402 Dr. G. Bennett on a new Cassowary. 



47. COLUMBA ? 



Choctum. A single specimen of a Pigeon, probably referable 

 to Columba vinacea, Temm. 



48. Leptoptila rufaxilla. 



Both these Pigeons are also from the hot districts. 



49. Platalea ajaja, Linn. N. A. 



Soon after I left Guatemala in 1858, a Rosy Spoonbill was 

 killed by an Indian near the lake of Duefias. Don Vicente Con- 

 stancia now has this specimen stuffed. 



50. EuDociMUs ALBUS (Linn.) : Bp. Consp. p. 156. N. A. 

 When coasting up the Belize territory in April last (1860), I 



saw two specimens of the White Ibis near Golden Stream Keys. 



51. EuDociMUs RUBER (Linn.) : Bp. Consp. ii. p. 157. N. A. 

 Mr. George Baily informed me that this bird is very common 



at certain seasons about the shores of the lake of Yzabal. 



52. Chauna derbiana, G. R. Gray. 



This fine Screamer is probably peculiar to the forests of 

 Central America. The type-specimen (which, as we have been 

 kindly informed by Mr. T. S. Moore, the Curator of the Derby 

 Museum at Liverpool, is now stuffed in that collection) was re- 

 ceived from Mr. Bates, the collector, by the late Lord Derby 

 in 1843. It was captured alive at Peten, and kept living for four 

 months by cramming it with food. A second and finer example 

 in the same collection is labelled as having been purchased from 

 Mr. Leadbeater in 1843. We are not aware of the existence of 

 this bird in any other European collection. 



L, — Letter from Dr. G.Bennett respecting a new Cassowary. 

 (Plate XIV.) 



[The following letter from Dr. George Bennett relates to the 

 new Cassowary lately received by the Zoological Society of Am- 

 sterdam, the existence of which has been alluded to in a recent 

 number of the 'Annals of Natural History*.' The accom- 

 panying illustration (Plate XIV.) is copied from the drawing of 

 the head of this interesting bird, kindly communicated to us by 

 Dr. Bennett. Mr. Blyth has also been good enough to forward 

 * Ser. iii. vol. vi. p. 113, note (Aug. 1860). 



