314 Mr. G. C. Taylor on Birds collected 



82. Great Stone-Curlew. [(Edicnemus ?) 



I saw Stone- Curlews on the plain between La Brea and 

 Nacaome, and on the open part of the plain of Comayagua. On 

 the latter occasion I shot six from the back of my mule, and had 

 I not been pressed for time, I could easily have got more. They 

 are fine birds, and good eating, and on open ground show good 

 sport, especially to any one shooting from the saddle. By riding 

 in a circle I could always get within range. These birds resem- 

 ble (Edicnemus a-epitans of Europe, but are very much larger, 

 and on open ground are conspicuous at a considerable distance. 

 Length 21 inches. Eye large ; irides and eyelids bright yellow : 

 legs pale yellow : bill very strong and black, with base of lower 

 mandible yellow. Above the eye a black stripe; chin, breast, 

 and belly white ; under tail-coverts deep bufif ; upper surface of 

 body coloured like a Curlew ; wing-primaries dark brown, with 

 a broad bar of white across the middle feathers. I have com- 

 pared the preceding description (taken from the dead bird in 

 Honduras) with a specimen of (Edicnemus vocifer in the British 

 Museum, and with the description of the same bird given in the 

 ' Magasin de Zoologie.^ My bird seems to have been much larger 

 than (Edicnemus vocifer, and I do not think it the same. 



83. WiLSON^s Snipe. {Gallinago wilsonit) 



I saw two or three Snipes in moist places near Comayagua, 

 and have no doubt they are common in the rainy season. I shot 

 at them, but I was too much shaken by fever and ague to be 

 able to kill them. They seemed exactly similar to the European 

 bird. I have shot Snipes in England, L'eland, and Scotland, in 

 the island of Crete, in Asia, Africa, and America, and have never 

 observed any material difference in them, either in plumage, 

 size, habits, voice, or taste. 



84. American Gallinule. [Gallinula galeata.) 



Li size and appearance extremely like the English Gallinule, 

 Gallinula chlorojms. Probably common ; but I only saw them at 

 the Lake of Yojoa, where I also saw numbers of Coots [Fulica). 



85. Chestnut Jacana. {Parra gymnostoma.) 



Common in all suitable localities. I found them very plenti- 

 ful in the crater laaioon in Tigre Island and on the Lake of 



