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THE MUSEUM. 





it. The snake was what we call a 

 "chicken" snake. 



I am greatly interested in the Mus- 

 eum and hope to hear frem many of 

 its readers through the columns. 



Ledbetter, Texas. 



List of Birds Collected at Alta 

 Mira, Mexico. 



We have frequently had calls from 

 collectors going to Mexico asking us 

 what one would find in the bird line in 

 that country. We herewith present a 

 list of birds taken by F. B. Armstrong. 

 The list was prepared by Mr. C. W. 

 Richmond and is part of U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum proceedings. We give 

 the common names as well as the sci- 

 entific: 



1. Crypturus mexicanus, Salvador!. 



Mexican Tioamou. 



2. Cochlearius zeledoni (Ridgway). 



Central American Boat-bill. 

 Aramides albiventris Lawrence. 



White throated Wood-hen. 

 Jacana spinosa fLinnseus). 



Mexican Jacana. 

 Scardafella inca (Lesson). 

 Inca Dove. 



6. Geranospiza nigra (Du Bus). 



Black Frog Hawk 



7. Micrastur melanoleucus (Vieillot). 



Black and Buff Micrastur. 



8. Urubitinga anthracina (Lichten- 



stein). 

 Mexican Black Hawk. 



9. Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda, 



Ridgway. 

 Gray-tailed Hawk. 

 Falco albigularis, Daudin. 



White-throated Falcon. 

 Falco fusco-CEerulescens, Vieill jt. 



Aplomado Falcon. 

 Glaucidium phalccnoides, Daudin. 



Ferrusjinous Pygmy Owl. 

 Amazona viridigenalis (Cassin). 



Crimson-fronted Parrot. 

 Amazona autumnalis (Linnaeus). 



Autumnal Parrot. 

 Conurus astec, Souance. 

 Aztec Parakeet. 



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cayana 



(Sclater). 

 Central American Squirrel Cuckoo. 

 Coccyzus minor (Gmelin). 



Mangrove Cuckoo. 

 Trogon ambiguus, Gould. 

 Coppery-tailed Trogon. 

 Trogon melanocephalus, Gould. 



Black-headed Trogon. 

 Ceryle torquata fLinna;us). 



Ringed Kingli.sher. 

 Campephilus guatemalensis (Hart- 

 laub). 

 Guatemalan Ivory-bill. 

 Ceophloeus scapularis (Vigors). 



Uelattre's Woodpecker. 

 Chloronerpes aruginosus, Lich- 

 tenstein. 

 Mexican Green Woodpecker. 

 Chlorostilbon caniveti (Lesson). 



Canivel's Emerald. 

 Piatypsaris aglaiae (Lafresnaye). 



Rose throated Becard. 

 Titrya personata (Jardine). 

 Masked Titrya. 

 Tyrannus melancholicus couchi 

 (Baird). 

 Couch's Kingbird 

 Pitangus derbianus (Kaup). 

 Derby Flycatcher; Kiskadee 

 Myiozetetes texensis (Giraud). 

 Giraud's Flycatcher; Little Kiskadee. 

 Megarhynchus pitangua (Linnfeus). 



Broad-billed Kiskadee, 

 Myiarchus lawrenceii (Giraud) 



Lawrence's Flycatcher. 

 Ornithion imberbe (Sclater). 



Beardless Flycatcher. 

 Thamnophilus dolialus Mexicanus. 

 (Allen). 

 Mexican Ant Thrush. 

 Dendrornis flavigastsr (Swainson). 



Ivory-billed Wocdhewer. 

 Psilcrhinus morio (Wagler.) 



Brown Jay. 

 Corvus Mexicanus, Gmelin. 



Mexican Crow. 

 Gymnostinops montezuma 

 son). 

 Montezuma Yellow-tail 



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