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310. SCARDAFELLA INCA, Bp. 



Found in flocks with Chamcppelia t'ufipennis, near S. Pedro and 

 Peten, Honduras (Leyland). 



311. Zenaida leucoptera (Linn.) : Bp. Consp. p. 81. (N. A.) 

 Omoa (Leyland). One of the common Doves about Duenas 



in April and May. It is found on the ground in the open 

 savannahs. 



312. Cham^pelia rufipennis, Bp.'Consp. ii. p. 359 : P. Z. S. 

 1858, p. 359. 



Obtained by Capt. Taylor at Comayagua, Honduras. 



313. Cham^pelia passerina (Linn.). 



This is one of the most familiar birds of the central region, 

 where it is the only small Ground-dove found. In the coast- 

 regions its place is supplied by two other species at least. At 

 Duenas it is abundant, residing all the year, and breeding in the 

 cochineal-plantations, where it deposits its eggs, two in number, 

 on the ground under the rows of ' Nopal. "* 



The Spanish name for this species is ' Tortolita.' 



OrdoV. GALLING. 



Fam. I. CRACIDtE. 



Subfam. Cracinje. 



314. Crax alector, Linn. 



In the forests of both coast-regions this species occurs, though 

 somewhat sparingly. It is usually seen in the early morning, or 

 in the evening, perched on a branch of a tree, where it rests, 

 looking at a passer-by with a vacant rather than an alarmed 

 expression. When thus found, a sportsman may approach in 

 the most open manner to within gun-shot. To the Spaniards it 

 is known as the ' Pahuil/ and to the mahogany-cutters of Belize 

 as the ' Curassow.' 



Subfam. Penelopinjs. 



315. Penelope purpurascens, Wagler. 



This bird frequents the same localities as Cr'ax alector ; and the 

 habits of the two closely resemble each other ; but P. purpu- 



