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it at Coban, and consequently nothing further can be added to 

 our knowledge of its habits, yet the following observations define 

 the limits to which its range extends. The altitude at which this 

 species is found exceeds 6000 feet, and it would appear to occur 

 more or less numerously in all the mountainous districts that 

 attain such an elevation. A few may be found at Calderas, in the 

 Volcan de Fuego, according to Mr. Wyld of Duefias, who says 

 that the females are much more numerous than the males in that 

 locality, and that the males are seldom seen. 



The Department of Quesaltenango, and its capital of the same 

 name, the second city in Guatemala, derive their appellation from 

 this bird, — " Quesal" being the term applied in the Kachiquel 

 language to this Trogon, the termination " tenango " signifying 

 the place of. Hence Quesaltenango is, par excellence, the place 

 of the Quesal. However, it is from Coban and its neighbour- 

 hood, in the Department of Vera Paz, that the whole of the skins 

 that find their way to Europe are procured ; and judging from 

 the great number of specimens that are sent, the bird must be 

 very numerous in that locality. 



Tribus III. Scansores. 

 Fam. I. CUCULIDtE. 



222. Dromococcyx mexicanus, Bp. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 308. 

 Transmitted by Mr. Skinner from Cajabon, Vera Paz. 



223. DiPLOPTERus EXCELLENS, Sclater, P. Z, S. 1857, p. 228. 

 San Pedro, Honduras (Ley land). 



224. PiAYA MExiCANA (Sw.), Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 440 ; 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 308. 



Honduras (Taylor), Guatemala (Constancia), Lake of Peten 

 and Omoa (Leyland). 



225. PiAYA ERYTHROPYGiA, Lcss. Rcv. Zool. 1842, p. 209 ; 

 Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 66. 



The following remarks, referring to the only specimen seen, 

 ai'e from Salvin's note-book : — 



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