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310. SCARDAFELLA INCA, Bp. 
Found in flocks with. Chamcepelia rufipennis, near S. Pedro and 
Peten, Honduras (Leyland). 
311. Zenaxpa leucoptera (Linn.): Bp. Consp. p. 81. (N. A.) 
Omoa (Leyland). One of the common Doves about Duenas 
in April and May. It is found on the ground in the open 
savannahs. 
312. Chamcepelia rufipennis, Bp.JConsp. ii. p. 359 : P. Z. S. 
1858, p. 359. 
Obtained by Capt. Taylor at Comayagua, Honduras. 
313. Chamcepelia passerina (Linn.). 
This is one of the most familiar birds of the central region, 
where it is the only small Ground-dove found. In the coast- 
regions its place is supplied by two other species at least. At 
Duenas it is abundant, residing all the year, and breeding in the 
cochineal-plantations, where it deposits its eggs, two in number, 
on the ground under the rows of c Nopal/ 
The Spanish name for this species is ' Tortolita.’ 
Ordo V. GALLINiE. 
Fam. I. CRACID^. 
Subfam. CracinjE. 
314. Crax alector, Linn. 
In the forests of both coast-regions this species occurs, though 
somewhat sparingly. It is usually seen in the early morning, or 
in the evening, perched on a branch of a tree, wlieie it lests, 
looking at a passer-by with a vacant rather than an alarmed 
expression. When thus found, a sportsman may approach in 
the most open manner to within gun-shot. To the Spaniards it 
is known as the ‘ Pahuil,’ and to the mahogany-cutters of Belize 
as the f Curassow .’ 
Subfam. Penelopin^e. 
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315. Penelope purpurascens, Wagler. 
This bird frequents the same localities as Crax alector ; and the 
habits of the two closely resemble each other; but P. purpu - 
