Of the twelve species procured at Yzabal, only three occur in a 



