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Dr. G. Bennett on a new Cassowary . 
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^ fl 47. COLUMBA -? - 
Choctum. A single specimen of a Pigeon, probably referable 
to Columba vinacea, Temm. 
^f 43. Leptoptila rufaxilla. 
Both these Pigeons are also from the hot districts. 
/■ 49. Platalea ajaja, Linn. N. A. 
Soon after I left Guatemala in 1858, a Rosy Spoonbill was 
killed by an Indian near the lake of Duenas. Don Vicente Con- 
stancia now has this specimen stuffed. 
S’ 50. Eudocimus albus (Linn.) : Bp. Consp. p. 156. N.A. 
When coasting up the Belize territory in April last (I860), I 
saw two specimens of the White Ibis near Golden Stream Keys. 
S y* 51. Eudocimus ruber (Linn.) : Bp. Consp. ii. p.157. N.A. 
Mr. George Baily informed me that this bird is very common 
at certain seasons about the shores of the lake of Yzabal. 
^ 52. Chauna derbi ana, G. R. Gray. 
This fine Screamer is probably peculiar to the forests of 
Central America. The type-specimen (which, as we have been 
kindly informed by Mr. T. S. Moore, the Curator of the Derby 
Museum at Liverpool, is now stuffed in that collection) was re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Bates, the collector, by the late Lord Derby 
in 1843. It was captured alive at Peten, and kept living for four 
months by cramming it with food. A second and finer example 
in the same collection is labelled as having been purchased from 
Mr. Leadbeater in 1843. We are not aware of the existence of 
this bird in any other European collection. 
L .—Letter from Dr. G. Bennett respecting a new Cassowary. 
(Plate XIV.) 
[The following letter from Dr. George Bennett relates to the 
new Cassowary lately received by the Zoological Society of Am¬ 
sterdam, the existence of which has been alluded to in a recent 
number of the c Annals of Natural History*/ The accom¬ 
panying illustration (Plate XIV.) is copied from the drawing of 
the head of this interesting bird, kindly communicated to us by 
Dr. Bennett. Air. Blytli has also been good enough to forward 
* Ser. iii. vol. vi. p. 113, note (Aug. 1860). 
