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3. List of Mammals and Birds collected by Mr. Joseph 

 Leyland in Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala. By 

 Thomas J. Moore, Keeper of the Derby Museum, 

 Liverpool, 



(Aves, PI. CL., CLL) 



The collection, of which the following is a list, was made in 1855- 

 56 by Mr. Joseph Leyland, successor to Mr. Mather, a well-known 

 naturalist of this town. Mr. Leyland collected chiefly in the district 

 of Omoa, hut occasionally visited Behze, and in one instance pro- 

 ceeded as far as Lake Peten in Guatemala, in order to obtain the 

 Meleagris ocellata. In addition to the free use of his collection, he 

 has kindly furnished me with observations on the habits of many of 

 the species. 



I am much indebted to Mr. Sclater for naming the Dendrocolap- 

 tincB, Formicarince, and others indicated by his initials (P. L. S.) 

 placed after them. 



Mammalia. 



1. Cyclothurus didactylus (Linn.). " Night "Walker." 



Chilomo River. 



Not common, or at any rate, owing to their nocturnal habits, not 

 often seen, being principally met with in the early morning. The 

 Spanish residents say they feed on bananas, in search of which they 

 frequent the gardens. Mr. Leyland had a mother and young alive 

 for a short period ; but being kept in a box, he had no opportunity 

 of noticing their habits, beyond the fact of the young one continu- 

 ally nestling under the belly of its parent ; but he did not observe 

 that it clung to her, 



2. SciuRUS boothijE, Gray, Voy. Sulph. pi. 13. f. 1. 



Common about Omoa ; leave the trees when hunted or shot at, 

 and take to their heels on the ground, where they are otherwise often 

 met with. 



There is some variation in different examples of this species : of 

 three specimens in the Derby Museum, collected by Mr. Leyland, 

 one has a decided black longitvidinal stripe on the sides, dividing the 

 mottled brown and black colour of the upper from the pure white of 

 the under part ; in the second this is absent ; and in the third a 

 broad rufous band extends across the chest, while the hairs of the 

 tail are much more sparingly tipped with white than in the other 

 two— (T. J. M.) 



3. SciURUs MOLLiPiLOSUS, Aud. & Bachm. Quad. N. Amer. 

 pi. 19. p. 157. 



Omoa. 



Rare ; shy, frequenting the bush and smaller trees. 



