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71. Ramphocelus passerinii, Bp. 



Omoa. 



Common all through the year ; occurs sparely at Duck Run, forty 

 or fifty miles up the Old River of Belize ; but neither this nor the 

 following is met with in the intervening country. 



72. Ramphocelus sanguinolentus (Less.). 

 Omoa and Peten. 



Restless and timid. Not common : migratory. 



73. Tanagra diaconus. Less. 



Omoa, Peten, and Belize. 

 Common. 



74. Tanagra vicarius. Less. 



Omoa, Peten, and Belize. 

 Common. 



75. Ara aracanga (GmeL). 



Honduras, generally distributed. 



Very common near Omoa, where six or eight pairs may be seen of 

 an evening flying from their feeding haunts to their roosting places. 



70. Chrysotis autumnalis, Linn. 



Omoa. 



Occasionally met with. 



77. Chrysotis ? 



Omoa. 



78. Conurus astec, Souance. 



Common near Belize River and the pine ridges, in small flocks of 

 sixteen or twenty. Not found near Omoa. 



79. Ramphastos carinatus, Sw. 



Honduras. 



Very common ; confine themselves generally to the tops of the 

 very highest trees, so as mostly to be beyond gun shot, 



80. Pteroglossus torquatus, Wagler, 



Honduras. 



Not common ; make a screeching whistle ; found in larger num- 

 bers and on lower branches than the preceding ; restless and shy. 



81. Crotophaga sulcirostris, Sw. 



Omoa. 



Common in flocks, feeding on ticks of cattle, sheep, and goats. 



