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slippositimi would lie qtiito impossible with regaiil to the Humming-ljird and the 

 Woodpeokcr. 



The fiist chapter of my pa])er eontains the acconut of the species collected bj- 

 Messrs. Andre, Perc_v Hendall and Chapman, the second a list of the sj)ecie8 found 

 on the islands between Trinidad jirojier and the Paria coast, and the third an 

 enumeration of those the oeenrrence of which is doubtful or has been wrongly given. 

 I have not included a number of Water-birds once or twice recorded for Trinidad, 

 as they arc carefully enumerated in C'hajuuau's paper referred to above. 



I.-LIST OF THE BIRPS ACTUALLY FOUND ON TRINIDAD. 

 1. Turdus phaeopygus phaeopygoides Seeb. 



[Turdua pharojii/f/us Cabanis ; in Schomburgk, Tfcwf Brit. Guuimi, iii. (1S4S) p. GGl! (Brit. Guiana).] 

 T. pl,aeoj>;/f/oule« Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mim. v. (1881) p. 404 (Tobago). 

 T. phoeopiijiia Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 197. 



2 (J ad., 1 S jr., 1 ? jr., Valencia, March : 1 c? ad., Cajmro, April ; 1 t? ad., 

 Aripo, 20IJU ft., May. 



This series agrees with two topotypical Tobago-skins, in iiaviii'^- the back 

 idive-brown with a slight greenish tinge, which is never to be seen in tyjiieal 

 '/'. jt/KWOji'/t/i/.i from British Guiana, etc. The specimen from Aripo, although 

 nither browner than the others, is still decidedly more olive, less nal'ons brown 

 on the crown and nape than Gniana examples. One c? ad. from Cnmana and 

 one ? from Gnanoco in the Orinoco delta belong likewise to 7'. p. phacopi/goiilc.'i, 

 while the specimens collected by Mr. S. M. Klagos on the ('aura River represent 

 typical phaeopyyus. Notwithstanding some individual variation, tlie distinctness 

 of T. jj. pkaeojjygoides is fully confirmed by the present series. Its distribution 

 is as follows : Tobago : Mariah and Castare, May (Andre coll. in Mus. Tring) ; 

 Tiiniflad {tide supra); N.f'J. Venezuelu : Santa Ana Valley, near Cumanii, 

 March (Caracciolo coll. in Mus. Tring) ; Gnanoco, in the Orinoco delta, February 

 (Andr(5 coll. in Mus. Tring). 



The adult specimens from the various localities have the ft)llowing measure- 

 ments : — 



? (probably cJ), Mariali, Tobago . Wing, 



¥ Castare, Tobago . . . „ 



J ( 'ajiaro, Trinidad . . . „ 



S N'alencia, „ . . . „ 



o ,, ,> . . . ,, 



? (iuanuco, Orinoco-delta . . „ 



cJ Sta Ana, Cnmand . . . „ 



According to Ltotaud {Lc.) this species is 

 in .hum. J. Oriiitli. 19U2, pji. (i:5-5, CD. 



2. Turdus fumigatus Licht. 



Tardus fninKjulKS Lichtenstcin. I'ei:. Duld. (IHi:!) p. 38 (Brasilien). 

 T. casius (nee Bonaparte !) LiJotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 204. 



8 adults ((? and ?) and 2 juv. from Caparo, March and April; 1 c? ad. 

 Valencia, March. 



These specimens are above much lighter, not so dark rn-ily brown as 



