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48.4 mm. The identification of this specimen is certain, as a description was 

 made at the time, and feathers from various parts of the bird were brought 

 home for comparison. Just where the bird came from is not so certain, but as 

 nearly as I could learn, it came from somewhere in the interior of Yucatan. 

 It is unfortunate that this could not be determined more definitely, as the spe- 

 cies appears not to have been previously reported from the peninsula, though, 

 it is known to occur to the southward in Guatemala and Honduras. 



2- Creciscus ruber (Sclater & Salvin). 

 One specimen: <£, Yucatan (Xbac?), 1901, G. F. Gaumer. 



3. Larus Philadelphia (Ord). 

 Bonaparte's Gull. 

 Large flocks on the Gulf at Progreso in the latter part of January. 



4- Fregata aquila (Linne). 



Man-o'-war Bird. 



Common along the coast at Progreso during the latter part of January. 



5. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonaparte). 



Burrowing Owl. 



A single specimen, a female, was taken on the open ground of a henequen 

 plantation at San Ignacio on February 9. Although well known from other 

 parts of Mexico, this bird appears not to have been noted previously from 

 Yucatan. 



6. Ceryle alcyon (Linne). 

 Belted Kingfisher. 



Common about the brackish Mangrove marshes back of Progreso during 

 the latter part of January. 



7- Momotus lessonii Lesson. 

 Lesson's Motmot. 



One specimen, said to have been taken at Xbac in 1901, was given me by Dr. 

 G. F. Gaumer. 



8. Coccyzus minor (Gmelin). 

 Mangrove Cuckoo. 

 One specimen was given me by Dr. Gaumer. 



-9. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus (Sclater). 



Vermilion Flycatcher. 



Two specimens were given me by Dr. Gaumer. 



Rather common in the swampy land back of Progreso. 



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