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it at Coban, and consequently nothing further can be added to 
our knowledge of its habits, yet the following observations define 
the limits to which its range extends. The altitude at which this 
species is found exceeds 6000 feet, and it would appear to occur 
more or less numerously in all the mountainous districts that 
attain such an elevation. A few may be found at Calderas, in the 
Volcan de Fuego, according to Mr. Wyld of Duenas, who says 
that the females are much more numerous than the males in that 
locality, and that the males are seldom seen. 
The Department of Quesaltenango, and its capital of the same 
name, the second city in Guatemala, derive their appellation from 
this bird ,—“ Quesal ” being the term applied in the Kachiquel 
language to this Trogon, the termination “ tenango ” signifying 
the place of. Hence Quesaltenango is, par excellence , the place 
of the Quesal. However, it is from Coban and its neighbour¬ 
hood, in the Department of Vera Paz, that the whole of the skins 
that find their way to Europe are procured ; and judging from 
the great number of specimens that are sent, the bird must be 
very numerous in that locality. 
Tribus III. Scansores. 
Fam. I. CUCULIDiE. 
222. Dromococcyx mexicanus. Bp. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 308. 
Transmitted by Mr. Skinner from Cajabon, Vera Paz. 
223. Diplopterus excellens, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857,p.228. 
San Pedro, Honduras (Leyland). 
224. Piaya mexicana (Sw.), Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 440; 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 308. 
Honduras (Taylor), Guatemala (Constancia), Lake of Peten 
and Omoa (Leyland). 
225. Piaya erythropygia, Less. Rev. Zook 1842, p. 209 ; 
Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 66. 
The following remarks, referring to the only specimen seen, 
are from Salvin’s note-book :— 
“As we were riding from Subinal to Laguna, two villages on 
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