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Subfam. Aquiline. 
256. Pandion carolinensis (Gm.): Baird, Rep. p. 44. 
(N. A.) 
Occurs abundantly on both the coast-regions; also par¬ 
ticularly noticed about Belize, where it is said to breed. 
257. Herpetotheres cachinnans (Linn.). 
This species is not Uncommon in the Atlantic coast-region, 
and about the village of Chimalapa it is even of frequent occur¬ 
rence. Throughout the Pacific coast-region it would appear to 
be less numerous, as a single individual only was noticed near the 
hacienda f La Grande/ It is known among the Spaniards by 
the name of the ‘ Guansi.’ 
258. Spizaetus ornatus (Daud.). 
Numerous examples of this fine bird have been transmitted 
by Mr. Skinner from the Vera Paz, procured in Cajabon and 
other localities. 
259. Spizaetus tyrannus (Max.) : Temm. PI. Col. 75. 
Likewise transmitted by Mr. Skinner, and now in the Norwich 
Museum. 
260. Spizaetus melanoleucus (Vieill.) : Temm. PI. Col. 79. 
One example of this bird is also in the Norwich Museum. 
Transmitted by Mr. Skinner. 
261. Thrasaetus harpyia (Linn.). 
Transmitted by Mr. Skinner from the Vera Paz. Many 
stories of the boldness of the Harpy, in its depredations on their 
pigs, are told by the Indians; but most of them with such evi¬ 
dent exaggeration, that the truth is difficult to arrive at. 
262. Urubitinga zonura (Shaw). Falco uruhitinga } Gm.: 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 128. 
This bird is found throughout the whole country, on the 
Pacific, at Duenas, and in the Vera Paz, from which latter 
district examples have been forwarded by Mr. Skinner. It 
would appear, however, to be an inhabitant of the hotter, rather 
than the temperate region, as its occurrence in the central district 
is not frequent. 
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