Mr. 0. Salvin on the 
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the other side. In the evening of the same day, I saw the old 
one feeding it, and went up to the tree; but it started off with 
increased vigour to an orange-tree, and tried at first to rest on 
one of the fruit, but failing, found a more appropriate perch on 
the edge of a leaf. I never saw it afterwards. 
The other young one flew on October 17th, two days later. 
The proportion of males to females, of my Duenas skins, is as 
five to three, while of those from Coban, as three to five. 
The seeds of the willow and bulrush are favourite materials 
for the interior structure of the nest of T. henicura , while lichen 
is freely used outside. 
/ 13. Selaspiiorus heroism. 
Volcan de Fuego and “tierra caliente” N. of Coban. 
Two birds were given to me by Don Vicente Constancia, who 
had just received them from a place called Chimachoyo, near 
Calderas in the Volcan de Fuego. Two specimens I have in my 
collection from Coban were shot in the tierra caliente north of 
that city. Hence it would appear that this, like many other 
species of Humming-birds, is found in very different climates. 
/ 14. Trypeuena duponti. 
San Geronimo. December 10th. 
Don Vicente Constancia assures me that this species is found 
near the city of Guatemala; otherwise this is the only locality I 
have been able to discover, as yet, where it occurs. 
Following the course of the river of San Geronimo up its bed 
to a distance of about half a league from the village, you come 
upon a small patch of forest with here and there open spots 
covered with Salvia ?. Here it was that this bird was shot by a 
boy, who told me there were plenty; however, on visiting the 
place soon after, I was not successful in obtaining more speci¬ 
mens, nor was I fortunate enough to see one. 
^ 15. Trociiilus colubris. 
Duenas and Coban. 
The 24th of August was the day on which I first met with 
this little wanderer from the North. I was shooting some 
specimens of Eugenes fu/gens in the locality mentioned for 
Amazilia dumerillii, when I saw and shot a male in one of the 
