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*43. Chameepelia passerina (L.). 
Very abundant along the sandy beach. Two specimens. 
*44, Engyptila verreauxi (Bp.). 
Abundant. Iris yellow. Orbital region sky blue. Legs red. Two 
specimens. 
Fam. ARDEIDA. 
45. Garzetta candidissima (Gmel.). 
Abundant. Two specimens. 
46. Butorides virescens (Linn.). 
Abundant. One specimen. 
Fam. CANCROMIDE. 
“47. Cancroma cochlearia Linn. 
A bird was described to me by the natives as being common on the 
island during certain seasons, which I can refer to no other species. 
Fam. PARRIDA. 
48. Parra gymnostoma Wagl. 
Abundant. The downy young of this bird has, I believe, never been 
described, and, although I saw a great number, I was unable to secure 
a single specimen. The parent birds seemed to take particular care to 
keep their broods out on the lily pads in the swamp, quite a distance 
from firm ground, where it was impossible to go either on foot or in a 
boat. I knew it to be useless to shoot them under these circumstances, 
as they would have been devoured by alligators. I can only say that 
the downy young of P. gymnostoma is of a grayish color, and looks, at a 
distance, like a little chicken with remarkably long legs. 
Iris brown. Basal portion of frontal leaf bright red, and the rest 
bright yellow. Wing-spur yellow. Seven specimens. , 
Fam. ARAMIDZ. 
*49, Aramus pictus (Bartr.). 
Abundant. Good eating. One specimen. 
Fam. PHALACROCORACID A. 
*50. Phalacrocorax mexicanus (Brandt). 
Abundant. Three specimens. 
IV.—Los SABALOS. 
‘‘Los Sébalos” is the name of a hacienda owned by a German-Ameri- 
can gentleman, and is situated about thirty miles from Lake Nicaragua, 
on the river San Juan Del Norte. 
Mr. F. W. A. Lange, the courteous owner of ‘ Los Saébalos,” and a 
