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M.h /wA'<OT('//.s/.s is eviilently coiitiiiid In the islands of Tnnidad and Tdbago. 

 Ill till' V'l'iieznelan coast region (Cinnana ami Puerto ('abello), ,1/. Ii. ri'iiezuelne 

 Sliarjie * takes its i)lacc. It is distingnislied by its muck 2>iiler luider-iiarts, only 

 liic breast and abdonuMi lieiiig light cinnamon-rutbiis, while tlic tliroat and loreneck 

 are ociireons washed with greenish. There are five specimens of this form in the 

 Tring Musenm, collected by A. Mocijuerys at El Gnacharo (near Ciimanaj, S. Oarlos 

 and San Esteban (near Puerto Cabello). 



}f. /i. si//iiy/frsceng ^d. of northern llolombia (Santa Marta and Cartagena) is 

 another very chjse ally, but differs from M. h. r,'ne.:uclae by its generally more 

 greenish uii<K>r-p;irts and the colour of thr nuchal cincture as pointed out by 

 Mr. Sluu-pe. 



l~!s. Ceryle americana americaua (Gra.). 



Ah-ritn tunrnntmiGmeWn^Syst. Xnl. 1. i. (I7W«) p Ifil [Ijasod on Daubeiiton, P/. c/(/. 591 . fig. l.'-'.— 



1 ?, Points Gourde, January; 1 (?, ( 'haguaramas, January; 2 cJcJ, Seelet, 

 April ; and 1 tj, Caroni Swam[i, March. 



Identical with specimens from Tobago and t'ayenne. 



N.B. Alcedo hrasiliensis Gm., (pioted in the Cat. Birds as a synonym of 

 C. a)Hcricana,ca,\motm any way be referred to tlie present species. This will be 

 easily conceived by a glance at the description. 



129. Ceryle superciliosa superciliosa (Linn.). 



Akah siipcri-iUnsii Lianaeus, Si/st. Nat. xii. 1. (170(j) p. 17'J [ex Edwards and Hrissoii.— " ill 

 America." — We substitute Surinam as typical locality]. 



<J ? from Seelet, April ; c? ? , Caroni Swamp, March ; and 1 ¥ , Chaguaramas, 

 January. Absolutely identical with speiwiuens from British Guiaiui and Surinam. 

 The species does not occur in Tobago nor on the " Cote de Paria." 



130. Trogou curucui curucui Linn. 



Trnijun riiru-ni Liiiuacus Sijsl. Nat. .\ii. 1. (ITOii) p. 1G7 [ox Brissou : ex Marcgrave. — " Urasilia" 



(e.\cl. Syn. Hern. — Mexico)]. 

 Trujnn CiiUiirU auct. 



One S and two ? ? from Caparo, April. They agree with a scries from 

 Tobago, Cumana, and Puerto (!abello. Typical Brazilian skins are not available 

 for comjiarison. 



The above is the proper name of T. collaris auct., as has been pointed out 

 long ago by Cabanis and Heine. f By all recent writers, however, the term 

 7'. cjiriicui has been ignored, apparently owing to the erroneous description of 

 Linne, who calls the nnder-jiarls " fulvus," although they are exactly described as 

 red both by Brisson and Marcgrave, upon whose accounts the name has been based. 

 Brissou's description is so clear iind full as to leave no doubt of his liird being the 

 same as T. collaris auct. 



In Western Ecuador an easily recognisable race, T. cnrucid cirfiinall.'i Cab. &. 

 Heine, takes the jilace of the typical form (cfr. Salvadori & Festa, Boll. }[//■•<. Tor/no, 

 XV. No. 36s (190U) p. 17). 



* Momntiix irnc:iielae Sliarpc, Cat. liirds xvii. (1S'.I2) p. 321 in text (S. Esteban ami I'licilo t.'abuUo, 

 Venezuela). 



f Museum Ih'ui. iv. (lsij;j) p. 177. 



