12 Catalogue of a Collection of Birds. 



six from any habitation, and also four miles from the Pacific 

 close to a village, and have been told by a gentleman surveying 

 here, who knows the bird well, that he saw them on a stream 

 called the Cabiancho, a tributary of the Gatun." 



It is probable that its colonization originated from a pair that 

 had been domesticated. 



The specimen sent is in fine plumage, with no apparent evi- 

 dence of its having been in confinement. The colors seem 

 precisely as in the domestic bird, but in the single specimen 

 sent there is a bare space around each eye, which may be acci- 

 dental, but is worthy of being noted. 



Fam. CRACID^E. 



Subfam. PENELOPIX.E. 



403. Penelope purpuvascens, Wagl. 



Subfam. CRACE5LE. 



404. Crax globicera, Linn. $ 



Fam. ARDEIDJE. 



Subfam. ARDEIN^E. 



405. Ardea herodias, Linn. 



406. Herodias egretta (Gm.). 



407. Ardetta exilis {Gm.). 



408. Tigrisoma tigrina (Gm.). 



Fam. SCOLOPACID^E. 



Subfam. RECURVIROSTRIN.E. 



409. Himantojms nigricollis, Vieill. 



Subfam. TRINGIN.E. 



410. Actodromas maculata (Vieill.). 



