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Messrs. Salvin and Sclater 
Fam. CCEREBIDiE. 
16. Chlorophanes atricajrilla (Vieill.), sp. 62. 
On comparing Guatemalan specimens of this bird with others 
from Trinidad, New Granada, the Upper Amazon, and Cayenne, 
I do not find differences sufficient for the establishment of specific 
separation. 
17. Ccereba carneipes, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 376. 
One specimen only obtained, July 9th : a young male assuming 
the adult dress. 
Fam. TANAGRIDiE. 
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18. PlTYLUS POLIOGASTER, DubuS. 
Coban. 
Originally described from Guatemalan specimens, but also 
occurring in Southern Mexico. 
19. Arremon aurantiirostris, Lafr. 
Coban. 
20. Plicenicothraupis rubicoides (Lafr.), sp. 70. 
Yzabal (June) $. 
21. Chlorospingtts ophthalmicus (DuBus). 
Coban. 
22. PyRANGA B IDE N TAT Ay Sw. 
Yolcan de Euego, alt. 5500 ft. 
23. Ramphocelus passer inii (Bp.), sp. 76. 
This magnificent Tanager is far from uncommon about the 
edges of the forest near Yzabal. The neighbourhood of the 
Campo Santo seems to be a favourite locality. I know of no 
bird that shows itself so brilliantly as it flies from bush to bush. 
At Yzabal it is commonly known as the Arrozero , or Bice-bird. 
The twenty-one birds collected at Yzabal prove, I think, that 
the immediate coast has been comparatively neglected by col¬ 
lectors, and that the series forwarded from Coban and other 
parts of the department of Vera Paz do not include many inter¬ 
esting species produced by the districts lying further eastward. 
Of the twelve species procured at Yzabal, only three occur in a 
