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jiiirts (lull (■iiiiiaiiioii-riifuiis, liivii.st Mid alidoiJU'ii very ]>iile whitish givy, iiudi'r 

 tiiil-coverl.s [liilo ;ishy i,'i'fyish. 



(6) I'/iii/a cinjniia ijukiiininix (( 'iib. k lloiiie). 



J'i/rrliocoiTi)xf/iiian('niiisV;\.\yM\\» k, lli'iiii', Ma.s. U,iii. iv. (18(32) p. So [(luiaiiii]. 



Hiili. Biitixh (Juidiin : CJiionju,* Aiiiiai * ; Suriiiam : Paramaribo,! Kwata t ; 

 Diinnro: Altagracia, f (.'aicara, t t'iinhul P.nlivar^; ('aura li.: Snapnre, + La 

 I'ricion. % 



1,\Vv P. I'. r,ii/,iHii, with tlio tail-feat hiM-.s iiiuK'riu'adi iiiiil'ornily blackish, Imt. 

 the breast ami abiloiDeii are distinct ly darker ashy grey and tlio under tail-coverts 

 more sooty greyish. ll|ipcr parts distinctly darker, rulniis chestnut. 



(r) I'iai/a atijnnn cohnnbidwi (Cal).). 



r;/rrliococ<:)/x coliniibi<(ini!i C&h-AWK, Jdiini. f. (hiiil/i. 18(1:.'. p. 170 (Cartagena, 

 and Aragna, Venezuela). 



Hab. Sorth Vcnczndn : from CiuiiaMaH to Duaca * ; and yortli Colomhl'i. : 

 Cartageua.* 



IJeadily known from (n) and {h) by its luuch lighter, bright ciiinaiuon-rufous 

 upper parts, and by having the three outer tail-feathers (except the blackisii 

 subterruinal l)ar) mostly rufous underneath. Under parts just as in P. c. giiianensis. 



One adult from l)uaea is exactly similar to those from Cnmana, the crissum 

 being jialo grey, not Idack as in P. c. nitjiicriam, which occurs i'arther west, near 

 Merida. 



{(I) Piai/a cai/niia innuht na Ilellm. 



Hab. : Triniilail (for characters see above). 



{e) Piaya cayana niyricrixm Scl. 



I'iaya p/i/r/cr/xsa Sclatcr, P. X. .S'. 18C(I, p. 28.") (Pabahoyo, W. Ecuador). 



Easily known from all the foregoing races by having the crissum blackish, in 

 marked contrast to the ashy grey abdomen. 



llab. : Culomhia : Bogota coll.H ; Venezuela: Merida t; yiV-Mrtf/or on both sides 

 of the Andes •* ; JSoith Peru: Guayabamba, f Loreto,* Ucayali.* 



140. Amazona amazonica (Linu). 



Psillni:i(s nma^uniiii.t Liiiiiavus, %v(. Xut, xii. 1 {\1(,[\) p. 117 (Suriiiam-cfr. .Vor. Znnl. ix. (1002) 

 p. 110). 



One pair from Seelet, April, and one S from Chaguanas, December. 



They .igree with a large series from Hurinam and (iiianoco (Orinoco delta). 

 The species docs not occur on the Paria jieninsnla, and reached Trinidad evidently 

 from British Guiana through the Orinoco delta. 



MI. Piouus menstruus (Mnn). 



Pnitlitcua iiinisfi-iiiis Liiiiiauis, Nys^ S'nl, xii. 1 (170tj) p. 14« (ex lirisson— Cayenne). 



Sir. Andre did not send ns this species, but Chapman says it was "common in 

 pairs or small flocks of four to seven birds." 



* One siieeimen. % Three specimens. || Nine specimens. 



f Two specimens. § Four specimens, ^ Six specimens. 



** Sixteen from W. Ecuador, four from E. Ecuiidor, 



