Popenoe in a faithful representation of its original form and beautifully furnished in the Spanish style of the early seventeenth century. The exposed roosts frequented by these vultures favor this process, and naturally the birds would quickly become paler in the sun of the arid regions of the Southwest because of this. During my stay in the hospitable Sierra Santa Elena, there was much talk of the elusive guachos^ like these long-tailed, forest ones.
In the typical race canicvlaris the broad frontal band extends back to the anterior eye line or further, and sometimes descends over the anterior part of the lores. In the barren section of the Barranca Honda at 3,800 feet below Alotenango, I saw two on November 2nd and shot a female. On the 13th of November I took another on flowers near the village, and noticed that the tail was raised constantly until it formed a right angle with the line of the back.
This trogon was fairly common near the Sierra Santa Elena from near Chichivac to the dense forests on the higher slopes. I was interested to note how the three black marks on the "ears" and the middle of the chest stood out and how the light blue throat shone in the throat. 550 PROCIE'EIDTNGS OF THE NATIONiAT:, MUSEfU'M vol 89 in having the striations of dorsal and ventral surfaces definitely narrowed.
These birds rested with quivering tails on rocks and the tops of earthen banks, calling occasionally with a faint tip. This was the commonest of the genus in the areas where I worked, the birds being found regularly in thickets and open groves up to 7,600 feet, sometimes higher. In identifying this specimen I have benefited from the opinion of Robert T.
NOTES' ON GUAITEMALAN BIRDS' — WETMOKE 555 saw the female resting quietly in the sun a few feet away and secured
NOTES ON GUAITEMALAN BIRDS - WETMOKE 555 saw the female resting quietly in the sun a few yards away and secured. 556 PROCE'EDINGS OF THE NATIO-NiAiL MUS'EIU'M vol.89 in a single hole in an acutbank at an altitude of about 2,000 meters above Tecpam. Rough-winged Swallows were common where the road crossed the wash called Barranca Honda at 3800 feet elevation near Alotenango, along the eastern base of the Volcan de Fuego.
The sightings and sightings of these birds as they turned and circled in the air or stood on small wires by the side of the road were the usual ones. Near Panajachelon November 13 and 14 a flock of several hundred swallows mainly of this group flew over the lake in the evening and. This jay, known as the chara, was the most common species of its family in the mountainous regions of Guatemala.
Hides were obtained here on October 29 and November 4. Near Chimaltenango, on November 7, I shot one from a small herd among pines at 5,700 feet, which was the lowest point at which I observed them. On November 13 I saw them on the hills above Panajachel, and in the Sierra Santa Elena, where I prepared three more hides, they were common from November 17 to 27, and were especially abundant at 8,000 feet at Chichivac. These birds were often noisy; a common call was a harsh sMr-r-r shUr-r-r, like that of the crested jays of the United States, but they had other calls unknown to me.
They were found in small flocks ranging from near the ground to the tops of the tallest trees. On November 17th, early in the morning, a pair of these great magpies came among the cypresses near the house in the Sierra Santa Elena. On November 27, at an altitude of 9,500 meters near the Sierra Santa Elena, I heard a curious call and realized that it came from a pair of birds in a grove of trees on the mountainside.
I doubt the color character indicated, however, as my female specimen from Sierra Santa Elena has the lower throat very black, this color extending without break to the sides of the head. Hellmayr^^listed amale from VolcandePuca, Honduras, and its size is larger than that of the Guatemalan bird, although he lists it under C.J),pumilo. 236 (Guatemala). At Chimaltenangoon, November 7th, I secured two at 5,700 feet from a small flock feeding near the tops of fairly tall trees in a lane of cypress bordering on a mil)a.
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WETMOUE 559 Family CERTHIIDAE
560 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.89. above Santa Maria de Jesus at T,800 feet on Volcan de Agua, and one on Nov. 29 near Las Lajas at 3,200 feet below Alotenango. Others were seen growing large over a small stream near Chimaltenango on Nov. 7 and in Nov. In the Sierra Santa Elena they were common and seen regularly, specimens being taken on November 17th and 19th.
