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197. Coturniculus savannarum bimaculatus Swainson. 



Two females were taken at Patulul (March 24th, 26th). They 

 were feeding on weed seeds at the edge of a field of sugar cane. This 

 species was not seen anywhere else. Iris dark brown. 



198. Aimophila ruficauda lawrencei (Salvin and Godmari). 



Five specimens, three adult and two apparently immature, were I 

 taken at El Rancho. The adults have the clear black lateral crown \ 

 stripes and auriculars and the larger size that characterize r. lawrencei 1 

 as distinguished from r. ruficauda. The two younger specimens 

 have traces of rufous in the lateral crown stripes, and the lower \ 

 posterior sections of their ear coverts are grayish brown, which give j 

 them the appearance of true ruficauda, originally described from 1 

 Nicaragua. Apparently Salvin and Godman, in writing their de- 1 

 scription of ruficauda and setting the limits of its distribution,* had 

 one of these immature birds in hand, as the specimen which they 1 

 described came from the same drainage basin, that of the Motagua 

 River, as these El Rancho birds. Therefore, unless these specimens j 

 were migrants from Mexico, which is not probable, the Guatemalan j 

 birds belong to lawrencei and not to ruficauda, as currently supposed. 1 

 This species inhabits the low tangles of thorny shrubs and the brush j 

 fences and stone walls of the dry hillsides, remaining much upon the 1 

 ground, and taking refuge on the far side of its cover when inter- | 

 rupted. Iris of adults orange-red, of immature birds dark brown; i 

 maxilla dark horn color; mandible white; feet flesh color. 



199. Aimophila rufescens Swainson. 



This large sparrow was found in moist situations between 5,000 j 

 and 6,500 feet. Three were taken at Lake Atitlan and one in a valley j 

 below Tecpam. One of the Atitlan specimens has the chest and sides 1 

 of the neck decidedly grayer, less buff, than either of the other three. ( 

 This same bird had its tail about three-fourths grown, all the rectrices 1 

 showing white tips, a character that the others had lost by abrasion. I 

 No other sign of moult appears on any of them. Iris mummy-brown; 1 

 maxilla slate-black; mandible plumbeous. 



200. Junco alticola Salvin. 



Seven were secured near the summit of Sierra Santa Elena, 9,500 j 

 feet, where they were found in a field cleared from the cypress forest, j 

 None were seen at a lower altitude. Iris orange. 



* Biologic Central! Americana, Aves, Vol. I, p. 396. 



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