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The specimen from which the above description is taken was the 

 only one seen. It was shot as it sprang from the long grass at 

 Flores on the road from Omoa to Comayagua. 



The species is dedicated to its discoverer, Mr. Leyland. Its 

 nearest ally is O. parvicristata, Gould, of New Granada ; but it is 

 much darker below. 



102. Ortyx nigrogularis, Gould. 



Found in the pine ridges of Belize in flocks of six or eight. Shy, 

 but do not take readily to the wing ; on the contrary, they run 

 together and try to escape by running. 



103. TlNAMUS MAJOR (Gill.) ? 



Ground Partridge of the English mahogany-cutters. 



Omoa. Common throughout the district ; also met with, but 

 more rarely, at Belize. 



They lay their eggs about eight or ten in number in a slight de- 

 pression scratched in the angles formed by the projecting buttress- 

 like roots of the mahogany trees. They are very shy, and when 

 they find themselves discovered, they try to hide by diving their 

 heads amongst the brambles. 



[This is one of the large Tinamous allied to T. major, remarkable 

 for the roughness of the plates on the back of the tarsus, whence 

 Cabanis has called them Trachypehnus. It is coloured very much 

 like T. major of Brazil and T. suhcristatus of Guiana, but will pro- 

 bably prove ultimately to be distinct. — P. L. S.] 



104. Charadrius voctferus, Linn. 

 Omoa. 



Common ; arrive with the autumnal gales. 



105. Hoplopterus cayanus, Lath. 

 Aloor River, Honduras. 



106. Tigrisoma brasiliense (Linn.). 

 Barking Garling of the mahogany-cutters. 



Common in rivers and swamps at Aloor River and Omoa, at which 

 last place it remains throughout the year. 



107. Nycticorax gardeni (Gmel.). 

 Omoa, common ; Peten. 



A specimen collected by Mr. Dyson of Nycticorax viplaceus 

 (Linn.) is in the Derby Collection, and labeled " Honduras." 



108. Florida cerulea (Linn.). 



Common in the rivers near Omoa, and on the neighbouring beach ; 

 also met with at Belize. 



109. Butorides virescens (Linn.). 

 Swamps of Belize and Omoa. 



