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23. Chrysolampis moschitus (L.) ? 

 Omoa. 



24. MoMOTUS LESSONi, Lesson. 



Omoa. 



Common ; found always in solitary places, never coming very near 

 the towns. They frequent the low bushes in swampy places, in 

 which it is very difficult to discover them till they betray their pre- 

 sence by their call. Found sometimes in pairs, but generally singly. 



Mr. Leyland, from frequent observation of the living birds, is 

 strongly of opinion that the denudation of the middle rectrices is 

 caused by the birds themselves, 



25. Hylomanes momotula, Licht. 



Omoa. 



Very rare. Leyland saw only the one specimen, which he pro- 

 cured ; it was very shy. 



26. EuMOMOTA suPERCiLiARis (Jard. & Selby) : Sclater, P.Z.S. 



1858, p. 257. 



Omoa. 



Found chiefly in swampy places, about the Chilomo River, on a 

 kind of Sycamore tree very bare of leaves. They are there more 

 plentiful than in the neighbourhood of Omoa itself, where they are 

 rare. They are shy and difficult of approach ; but have a very 

 peculiar cry or whistle, not so loud as piercing, by means of which 

 you may ultimately discover them hiding behind the foliage. 



27. Dendrocolaptes sancti thom^, Lafr. (P. L. S.). 

 Dense forests in the district of Omoa ; also found at Belize. 



28. PiCOLAPTES ? 



Omoa. 



29. Dendrocincla anabatina, Sclater, sp. nov. (PI, CL.) 



Supra olivaceo-brunnea, nucha rufescente variegata : alts extus 

 Icete rujis, tectricibus dorso eoncoloribus, sed harum marginibus 

 obscurioribus : primariorum et secundariorum vitta lata termi- 

 nali nigra : cauda rufa unicolore : subtus dilutior, gutture 

 fiavicantiore et striolis indistinctis notata, crisso rufescentiore : 

 rostro albicanti-corneo, pedibus obscure corylinis. 

 Long, tota 6*5, alse 3*4, caudse 2'7, rostri a fronte 0"85. 

 Omoa, 1 ex. 



This curious species might be mistaken for an Anabates were it 

 not for its stiff spiny tail. In its bill it more resembles some birds 

 of the latter genus than any Dendrocolaptine. For the present I am 

 content to place it in the genus Dendrocincla, to which it appears to 

 be more nearly allied than to any other section of the group. (P. L. S.) 



