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I secured it and found it had been feeding on the small seeds of 

 an orchid. It was nesting or about to nest. 



Dacnis cay ana cay ana (Linn.). Turquoise Honey Creeper. 



We found a pair of these birds on April 8th at the edge of 

 the high woods back of our house at Guanoco. They had been 

 feeding on two kinds of seeds, one yellow and the others round 

 and black. 



Dacnis bicolor (VieilL). Two-colored Honey Creeper. 



Two loose flocks of these birds were observed on March 

 26th, some in company with Todirostrum maculatum. They 

 were fly-catching among the mangroves along the Caiio San 

 Juan, about nine miles from its mouth. A female had been feed- 

 ing on small insects. 



Coereha luteola (Cab.). Venezuelan Bananaquit. 



On March 30th a flock of five of these birds spent a half 

 hour searching for insects in the tree which overhung our sloop 

 at La Ceiba on the Rio Guarapiche. 



Family TANGARIDAE. 



Euphonia chlorotica (Linn.). Purple-throated Euphonia. 



Several were observed along the Rio Guarapiche and one 

 which flew on board was secured. It had been feeding on small 

 berries. 



Euphonia melanura Scl. Black-tailed Euphonia. 



A pair had a nest in a dense patch of undergrowth at the 

 edge of the. forest, back of our house at Guanoco. A female 

 euphonia, half eaten by a pygmy owl, corresponded, as well as it 

 was possible to tell, to this species. 



Calospiza mexicana vieilloti (Scl.). Variegated Calliste. 



A flock of five of these beautiful birds was seen on April 

 7th near a clearing two miles up the railroad track from 

 Guanoco. They were fly-catching and although as a rule they 

 kept well to the tops of the trees, yet when pursuing some active 

 moth or other insect they occasionally dashed down to within a 

 few feet of our faces. Their call was a sharp twittering note. , 

 A male which I secured had been feeding altogether on small 

 insects. 



