or observed in the Republic of Honduras, ^c. 113 



19. Green AND Yellow Jay. {Cyanocorax guatemalensis.) 

 Several specimens were obtained by Mr. Edwards after I left 



the country. 



20. Crested Blue Jay; [Crjanurus gubernatrix.) 

 Plentiful in Tigre Island, and all the way from the Pacific 



coast to the mountains north of the plain of Comayagua, after 

 passing which I saw no more of them; their place and duties 

 being then taken up by the Brown Jay {Psilorhinus morio). 

 They were a continual nuisance, being omnipi'csent, and posi- 

 tively haunting our path. Every bough was full of them, 

 eternally shrieking and chattering. As we rode along they fol- 

 lowed us, from tree to tree, until we reached another troop of 

 them, who in their turn would take up the pursuit. When out 

 shooting, they would pursue me in the same way, flying over my 

 head and betraying ray presence by their chattering. The birds 

 in Honduras are seldom shot at, and consequently are not wary ; 

 otherwise these Jays would have effectually put them on their 

 guard. 



The squeak of a penny trumpet, which I often carried in my 

 pocket, would quickly assemble dozens of them from the recesses 

 of the woods, even if, at the time I sounded it, there were none 

 within my sight or hearing. 



21. Brown Jay. {Psilorhinus morio.) 



This Jay was first seen at Taulevi, and thence to the Atlantic 

 was very common, generally to be seen or heard shrieking in 

 the bushes by the road-side ; but the experiment of the penny 

 whistle was not equally successful with them. From the time 

 they were first met with, I never saw one of the preceding species. 

 I regret I had not time to preserve the skin of one of them. 



22. The Mexican Large- billed Tyrant. {Scaphorhyncus 

 mexicanus.) 



I did not observe this bird before I got to Taulevi ; but after- 

 wards it was not uncommon. 



23. Grey Tyrant. {Ty r annus inelanc ho licus.) 



Common ; usually to be seen in the evening, sitting on the 

 tree-tops and facing the wind. 



