190 Mr. O. Salvin on a Collection of 



10. Pyranga roseigularts. 



Pyranga roseigularis, Cabot, Bost. Journ. N. H. v. p. 416; 



Salv. & Godm. BioL Centr.-Am., Aves^ i. p. 293. 

 " Frequents the woods, but is not common.''^ 

 Of this rare species, of which a single male specimen was 



long the only one known, Mr. Devis sends a female. Mr. 



Gaumer has recently procured examples of both sexes in 



Northern Yucatan. 



11. Phontpara pusilla. 



Tiaris pusilla, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 438. 



Phonipar a pusilla, Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 444. 



" Found on the ground amongst low bushes near the edges 

 of the woods.'' 



A well-known bird in Northern Yucatan and Mexico, but 

 more rare in Guatemala. The specimen is in bad condition. 



12. Cyanosptza ciris. 



Emberiza ciris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 313. 



Cyanospiza ciris, Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. 

 p. 87; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 444. 



''^ Frequents bushes near the edges of woods," 



A common species during the winter months in Central 

 America. 



13. Cyanospiza cyanea. 



Tanagra cyanea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 82. 

 Cyanospiza cyanea, Baird, Brew., & Bidgw. N. Am. B. ii. 

 p. 82 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 444. 



" Observed on the ground amongst short grass." 

 Like C. ciris, common in this region during winter. 



14. COTURNICULUS PASSERINUS. 



Fringilla passerina, Wils. Am. Orn. iii. p. 76, t. 26. f. 5. 



Coturniculus passerinus, Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. 

 i. p. 553. 



" Observed on the ground amongst low bushes in partly 

 cleared places." 



Like the two species of Cyanospiza, probably here during 

 the winter season. 



