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60. QuiscALUs MAJOR, ViciU. 

 Omoa. 



61. Icterus mesomelas, Licht. 

 Omoa. 



62. Icterus melanopterus, Hartl. 



Omoa. 

 Migratory. 



63. Icterus prosthemelas, Strickland (P. L. S.). 



Comayagua, 

 Common. 



64. Sturnella hippocrepis, Wagl. ? 



Rather common on the pine ridges near the town of Mexico, four- 

 teen or fifteen miles from Belize. 



65. AGELiEus PHCENiCEus (Linn.) ? 



Peten, rather common ; Belize, rarer. 



During a month's stay at Peten these birds were never seen in 

 larger flocks than three or four, and sometimes singly. They keep 

 to the neighbourhood of rivers and swamps, darting among the 

 rushes, in which they are difficult to discover till they rise again. 



Somewhat smaller than the United States' birds, as pointed out 

 (P. Z. S. 1857, p. 205) ; the dimensions of the male specimen being 

 as follows :— Total length 8''0" ; wings 4|' ; tail 3^' ; the bill is 

 somewhat longer, measuring an inch from the tip to the termination 

 of the culm en. . 



66. Spiza ciris (Linn.). 



Omoa ; Old River of Belize ; Peten. 

 Nowhere common. 



67. Hedymeles i^udovicianus (Linn.). 



Omoa. 

 Rare. 



68. Saltator grandis (Licht.). 



Omoa. 

 Common. 



69. Saltator atriceps, Less. 



Omoa. 



Not common. 



70. Phcenicothraupis rubicoides (Lafr.). 



Found on the high road from Omoa to Chilomo, in flocks of three 

 or four ; not common. 



