114 Mr. G. C. Taylor on Birds collected 



24. Yellow-bellied Tyrant. {Mj/iarchus laurencii.) 

 Obtained in Tigre Island. 



25. Black-headed Long-tailed Tyrant. {Milvulus mo- 

 nachus.) 



This bird was first seen by mc on the plain of Comayagua, 

 near Langui. Afterwards I saw great numbers at Agua Azul, 

 near the Lake of Yojoa^ where I obtained several specimens, as 

 they were sitting on the tree-tops about sundown. The tail- 

 feathers of some are nearly 12 inches long, 



26. Grey-headed Long-tailed Tyrant. {Milvulus forfi- 

 catus.) 



At Langui these birds were very plentiful ; and I also saw 

 them, in fewer numbers, in other localities. The best time to 

 obtain these and all the other Fly-catchers was in the evening, 

 just before roosting-time, when they would assemble on the 

 tops of favourite trees, and remain until nearly dark. They 

 then go off into the woods. I generally observed this and the 

 preceding species on open ground not much encumbered by 

 trees or brushwood. 



27. Ground Night-runner. [Nyctidromus ?) 



I obtained two species of this genus in Tigre Island, and also 

 saw them at Comayagua. They make a great noise, and fly about 

 under the trees after insects. They are easily distinguished when 

 flying, by the white marks on their wings. Directly they pitch on 

 the ground they are invisible. One evening when I was out bird- 

 shooting in Tigre Island, perhaps half an hour before sunset, I 

 saw a great number, hunting moths over a large piece of cleared 

 ground. There must have been some hundreds of them. Their 

 pace was great, like that of the swiftest Hawks, and their flight 

 not unlike that of Swallows. All birds of this genus are very 

 difficult to skin, as their skins are very tender, and their bodies 

 are generally very fat and greasy ; they are, however, not so bad 

 in this respect as Trogons. 



28. Blue- headed Humming-bird. {Cyanomyia cyanoce- 

 phala.) 



Occasionally seen, but not common. Obtained at Siquate- 

 pcque. 



