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Captain Robinson saw specimens of this bird in captivity on Mar- 

 garita, but he did not obtain specimens in the wild state. As far 

 as I am aware, it has not previously been taken by a collector from 

 this locality. 



In the single specimen before me the sides of the body and under 

 tail coverts are clear red brown, not tawny rufous brown as in speci- 

 mens I have examined from Tobago, and the ends of the tail feathers 

 are darker rufous brown, otherwise it is apparently similar to birds 

 from that island. I have not been able to compare it with specimens 

 from Venezuela. 



Family ColumbicUe. 

 Columba gymnophthalma Temm. 



2 specimens, i d\ i 9. 



Leptotila verreauxi (Bonap.}. 



Leptotila insularis Robinson and Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., Vol. XVIII, 1895, p. 659. Clark, Auk, XIX, 1902, p. 261. 



3 specimens, 2 d\ i 9. 



I cannot distinguish specimens from Margarita from those from 

 the mainland or from Trinidad, and cannot agree with Dr. Richmond 

 in recognizing the island form as separable. Mr. Lowe describes the 

 colors of the soft parts in the fresh state as, "Circumorbital space 

 bright cobalt-blue. Iris dirty yellow. Bill uniformly black; tarsi 

 and feet reddish pink." (Ibis, 1907, p. 552.) 



Zenaida vinaceo=rufa Ridgway. 



Recorded from Margarita by Robinson and Richmond (Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., Vol. XVIII, 1895, p. 658). Not observed by Mr. Ferry. 



Chaemepelia passerina perpallida (Hartert). 

 13 specimens, 5 d\ 8 9. 

 These birds are apparently similar to those from the other islands. 



Chaemepelia rufipennis Bonap. 



Recorded by Captain Robinson and Mr. Clark. Mr. Ferry did 

 not procure specimens, but writes, "Several of these birds were seen 

 at an altitude of about 1800 feet in a very dry forested hillside." 



Scardafella ridgwayi Richmond. 



Scardafella ridgwayi Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 XVIII, 1895, p. 660. 



19 specimens, 10 cT, 9 9. 



This well-marked form is reported very common on Margarita. 



