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P. Z. S. 1856, p. 299. Mr. Leyland obtained a female specimen 

 near Lake Peten. 



171. PiPRA MENTALis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 299, pi. 121. 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. In Mr. Gould's collection. 



Subfam. Cotingida^. 



172. CoTiNGA AMABiLis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 64, pi. 123. 

 From the Vera Paz. Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



Tribus II. Fissirostbes. 



Fam. I. CAPEIMULGID.E. 



173. Nyctidromus americanus (Linn.) ? 



Mr. Cassin has referred the Mexican and Central American 

 bird to this species in his ' Catalogue of Caprimulgidse.' It 

 does not, however, appear to be the same as Nijctidromus derbi- 

 anus (as given by Mr. Cassin), the latter being a much larger 

 bird, and having the outer tail-feather broadly edged with white 

 on the inner web. 



Fam. II. CYPSELIDiE. 



174. Hemiprocne zonaris (Shaw) : Hirundo zonaris, Shaw ; 

 Acanthylis coUaris, G. R. Gray. 



Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 



175. Panyptila melanoleuca (Baird) : Cypselus melano- 

 leucus, Baird, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1854, p. 118 ; Baird, Rep. p. 141. 



This Swift is by no means common in Guatemala ; indeed so 

 local is it, that its presence might easily have been overlooked. 

 It is found nearDuenas ; and the following extract from Salvin's 

 note-book relates to its capture : — 



" On going out with my gun, about three o'clock in the after- 

 noon of February 13th, I followed the course of the river Gua- 

 calate; and after leaving the open country and the wood beyond, 

 I entered a gorge with precipitous rocks on my right hand. On 

 proceeding up this gorge for about a quarter of a mile, I heard a 

 noise coming I'rom the rock, which I at first took to be bats in 

 some of the cracks. After watching some time, I saw two Swifts 



