276 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater on the 



26. PeTASOPHORA DELPHINiE, 



Coban, Vera Paz, November 1859. 



27. Heliomaster longirostris. 

 DuenaSj August 25, 1859. 



28. CoccYzus ERYTHROPHTHALMUs (Wils.) : Baird's Rep. 

 p. 77. 



Dueiias, September 2ucl, 1859. This bird I shot in a willow- 

 tree near the lake. It was alone, and the only one I have seen. 

 Don Vicente Constancia has another skin of the same species. 



29. Bubo viRGiNiANUs (Gm.). 



Duenas, August 18th, 1859, and San Geronimo. This Eagle- 

 Owl is a resident species at Duefias, and I believe throughout 

 the whole country. It is not uncommon : a favourite locality 

 near the former village being one of the hill-sides, which is in 

 most parts well covered with low trees and shrubs, and here and 

 there a rocky precipice. I have met with the bird not unfre- 

 quently during the afternoon. At all hours of the night they 

 make their proximity known by their deep cry. 



30. CoLUMBA FASCiATA, Say : Baird^s Rep. p. 597. 

 Volcan de Fuego (6000 feet) and Coban. This Pigeon is 



common in the high forests of the Volcano. 



31. Odontophorus thoracicus (Gambel) : 0. lineolatus, 

 Gould, Mon. Odont. pi. 32. 



Volcan de Fuego, August. This is perhaps the commonest 

 Ortyw found in the Volcan de Fuego, The ravines of this 

 Volcano are localities very favoured by several species of the 

 group. It is not often, however, that they are to be found 

 actually at the bottom of the hollow, where the increasing 

 shadow and height of the overhanging trees render the under- 

 growth of vegetation comparatively scanty, but most frequently 

 near the top of either side, in places where a fallen tree or a slip 

 of soil has laid bare a sunny spot. Such situations are sought 

 for by these birds to bask and sleep in, like Partridges in a 

 warm hedge-side. They are, however, true forest-birds, and arc 

 usually met with in small flocks of six or eight, probably the 

 brood of the season. 



