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(296. Caprimulgus parvulus Gould. 
Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. v. 1837. p. 22 (1837.—no locality, Darwin coll. ; 
the type was from the “ Parand, near Santa Fé”; cf. Voyage of the Beagle, Birds, p. 37). 
Stenopsis parvula Pelzeln, l.c. p. 12 (Borba), 
Right bank : Borba (Natterer). 
Natterer’s female, August 3, 1830, agrees in every respect with typical 
examples from near Ocampo, Parandi, Argentine. 
C. parculus has a wide range in South America. Natterer obtained it at 
numerous localities in Brazil, and H. H. Smith near Chapada, Mattogrosso. Count 
Berlepsch possesses an adult male, picked ont from a large lot of Bahia trade 
skins, and a female taken by Mr. W. A. Schulz at Paricattiba, Lower Amazons, 
etc., etc. ] 
297. Caprimulgus nigrescens Cab. 
Caprimulgus nigrescens Cabanis in Schomburgk, Reisen Brit. Guiana iii. p. 710 (1848.—British 
Guiana), 
_ Stenopsis nigrescens Pelzeln, /.c, p. 12 (Borba). 
No. 778. ? ad., Allianca, 12. xi. 1907. “Iris brown, feet and bill black.”— 
Wing 142; tail 100; bill 11 mm. 
This bird, as well as others from the Rio Madeira, secured by Natterer, agree 
perfectly with a series from British Guiana and Venezuela (Caura). 
298. Chloronerpes flavigula (Bodd.). 
Picus flavigula Boddaert, Tabl. Pl. enl. p. 49 (1783,—ex D’Aubenton, Pl. enl. 784: Cayenne). 
Chloronerpes flavigula Pelzeln, l.c. p. 244 (Borba). 
No. 433. ¢ imm., Calama, 20. viii. 1907.—Wing 120; tail 71; bill 23 mm. 
No. 1048. ? ad., Maruins, 22. vii, 1908.—Wing 124; tail 73; bill 204 mm. 
“Tris brown, feet greenish grey, bill black, below grey.” 
In specimens from the Rio Madeira the whitish spots on the foreneck and 
chest appear generally more bar-like (less heart-shaped) than ia Cayenne and 
Venezuelan (Caura) examples, but this is not quite constant. 
299. Chloronerpes chrysochloros paraensis Snethl. 
[Picus chrysochloros Vieillot, Nouv. Dict, xxvi. p. 98 (1818.—ex Azara: Paraguay).] 
Chloronerpes paraensis Snethlage, Orn. Monber. xv. p. 163 (1907,—Murucutii, near Para). 
No. — (3) ad., Calama (no date).—Wing 189 ; tail 80; bill 25} mm. 
No. 330. 2 ad., Calama, 3. viii. 1907.—Wing 137; tail 75; bill 25 mm. 
“Tris dingy yellow, feet greyish green, bill black.” 
The male has the throat paler yellow than the type from Para, while the 
female, in this respect, agrees with the latter. = 
C. c. paraensis is closely allied to C. ¢. capistratus (Malh.),* from British 
Guiana and the Rio Negro district, but differs by having the throat uniform yellow 
(not banded with olive-green), the ground-colour of the under parts more yellowish, 
the edges to the median rectrices broader and more intensely olive-green, and by 
lacking the crimson mystacal stripe in the male sex. It is thus somewhat inter- 
mediate between C. c. capistratus and the southern C. ¢. chrysochloros. The latter, 
while agreeing with C. c. paraensis in the uniform throat, has the under parts 
* Chrysopicus capistratus Malherbe (ex Natterer MS.), Monogr. Picid, ii. p. 140) pl, 83 figs, 4, 5 
(1862,—* Brésil,” Natterer coll., sc. Rid Negro). 
