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made by my friend Mr. George Cavendish Taylor during his route 

 across the Republic of Honduras in the beginning of the present 

 year. Mr. Taylor landed in Fonscca Buy on the Pacific side, and 

 pursued the route of the proposed " Honduras [nteroceanic Kail- 

 way" to Omoa, at the extremity of the Bay <>f Honduras on the 

 Atlantic side. There is nothing of very -triking novelty in the col- 

 lection, though a M otmot (Ptnonirhynchua carinatua) and one of the 

 blue Jays, allied to Cyanocitta COTOnata, are of much interest. But 

 wherever localities are accurately marked on specimens (as is here 

 the case), I think the knowledge of them is worth preservation ; and 

 I have therefore drawn up the subjoined list of the present collec- 

 tion. 



1. Sl'IZAETUS TYRANNUS (P. Max). 



Near Potrerellos, Atlantic side. 



2. TlNNUNCULUS SPARVERICS (L.). 



Tigre' Island, Bay of Fonseca. 



3. Scops trichopsis, Wagler ? 



4. Nyctidromus ? . 



Tigre Island. 



5. Nyctidromus ? . 



Tigre Island. 



Two species of this difficult genus of Caprimulyidce, which in the 

 present state of our knowledge of the group it is impossible to de- 

 termine accurately. 



G. Trogon melanocephalus, Gould, 5? 

 Tigre Island. 



7. Trogon elegans, Gould, $ . 

 Plain of Comayagua. 



8. Galbula melanogenia, Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 61, 

 pi. 90. 



Omoa. 



!). Prionirhynchus carinatus (Du Bus) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 \^:>7, p. 257. pi. 128. 



" Near the Lake of Yojoa." 



This bird agrees well with the Plate given in the Proceedings for 

 la-t year. The figure was reduced from a copy of a plate originally 

 intended fur publication in the 'Esquissee Ormthologiqaes, 1 and 

 kindly sent to me by the author of that work in reply to an appli- 

 cation for information concerning tin- species. The preaenl i- the 



only example of the bird which I haw yet Ken. It bai nut \ ,t 



occurred in the collections lately made in Western Guatemala bv 



