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to be its sole “ habitat/* though there is strong reason to believe 
that the specimens procured by Mr. Skinner were obtained from 
the neighbouring mountain, f elVolcan deAgua.* From careful 
inquiries made at Duenas of Indians who were acquainted 
with the bird, it would appear that the belt of forest which 
encircles each of these volcanos between the elevations of 700Q 
and 11,000 feet above the sea-level is its natural home, where it 
is constantly resident. The characteristic tree of this forest- 
region is the celebrated Hand-plant of the Mexicans ( Chiro - 
stemon platanoides )— f la Mano del Mico * (the Monkey's Hand) 
of the Spaniards, which there grows luxuriantly. Whether or 
not the Oreophasis occurs in the volcanos of Atitlan and the 
Altos, remains yet to be investigated ; but, as all these and also 
the smaller cone of Pacaya present corresponding physical fea¬ 
tures to those of Agua and Fuego, it is not at all improbable 
that it may also be found in these mountains. 
There appears to be no distinctive name for this bird; among 
the natives, however, it is known as the Turkey with the red 
head ( f el Pavo con la cabeza colorada*). 
Fam. II. PHASIANIDiE. 
320. Meleagris ocellata, Temm. PI. Col. 112. 
This Turkey seems entirely confined in its range to the 
country included between the base of the Great Cordillera and 
the Atlantic, of which the promontory of Yucatan occupies the 
greater portion. From all accounts, the little-known district, of 
which the Lake of Peten forms the chief feature, is its head¬ 
quarters; and there it would appear to be of not unfrequent 
occurrence. It seems almost unknown to the natives of the 
Republic of Guatemala ; but the inhabitants of Belize, who have 
connection with the mahogany-cuttings, have more or less infor¬ 
mation respecting it. The Spanish name is ‘ Pavo real/ or, more 
properly, ‘ Pavo real del monte * (Wild Turkey). 
Fam. III. PERDICIDAE. 
321. Ortyx nigrigularis, Gould, Mon. Odont.pl. 4. 
Yucatan (Cabot) : pine-ridges of Belize (Leyland). 
