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S 38. Conurus petzii (Hahn). 
A common species about some hot springs near the Rio 
Motagua. 
/ 39. Pionus HiEMATOTiSj Sclat. et Salv. P. Z. S. I860, p. 300. 
(Plate XIII.) 
This beautiful Parrot is known to the Indians of Vera Paz as 
the ‘Khel.’ It is said to be far from uncommon in the tierra 
caliente and during the time that the maize is ripe at Coban, it 
is one of the species that commits the greatest depredations on 
the crops. In the month of March (1860), when I was in the 
mountains in search of Quesals (Pharomacrus paradiseus), a small 
flock used to frequent the neighbourhood of one of our camps. 
Owing to the great height of the trees on which they usually sat, 
I was only able to secure one specimen. Cipriano Prado brought 
two others from Choctum. 
y 40. Chrysotis autumnalis (Linn.). 
I am not aware of having met w T ith this species in a wild state, 
but it is frequently seen in cages in Guatemala. It is said to be 
common in the tierra caliente of Vera Paz. Juan Prado brought 
two from those districts, one of which died and was preserved. 
v/ 41. Buteo fuliginosus, Sclater, Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iv. 
p. 267, pi. 62. 
Juan Prado procured me one specimen of this Buzzard. It 
was brought to him by an Indian. 
y 42. Buteo ery t thronotus. King : Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 34. 
Don Vicente Constancia has an adult example of this bird, 
shot near Antigua Guatemala. 
y 43. Accipiter cooperi, Bp. : Baird, Rep. p. 16. 
One specimen, in immature dress, in Juan Prado's collection. 
44. Pholeoptynx hypog^a (Bp.). 
One specimen, obtained at San Geronimo by Mi. Owen. I 
saw another, decayed, lying on the thatch of a rancho at Lanquin. 
y 45. Geotrygon albifacies, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 98. 
^ 46. Geotrygon montanus (Linn.) : Bp. Consp. n. p. 72. 
Both these Pigeons are found in the forests of Vera Paz. 
