110 Mr. G. C. Taylor on Birds collected 



others have fullcu on their route from Tartary is of course most 

 probable ; it is to be hoped that they may have passed into the 

 hands of ornithologists, and that the facts may be made known. 



Liverpool Free Public and Derby Museum, 

 September 14, 1859. 



XII. — On Birds collected or observed in the Republic of Honduras, 

 with a short Account of a Journey across that country from 

 the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean^. By George Cavendish 

 Taylor, F.R.G.S. Part II. 



[Continued from page 24.] 



1. Honduras MocKiNG-KiRD. {Mimus gracilis.) 



I did not observe Mocking-birds anywhere except on the plain 

 of Comayagua. They were very pugnacious, and drove all other 

 birds away from their vicinity. 



2. Blue Bird. {Sialia wilsoni.) 



Blue-birds were common among the pine-trees, on the high 

 ridges, throvighout the line of country we traversed. 



3. Hooded Warbler. {Myiodioctes mitratus.) 



The only one seen was in an orange-grove adjoining the town 

 of Comayagua. 



4. Painted Fly-snapper. [Setophaga jncta.) 



This bird was obtained by Mr. Edwards near Comayagua. 



5. Dominican Purple Martin. [Progne dominicensis.) 

 Swallows were common, especially at Comayagua and in the 



neighbourhood of churches. 



I shot one on the wing, while standing in the Plaza, in front 

 of the Cathedral in Comayagua, to the great astonishment of 

 many of the inhabitants, who had evidently never before seen 

 anything shot while in motion. It measured 7 inches in length 

 and 13| in extent. Eyes dark ; beak, legs, feet, and claws black ; 

 chin and throat grey ; under surface of body white ; whole 



* The scientific names used in this list are those ado])ted in Messrs. 

 Sclater and Salvin's article on the Ornithology of Central America, in 

 • The Ibis.' 1859. 



