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thick bushy underwood. Its food consists principally of small 

 fruits and berries. 



67. BUARREMON BRUNNEINUCHUS (Lafr.). 



Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



68. BuARREMON CHRYsopoGON^ Bp., Sclatci', P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 86. 



Transmitted by Mr. Skinner, showing that the locality given 

 in the Paris Museum (California) is wrong. 



69. Lanio aurantius, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 204. 

 Pi'ocured in Honduras by Dyson. Mus. Brit. 



70. Ph(enicothraupis rubicoides (Lafr.). 

 Transmitted by Senor Constancia and by Mr. Skinner. 



71. Pyranga .estiva (Gm.). (N.A.) 



This bird enjoys an almost universal range throughout the 

 Republic of Guatemala. It occurs in December, at the mouth 

 of the Rio Dulce, in the pine-ridges near Quirigua, and in fact 

 along the whole road from the port of Izabal to the city of 

 Guatemala, a distance of about 80 leagues. At Duefias P. 

 astiva is common, occurring during the winter months. 



72. Pyranga hepatica (Sw.); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 24. 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



73. Pyranga LUDoviciAN A (Wilson). (N.A.) 



P. ludoviciana occurs near the village of Alotenango, situated 

 between the Volcanos of Agua and Puego, at an elevation of 

 about 5000 feet, but is anything but a common species. Speci- 

 mens also have been sent from the Vera Paz. 



74. Pyranga ERYTHROMELiENA (Licht.). 



P. erythromelcena is common on the Pacific coast in the month 

 of March, and occurs abundantly near Santa Lucia, a village 

 distant about 12 leagues from Escuintla. It is also found in 

 the Vera Paz. 



75. Pyranga roseogularis, Cabot, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 

 V. p. 416; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 6. 



Discovered in Yucatan by Dr. Cabot, 



