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When frightened, the whole bevy runs up the side of the 
ravine, and only when approached quite suddenly do they take 
mug. The consequence is (alas that it should be said !), that 
the sportsman is obliged to shoot them on the ground; and the 
only mode he has of quieting his conscience, is by a stretch of 
his imagination to suppose them “fur/* and not “ feather/* and 
to take a running shot. 
32. Eupsychortyx leucopogon (Less.) : Gould, Mon. Odont. 
pi. 13. 
San Geronimo. A female, probably of this species, shot in the 
caue-field. 
^ 33. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gm.) : Baird's Rep. p. 712. 
San Geronimo. A single specimen shot at San Geronimo. 
^ 34. Phalaropus hyperboreus (Linn.). 
Duenas, August 1859. I have never observed but four birds 
of this family in Guatemala. They had apparently but just 
arrived, and were swimming slowly about on the lake, picking at 
the weeds, &c. They showed the usual absence of timidity at¬ 
tributed to these birds. No others followed these four, which 
may probably have formed a brood of the season. Since obtain¬ 
ing these, I discovered in the collection of Don Vicente Con- 
stancia a specimen of the same species; he also had another 
species, which will probably prove to be P. wilsonii . Both these 
had been procured from near the city of Guatemala. 
* 35. Rallus virginiantjs, Linn.: Baird's Rep. p. 748. 
Antigua Guatemala, September 1859. A single specimen 
only, a female, was brought me. It was killed in one of the 
cochineal plantations. 
/ 36. Corethrura rubra, Sclater and Salvin, P. Z. S. 1860 
(May 16 th). . 
Coban, Vera Paz, November 1859. Also in the collection ot 
Don Vicente Constancia, and previously transmitted by Mr. 
Skinner. 
37. Puligula collaris (Don.): Baird, Rep. p. 792. 
Coban, Vera Paz, November. Ducks frequent the river ot 
Coban in some numbers. 
