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 I'M. Crotophaga ani Limi- 



Crotopluuja aui Linnaeus, Syd. Nal. x. (175S) p. 105 (ex Brown & Sloanc, Jamaica ; and Marcgrave, 

 Eastern Brazil). 



3 ? ? from t'aparo, April ; 1 ? , Seek't, March ; and J ? , Cliagtiaramas, 

 June. 



137. Tapera naevia (Ijiiu].). 



Cucidm imei'lus Linnaeus, %s(. N.U. xii. ! (17i;C,) p. 170 (ex Briason.-Cayenue). 



8 c?(??? from Caparo, April aud May; 1 immature bird from liaventillo, 

 November ; 1 i from (_"ha,^iiauas, May ; and 1 pnllus from Valencia, JIarch. 



138. Piaya rutila (111.). 



Cticiilus mlilux Illiger, AhhiiM. Akad. Berlin, 1812. p. -224 (ex Graeliu, C. mj/iwis var. (i (and y 



errore !; : (ex Brissou, Cayenne). 

 riiiija miittffa auct. 



1 S from Caparo, April 14, l!i02, aj;reeiiig with a series from Surinam, but 

 rather darker rufous on throat and foreneck. 



130. Piaya cayana iusulana n. subsp. 



[Cuculus caymms Linnaeus, Syit. N,U. xii. 1 (17(;i;) [i. 170 (ex Brissuu— Cayeimf)! 



Si.x adults of both se.xes from Caparo, April ; ■^ d d iVoiii Chajruaramas, 

 January; 1 J, Chaguanas, Blay ; S 'i from Valencia, March. In addition to 

 these we have some specimens from Savannah Grande, February, collected by 

 Dr. Percy Kendall. 



Similar to F. cayaiia guiuiieiisis (Cal). & Heine), but ditfers by its much liirhter 

 and brighter cinnamon-rufous (instead of dark rufous chestnut) upper parts, and in 

 having the outer web of the second and third rectri.x entirely rufous (except a 

 distinct blackish subapical band). The lower jiarts are just of the same pale ashy 

 grey as in J', c. ijiiiaiiciisis, the under tail-coverts Ijeing only a shade darker than 

 the iibdomen. 



Type in Tring Museum : " c? " ad. (Uiaguaramas, Trinidad, Jaimary 11, 1003 : 

 E. Andre coll. Wing, 13.j ; tail, '^37 ; bill, '^8! mm. 



This interesting race is evidently contined to the island of Trinidad. A large 

 series from northern Venezuela (Oumana and Uuaca) is easily distinguished by the 

 still paler cinnamon-rufous upper parts and by having the outermost tail-feather 

 on both webs rufous (except tlie blackish subterminal band) ; the rufous colour on 

 the two next rectrices is also more or less extended over the inner web, which is 

 never the case in the Trinidad form. 



With about one hundred adults from suutli of the isthmus of Panama before lue, 

 I am able to distinguish the following races occurring north of the Amazon : 



{fi) Fiatja cai/ana cai/ana (Linn.). 



Cuculus cai/anus Linnaeus, tSijat. Sat. xii. 1 (17(50) p. 170 (ex Brisson. — 

 Cayenne). 



Hab. : < '(ii/niiir * and f.o/rrr An/moiiia : vicinity of Parat (Sleere, Pobert coll.). 



Under-surfnce of the tail-feathers dull blackish, without any rntbus tinge. Upper 



* Tluee specimens. f Four specimens. 



