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142. Urochroma batavica (Bodd.). 



r.silliini Biilnrwa Boddacrt, Tnhl. IV. nil. (\7H?,) p. 49 [based ou Daubonton, /'/. rii!. Till, fig. 1. 



'* Batavia " — errore ! We substitute Surinam as typical locality]. 

 Urochroma chi<jiilttta auct. 



2 cJcJ, 4 ? ? from C'angregal, May ; aud 2 ? ? from Cliagnanas, September. 

 This series agrees perfectly' with two specimens collected in the stat(? of 

 Ciimand In- A. Mocqnerys. Several skins from the interior of Britisli Gniana differ 



slightly in having the feathers of the nape more distinctly margined with lilael;ish, 

 but this is not liUely to be a constant character. 



143. Pulsatrix perspicillata (Lath.). 



Strir perspic.ilUUn Latham, I ml. Oni. i. (17'.H)) p. L'l (Cajana). 



i ad., ? ad. and S juv. from Lavcntille, October and .Inly. 



The adnlts are mnch paler- bnif (not ochraceous) on the belly — than a series 

 from Snrinara, British Gniana and North Ecuador. A larger series from Trinidad is 

 rc<iuired to confirm the constancy of this difference. 



144. Ciccaba virg'ata (Cass.). 



Syniiiim firf/ati(iri Cassin, Prnc. Arwl. I'liihn/. iv. (IS.'")0) p. 1-24 ("South America"). 



1 c? fere ad. from Cajiaro, May; 1 d juv., and one young bird, not sexed, from 

 Cliagnanas, October and .June. 



The first specimen, being nearly adult, agrees best with another from Guatemala, 

 while an adult male from Curaana is mm-h more suffused with ochraceous below. 



14.5. Glaucidium brasiliauum phalaenoides (Hand.). 



[Slrij:biiiiiilkimi Gmelin, .S'//.s7. .V<i/. 1. i. (17ss) p. I'S'.I (ex Brisson ; ex Marcgrave. EuNterii Brazil — 



cfr. Berlepsch, Bull. Bril. Orn. CI. xii. lilill. p. 8 11).] 

 Sirh phihininiilrx Daudin, Trtiitf iTih-u. ii. (ISOO) p. iOO (Trinidail). 



4 Si, dajiaro, March ami A]iril ; (1 SS, 2 ??, Laventille, December and 

 March; 2 cJc?, Valencia, March ; 1 cJ, I'ointe Gourde, .January; 1 c?, (Jhagnara- 

 nias, .lannary ; 1 ?, (Jangregal, May ; J ?, Chagnanas, May and .lime. 



In the series both the rufous and the brown ])hases are represented. They 

 agree with sjiecimens from British Guiana in size and coloration. AVhile the fo.\- 

 red birds from Cumana are exactly like those from Trinidad, the brown phase is 

 rather more greyish on the upjier surface; but some specimens are hardly distin- 

 guishable, and I believe that the birds fnnn Venezuela and British Guiana cannot 

 be separated from G. h. plialaenoides, a view already expressed by l!erle|)sch and 

 Hartert (New. Zool. ix. l'.H)2. p. 110). 



14(1. Pisorhina choliba crucigera (Spix). 



\Slrix chnliha Vieillot, Nmw. Dirt. vii. (1817) p. ii'.t (ex Azara No. 48.— Par.aguay).] 

 Stri.r cruriijera Spix, Ar. Unix. i. (1824) p. 22, tab. ix. (" juxta flumeii Amazonum '). 



3 SS, 2 ? ?, 2 young birds fnitn Laventille, Ai)ril, May and December; 

 1 S from Cajiaro, April ; and 1 6, Chagnanas, May. 



The specimens agree with a good series IVdui Merida and the (Iriniico vaUey 

 (Ciudad Bolivar, Quiribana de ( 'aicai'a ami I'eiico), wliieii I inid comiiared with the 



