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82. PlAYA MEXICANA (S\V.). 



Peten and Omoa. 



Rather common, but very shy. 



83. Diplopterus excellens, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 228 

 (P. L. S.). 



San Pedro, Honduras. 

 Rare. 



84. Centurus pucherani, Malherbe (P. L. S.), 



(Common near the town of Omoa. Very lively and restless ; 

 scarcely ever still, flying from tree to tree. Shy, secreting them- 

 selves behind the boughs when approached. 



85. Centurus santacruzi, Bp. (P. L. S.). 

 Omoa. 



Rarer than the preceding. 



86. Dryocopus scapularis, Vigors (P. L. S.). 

 Omoa. 



Common. May be heard for half a mile pecking at the trees, and 

 may readily be mistaken for a woodman felling timber ; their strokes 

 are slower and more deliberate than those of the smaller kinds ; 

 they frequent the large timber. 



87. Melanerpes formicivorus (Swains.), Cassin, 111. Birds 

 Californ. pi. 2. 



Pine ridges of Belize and Chilomo ; more plentiful at the former 

 than at the latter. 



These interesting birds carry on their provident habit of picking 

 holes in the bark of the pines for the storing of acorns at the ex- 

 pense of the pines themselves, most of the trees dying after the 

 acorns are extracted. 



88. Chloronerpes yucatanensis, Cabot. 



The specimens from Honduras and Guatemala seem nearly inter- 

 mediate between the Mexican (7. ceruginosus and the more southern 

 C. rubiginosus. — (P. L. S.) 



89. Celeus castaneus (Wagl.). 

 Picus badioides, Less. 



Omoa. 



Not common ; frequent the smaller timber ; appear to feed on 

 insects creeping on the surface of the trees ; and not to chip the 

 bark for those beneath. 



90. Chloronerpes sanguinolentus, Scl., sp. n. (PI. CXLL). 



Olivascenii-brunneus : jpileo coccineo : dorso toto aurescente, 



