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333. BuTORiDES viREscENS (Linn.).' (N. A.) 



Quite common on all the rivers on the coast among the 

 mangrove swamps. 



334. Nycticorax gardeni (Gm.). (N. A.) 



A young bird of this species has been transmitted by Mr. 

 Skinner. Omoa and Peten (Leyland). 



Fam. II. ARAMIDiE. 



335. Aramus holostictus (Cab.)^ Journ. f. Orn. 1856, 

 p. 426. A. scolopaceus ?, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 64. 



Belize and Omoa (Leyland). 



Fam. III. CANCROMIDiE. 



336. Cancroma cochlearia, Linn. 



Occurs in the forest-swamps on the Pacific coast not uncom- 

 monly. Skins have also been transmitted by Mr. Skinner from 

 the Atlantic coast-region. 



Fam. IV. EURYPYGID^E. 



337. EURYPYGA HELIAS (Pall.). 



Mr. Skinner has transmitted skins of this bird, which seem 

 quite identical with S. American specimens. 



Fam. V. TANTALID^. 



338. Tantalus loculator, Linn. (N. A.) 



This bird is not uncommonly seen about the large rivers in 

 the forests of the Pacific coast-region. It is known by the 

 Spanish name 'Acatras.' 



Fam. VI. CHARADRIID^. 



339. Charadrius virginicus, Borck. (N. A.) 



About the second week in April, a few of these birds made 

 their appearance at Duenas in the open pasture land. They 

 were always found in company with a flock of Bartram^s Sand- 

 piper. 



340. ^Egialitis vociferus (Linn.). (N. A.) 



During the winter months a flock of these Plovers frequent 



