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50. Gymnocichla nudiceps, Sclater, P. Z. S< 1858, p. 2/4 

 (P. L. S.). 

 Omoa. 



Rare ; saw only two or three, and those only at Omoa. They 

 frequent the thickets, and make a noise like the breaking of small 

 twigs. The head of this specimen is only partially bald, but it 

 otherwise agrees with G. nudiceps. 



31. Fgrmicivora boucardi, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 27 2 

 (P. L. S.). 



Omoa. 



Solitary ; found in thickets. " Above blackish cinereous ; large 

 concealed interscapular spot, small round spots at the tips of the 

 lesser wing-coverts, and larger spots at the tips of the greater wing- 

 coverts, and ends of tail-feathers white ; under-surface chestnut.'' 



32. Cercomacra tyrannina, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 245 

 (P. L. S.). 



Belize. 



Solitary, and found as the preceding, in thickets. Does not seem 

 to differ from New Granadian specimens, 



33. SiuRus auricapillus (Linn.). 

 Omoa. 



Not common ; found on brambles in the flats and marshes, gene- 

 rally in pairs. 



34. Turdus mustelinus, Gmelin. 

 Omoa. 



Not common ; found solitary in the thickets. 



35. Mimus gracilis, Cab. (P. L. S.), 

 Belize. 



Common ; not found near Omoa. Very shy ; its mocking powers, 

 if it have any, are not striking. 



36. Melanoptila glabrirostris, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 275. 



Omoa, 



37. Tyrannus melancholicus, Vieill. 

 Omoa. 



38. Tyrannus intrepidus, Vieill. 

 Omoa, 



Migratory ; arrives in flocks of two or three hundred, and stays 

 only a short time before departing south. Very wild, and flies high. 



39. Milvulus tyrannus (Linn.). 



Frequents the Old River and pine ridges of Belize ; plentiful on the 



