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emor of Mayapan, and his seven generals.* In this same epoch of the de- 

 feat of the Governor of Chichen, they marched to attack Ulmil, king of 

 Chichen, because he had made war against Ulil, king of Yzamal, and the 

 object was etFected by Tunac-eel in the following epoch.t After this 

 epoch, Ulmil, king of Chichen, recovering from his defeat, invaded the 

 territory of Mayapan in the following epoch, and, after the lapse of two 

 more, and in the third year of the one following, Mayapan was destroyed 

 by the strangers, inhabitants of the hills.J After the lapse of three more 

 epochs, the Spaniards arrived for the first time, and gave to this province 

 the name of Yucatan.§ In the following epoch occurred the plague, which 

 visited even the temples and castles ; and in its sixth year Ajpula died, on 

 the 11th of September, 1493.11 In the eleventh epoch, and the last of this 

 record, was the arrival of the conquerors ; this happened in 1527.11 In the 

 following epoch the conquest was finished, and the Arst bishop reached the 

 province: the first occurred in January, 1541, and the other in 1560." 



MEMORANDUM FOR THE ORNITHOLOGY OF YUCATAN. 



The genus Accipitres, including eagles, falcons, buzzards, &c., is very 

 numerous, and of these three or four new varieties were obtained. One, a 

 beautiful hawk, resembling in its markings the goshawk (Falco Atrica- 

 pillus), differing, however, in its form, in the bill, colour of its eyes (dark 

 brown), in not having the white line over the eyes, and in the bands on the 

 tail. The first specimen was killed at Uxmal, but afterward many others 

 were procured, and two were brought home. Another new and beautiful 

 species is a falcon of a very noble character in the form of its bill and head, 

 and in its habits ; of which two specimens were obtained at Chichen Itza, 

 the male being shot over the senote during a heavy shower. No others 

 but this pair were seen. Another is undescribed, or, if described, imper- 

 fectly so, under the name of the mingled buzzard of Latham (La Busc 

 Mixte Noire. Voy. d'Azara, vol. iii., No. 20). It is a large black hawk, 

 and was obtained, the female at Punta Fran^aise, and the male at the isl- 

 and of Cozumel, where a nest also was found, but was destroyed, together 

 with the eggs, in consequence of Dr. Cabot's being obliged to have the tree 

 felled. He afterward procured an egg from a nest between Silan and Las 

 Bockas de Silan. Another very beautiful hawk is shaped much like the 

 little corporal of Audubon, and belongs to the same division of hawks as 

 the hobby falcon of Europe. It is a bold hawk, and is met with about 



* From 1176 tmtil 1258, in which was the defeat. t From 1258 until 1272. 



t From 1272 until 1368, the date of the destruction of Mayapan. And the following-, 

 from 1368 to 1392. () From 1392 until 1488. || From 1488 until 1512. 



*ir From 1512 until 1536, which concluded the eleventh epoch ; the following one beg-inniag' 

 in 1536, and concluding in the year 1560. 



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