390 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS!. 



Mr. Joseph Leyland found tliis species common on the flats near Peten, 

 in Guatenmhi, as also on the pine ridges of Belize. They have, he states' 

 a sinf;ular habit of spinnin<.r round and round on the wing, and tlien 

 dropping suddenly witli wings loose and fluttering as though '^shot, — ap- 

 parently done for amusement. They lay three or four light-colored eggs 

 in a small nest composed of light grass and lined with cottony materiafs. 

 Mr. Xaiitus found tlie nest and eggs of this species at San Jose. Mexico 

 May IG, 1861. 



