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nest building developed long past the needs of procreation, rather than 

 for immediate occupancy by eggs. This wren was usually found in 

 hedges away from the woods. It is a very good singer. Iris reddish 

 brown. 



285. Heleodytes zonatus (Lesson). 



This species was first seen at Lake Amatitlan where two specimens 

 were taken. Four were taken at Lake Atitlan, one at 6,500 feet, 

 between there and Tecpam, and two at 8,400 feet, near the last named 

 town. Its vertical distribution almost exactly supplements that of 

 H. capistratus, which was not found higher than Lake Amatitlan. 

 These wrens were for the most part in trees in gorges, though at Lake 

 Atitlan, wheie they were quite numerous, they were in a small coffee 

 plantation, hedged in between the mountains and the lake. Their 

 ordinary notes are harsh and unpleasant. Iris hazel. 



286. Pheugopedius maculatus umbrinus (Ridgway). 



Two specimens were taken at Los Amates, one at Izabel, one at 

 Patulul and one at San Jose*. Iris brown. 



287. Troglodytes musculus hypaedon (Sclater}. 



This wren was found at Los Amates, where one came daily to the 

 so-called "hotel" and took a look into each room as it made its way 

 along the plate, singing and catching lively tenants of the hostelry. 

 The good offices of this bird were so highly appreciated that no at- 

 tempt was made to make a skin of it. One was taken at Lake Ama- 

 titlan, in some tall grass at the edge of a field, and another at 6,500 

 feet, on the way from Lake Atitlan to Tecpam. Others were seen 

 in the cypress forest, at 9,500 feet near Tecpam. There is a decided 

 difference in the color of the upper parts of these two specimens, the 

 Amatitlan bird being much the darker; but this difference is probably 

 due to environment, .the dark one coming from a moist situation 

 covered with green vegetation, while the other came from a mountain 

 side, which during the dry season has but little verdure. This pale 

 specimen is even lighter than interrnedius from Costa Rica. The under 

 parts of these two specimens are quite similarly colored. Iris dark 

 brown. 



288. Henicorhina prostheleuca (Sclater). 



Two were collected at Los Amates and five at Patulul. All were 

 found in moist dark woods. Iris dark brown. 



