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from penetrating into their localities this last visit. That I 
worked hard you can imagine, when I tell you that I skinned 
twenty-seven birds at a sitting. I leave shortly for Duenas, 
when I shall set about arranging this collection and despatch it, 
as well as the birds I have now there, which amount to some 200. 
This place where I am now staying is situated at the western 
end of the plain of Salamh. The climate is hot, and consequently 
I find some c tierra caliente 3 species; Icterus gularis is common ; 
I have also Ceryle amazona, and a beautiful species of Momotus*, 
of which I do not know the name. Amazilia corallirostris is 
also found, and an (Edicnemus , which I have not yet been able 
to shoot. It was interesting to hear some of the people at Coban 
talk of Delattre's visit, and of what he did and where he went. 
It seems that they have been in the habit of shooting and col¬ 
lecting birds ever since that time. Another thing I ascertained 
w T hich will be interesting to British zoologists, viz. that Naucle - 
rus furcatus breeds in the mountains about Coban. My chief 
ally and collector there found a nest with young last year. Of 
course, I am making every endeavour to secure the eggs next 
season. He tells me I am tolerably certain to obtain them.” 
Comparative List of Humming - 
Duenas. 
Petasopliora thalassina. 
Eugenes fulgens. 
Amazilia arsinoe. 
Campylopterus rufus. 
,, delattrii. 
Chlorostilbon osberti. 
Cyanomyia cyanocephala. 
Heliomaster longirostris. 
Delattria viridipallens. 
Heliopedica melanotis. 
Myiabeillia typica. 
Trochilus colubris. 
Selasphorus lieloism. 
birds of Dueiias and Coban . 
Coban. 
Pctasophora delphinse. 
Eugenes fulgens. 
Phaethornis adolphi. 
Amazilia riefferi. 
Campylopterus delattrii. 
„ pampa. 
Cyanomyia cyanocephala. 
Delattria viridipallens. 
Heliopedica melanotis. 
Eupherusa eximia. 
Myiabeillia typica. 
Trochilus colubris. 
* This is Eumomota superciliaris, —Ed. 
