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M. cenezuelemis Stone.* 



4 sexed c?(?, Puerto Cabellii, Venezuela . . Wing 114— llf,; tail 86— 0(1 mm. 



1 ,, i ad. Lagunillas . . . . ,,114 ; „ 89 „ 



6 „ c? c? from Merida „ 111)— 118; „ 84—01 „ 



4 ,, S ad. from Qniriljauu de Caicara, 



Orinoco ,, \\--i — 110 ; „ 88— ',_)4 „ 



50. Agelaius icterocephalus (Linn.) 



Oriijluf irlirorrjihalH.'i Liimauus, Si/sl. Xat. xii. 1 (17GG) p. 163 [•■ Cayaiia," ux lirissou A 

 Edwards]. 



A good series of ailnlts and yonng birds from Seelet, April, and ('anini, I\[aveli 

 and April, not different from (Jayeune specimens. 



51. Leistes militaris (Linn.) 



Emheriza lu/likiris Linnaeus, S;/»l. yul. x. (1758) p. 178 (ex "America" — "Asia," orr. ! — We 



suljstitute Surhiam). 

 Oriolus (juiaiifitxh-\- Taiiiiijra militaris Linnaeus, .S'</.s7. Nut. ed. xii. i. (lyCiCi) pp. 162, M16. 

 Leistes f/iiitiiieiisis Sclater, Oil. B. Bril. Miis. x\. p. 348. 



2 SS and 2 ? ¥ from (!aroni, iv. ; and 1 cf from El Socorro, iv. These 

 specimens agree perfectly with others from Surinam, British Gniana, and the 

 Orinoco Uiver. 



52. Quiscalus lugubris Sw. 



Qiiiscalns hii/iiliris Swaiusou, Aiiim. in Mvmuj. (18.S8) p. 299 ("Brazil," err. ! — We substitute Bi-it. 

 Guiana). 



One c? ad. from (.'aroni, 25 iv. 1003, agreeing with specimens from t'umana, and 

 the Orinoco region. One adult from Lagunillas near Merida, W. Venezuela, is 

 apparently also not different. 



53. Cassidix oryzivora (Gm.) 



Orhilus arji-Jeorus Gmelin, Sust. Xat. 1. i. (1788) p. 386 (Cayenne.— ox Jjatbain I 

 1 S ad. from Seelet, iv. 



54. Arundinicola leucocephala (Linn.). 



Pipra kncori-jihala Liuuaeus, .l/«s. .Id. Fiid. ii, Prodr. (1764) p. 33 {Sariiiam : cfr. Si/xi. Xat. xii 1. 

 p. 340). 



One <S from Caroni, iv., agreeing in colour and size with a series from Brit. Guiana 

 and the Orinoco Uiver. 



55. Fluvicola pica (Bodd.) 



.Miiniiaiiupira Boddaert. Tal,i. PI. ml. (1783) p. 42 (ex Daubeiiton. tab. 675 f. i.— Cayeime). 



6 c?c? from Seelet, iv., 1 S ad. (sexed ? 1) and 1 S jr. from Garoni Swamp, ii. 

 Tliey are in no way dift'erent from a very large series from the Orinoco, Brit- 

 Guiana, ('uman;i, Maracailid and I'ogota coll. 



* Auk 1S',I1.-|,. 3j7 (Venezuela— Goeiing- e,.)I.) 



