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Show 444 MR. A. BOUCARD ON BIRDS FROM YUCATAN. [June 19, 46. HEDYMELES LUDOVICIANUS (Linn.); Lawr. I. c. p. 200. 47. CARDINALIS VIRGINIANUS (L.) ; Lawr. /. c. p. 201. Common in all parts, quite shy, and always seen in pairs. It is alike prized for its sweet song and for its bright plumage. Its food is mostly seeds. It frequents open lands or the outskirts of the towns. 48. GUIRACA CERULEA (L.) ; Lawr. /. c. p. 200. This bird is common from December to May. In Yucatan it is rather stupid, nor has it the beautiful plumage which it generally has in the north in summer. 49. GUIRACA PARELLINA, Bp. Merida, January 1878. Irides black. 50. SPERMOPHILA MORELETI, Bp. This little bird was first seen in February, and afterwards in great numbers in May and June. It lives in flocks, and is only seen in open land, often in company with the other species of small Fringil-lidae. 51. VOLATINIA JACARINA (L.) ; Lawr. I. c. p. 201. Verv common in the corn-fields near Merida and elswhere. 52. PHONIPARA PUSILLA (SW.) ; Lawr. I. c. p. 201. 53. CYANOSPIZA CIRTS (L.) ; Lawr. /. c. p. 201. Common in all open lands and villages, often seen in the principal streets of Merida, but most common on the coast. It lives among the weeds and low bushes, where it finds its food, which consists chiefly of seeds. Rather rare in midsummer. 54. CYANOSPIZA CYANEA (Linn.). Progreso. 55. MELOSPIZA LINCOLNI (Aud.). Large flocks of this little Sparrow were seen in Izamal in January and February. A very few have since been seen in other places. In Izamal it was very tame and quite active, living principally in the hedges and brush-heaps. [No specimen sent to me.-O. S.] 56. EMBERNAGRA CHLORONOTA, Salvin. Embernagra rufivirgata y. verticalis, Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. p. 248. Embernagra rufivirgata, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 201. Abundant in all parts, always on the ground, where it is ever |
