226 Mr. G. C. Taylor on Birds collected 



with dark brown; fourth primary longest; tail-feathers black, 

 with three broad bai's of white ; legs feathered to the knees. 



62. American Kestrel. {Tinnunculus sparverius.) 



Very abundant, and so tame that it may frequently be ap- 

 proached within a few^ feet. 



63. Little Owl. [Glaucidium infuscatum.) 



I never observed this species myself; but Mr. Edwards ob- 

 tained several specimens after I had left the country. He shot 

 one near Comayagua while in the act of eating a small lizard. 



64 Scops Owl. {Scups ?) 



I found this bird tolerably abundant in Tigre Island, but did 

 not observe it anywhere else. 



The preceding are all the Raptores I shot in Honduras. I 

 saw some very large powerful Hawks, apparently of a light 

 colour below, with dark heads, soaring at a considerable height, 

 near San Pedro. A large Hawk of a dark lead-colour was 

 frequently seen, possibly Bnteo aquinoctialis. This last species 

 was generally sitting perfectly still on the branch of a tree. 

 Having no spare time to skin so large a bird, I did not even 

 shoot a specimen, which I might easily have done, as they 

 were tame, like most of the birds in the country, owing to their 

 being so seldom molested. On two or three occasions I saw 

 what appeared to be very small Falcons with light-coloured 

 breasts — smaller than Tinnunculus sparverius. I shot twice at 

 them when sitting on the top of very lofty trees ; but owing to 

 their small size, and the great distance, I was not able to obtain 

 a specimen. I never saw an Osprcy [Pandion] in Honduras; 

 but when I was on board a steamer, on the south coast of Cuba, 

 going from Cienfuegos to Batavano, an Osprey alighted on the 

 mast-head, and was shot by one of the passengers. It was a very 

 fine specimen. 



65. Red Pigeon. {Columba flavirostris.) 



Not uncommon on Tigre Island ; but I did not notice it in 

 the interior. They are fine handsome birds. Length 13 inches. 

 Bill white ; cere reddish ; irides yellowish-brown ; head, neck, 

 and breast pale claret colour; chin whitish; back and wings 

 brownish-grey ; belly and rump bluish-grey ; a patch of the 