On November 8, I secured an adult female in a coffee plantation at 900 meters altitude near Las Lajas, below Alotenango. A male was captured on November 1 above Dueilas, at an altitude of 2,000 meters on the north side of the Volcan de Acatenango. Near Panajachel these migrant vireos were common in dense bushes in the valley above the village on 11 and 15 November, with two captured on each of these days.
On November 29 I found some in a coffee finca at 3^200 feet altitude near LasLajas below Alotenango and shot two more. I saw one near Dueiia on November 3, and on November 8 I shot one and saw others at 3200 feet below Alotenango. Specimens of this handsome warbler were taken on November 1 at 2,000 meters on the Volcan de Acatenango above Dueiias, on November 18 and 20 at the Sierra Santa Elena, and on November 24 at 3,000 meters near Desconsuelo.
On November 1st I collected two and saw others in a wooded valley at 6,500 feet elevation on the north face of Volcan de Fuego, above Dueilas. In a wooded valley at 8,600 feet near Chichivac on November 26th I shot a male close to the ground in rather dense growth. Above Dueiias, 6,500 feet above sea level on the Volcan de Acatenango, I found two or three of these birds in a thick herbaceous growth near the ground on November 1st, and collected one.
At Chichivac, at 8,600 meters above Tecpam, on 26 November I secured a pair actively feeding near the ground in the shelter of broad-leaved bushes. On November 14th at Panajachel I saw two in a dense thicket bordering weedy fields and collected an immature male. On November 2nd, near Duenas, I found a flock of 40 or 50 feeding closely packed together on the ground by the road.
On November 19 at Sierra Santa Elena I secured a female from a small group of four or five that was actively feeding in open brush near the ground. A mature male in full red plumage was taken on November 8 in a coffee finca at 3,200 feet below Alotenango.
NOTES' ON GUATEMALAN BIRDS' — WETMO'RE 577 TANAGRA ELEGANTISSIMA VINCENS (Hartcrt)
578 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.89 to mark a period of migration, as I afterwards observed only one, on November 14th at Panajachel. Near Panajachel on November 13, while searching for Melozone growing in weeds and thickets, I saw a number of Indigo Grays and shot three while taking specimens of other species. On November 7th I saw a number along the lanes and in open pastures at 5,700 feet near Chimaltenango, and shot an adult female.
The present species was found in Sierra Santa Elena in the same dense, low vegetation inhabited by AtJapetes g. In the Sierra Santa Elena these birds were quite common, but they were seen with some difficulty, as they entered low vegetation in fairly dense forests and usually seemed to move aside under cover, so as not to be seen. As the dogs accompanied us into the woods and walked through the undergrowth, these finches sometimes flushed and briefly landed in a low spot, offering a quick shot.
The stomach was large and seemed much more prominent than normal in the body cavity, the abdominal part of the torso seemed especially heavy compared to the weakly muscled front. On November 4th I shot one at 7,600 feet near Canderas in a thick brush where it was low to the ground. On November 12th, in a weedy milpa near the shore of the lake, one flushed, flew a meter or two, and then immediately fell into cover.
580 PROCEEDII^GS OF THE NATIOJ^AL MUSEUM vol.89 SO I secured an immature specimen at the edge of a thicket 3,200 feet below Alotenango. The extreme shyness of this species at this season may be partly due to the fact that all were in molt. In the weedy fields at 7,800 feet above Santa Maria de Jesus on October 31st, 1 heard a complaint coming from dense growths, and finally got one of these birds.
Near the Sierra Santa Elena they were common from 17 to 26 November from 2500 meters at Chichivac to 3000 meters above the estancia, where there was scrub. In the Sierra Santa Elena these interesting juncos were common from November 17 to 28, ranging from 2,000 meters at Chichivac to 3,000 meters above the summit of the mountain. Their habits and appearance have been typical of the northern forms of the group from the beginning.
