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Fam. ANATIDA. 
*69. Dendrocycna autumnalis (Linn.). 
Saw a flock of these birds flying over, and knew them by their pecu- 
liar cry, which is different from that of any other bird with which I am 
acquainted. 
*70. Querquedula discors (Linn.). 
Examined one which a native had killed. Said to be abundant at 
certain seasons. 
Il.—SucuyvA. 
The hacienda “Sucuya,” is about 22 miles northwest of San Juan 
del Sur, and about 4 miles north of Rivas, a town of considerable size. 
This hacienda is quite extensive and stretches for several miles along 
the west shore of Lake Nicaragua, or rather along a great lagoon which 
is an arm of the lake. The surrounding country is low, and to the east 
and north exceedingly thickly wooded and swampy. This shore of the 
lake might fitly be called the garden spot of Nicaragua, and, perhaps, 
of Central America. It supports an exceedingly dense population, 
and agriculture, together with stock-raising, is the main, almost the 
sole, support of the people. 
The avifauna of this region is much richer than in San Juan del Sur. 
Families not at all, or very meagerly, represented in San Juan, become 
quite abundant at Sucuy4. As the most prominent examples of this 
fact, I would mention the Tanagride, Cotingide, Dendrocolaptide, Formi- 
cariide, and Momotide. The forest in Sucuya is denser and more tropical 
in appearance than at San Juan, and insect life is much more varied 
and troublesome to the collector. Scorpions, ants, mosquitoes, and 
“garapatas” are unrelaxing in their efforts to turn the attention of the 
naturalist from other and pleasanter pursuits. 
‘“Sucuy4” is owned by a company consisting of Sr. Don JUAQUIN 
ZAVALA, ex-President of Nicaragua, Sr. Don ADAN CARDENAS, Presi- 
dent of Nicaragua, and Sr. Don NARciso FERIA, prefect of Rivas. I 
am thus particular in mentioning their names, from the fact that it is to 
them [owe a pleasant home in an excellent collecting ground for a 
month. I am also under great obligation to Sr. Don ALEJANDRO 
CHAMBERLAIN, “ administrador” of Sucuydé, a gentleman who spared 
no effort to make my stay at the hacienda both pleasant and profitable. 
Science has no truer well-wishers than the gentlemen above mentioned. 
Fam. TURDID A. 
1. Merula grayi (Bp.). 
Common. Three specimens. 
Fam. SYLVIIDA. 
*2. Polioptila bilineata (Bp.). 
Abundant. Seems to replace P. albiloris in this region, at least I did 
