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1. Turdus flavipes venezuelensis (Sharpe). 



Merida venezuelensis Sharpe, Moiinqr. Tunl. ii. (lUOO) p. 83 [Venezuela]. 



J/, mehiimpleum, idem, I.e. p. 87 ["Trinidad "— errore !] 



Turdus flavipes (nee Vieillot !) Taylor, Ibis 18G4. p. 80 ; Leotaud, Ois. TrinuUi!, p. lOO. 



L^otand states that the species does not breed on the island and occurs only 

 between the months of Augnst and April, It is strange that neither Chapman nor 

 Andre's collectors ever met with it. 



I have shown* that specimens similar to that described by .Sharpe as 

 M. melanopleiva may be found in Venezuela as well as in South Brazil, the 

 distinguishing characters of the supposed species being only those of the very adult 

 male. Having examined the type in the British Museum, the last doubts as to its 

 identity with vcncx-iu'li'iis/s are now removed, for the type turns out to he a skin of 

 the well-known " Orinoco "-make, and certainly never came from Trinidad ! 



2. Turdus xanthoscelus Jard. 



Timhis xanthoscelus Jardine, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. (1847) p. 329 [Tobago]. 



According to Leotaud, this species is an occasional visitor to Trinidad, but 

 neither Ohaiuuau nor Audrey collected it on the island. This tlirush is strictly 

 confined to Tobago. The specimens from the Roraima Mts., Britisli Guiana, 

 referred by Sharpe to 7'. xanthoscelus, differ from the typical Tobago scries by their 

 much smaller size (wing 110— 112, instead of 117 ; tail 83—88, instead of 98 mm.), 

 weaker and shorter bill and much more glossy plumage. They are perhaps not 

 separable irom T. lencojis Tacz., but a better series should be examined. 



3. Euphonia nigricoUis (Vieill.). 



Although Leotaud says it is pretty common, it has not been met with by any 

 of the more recent travellers who visited the island. It is also included in Taylor's 

 list with the remark : "much less abundant than on the main." 



4. Piranga testacea faceta Bangs. 



Piranf/afii(!et(( Bangs, rmr. Biol. Sor. Was!,, xii, (1898) p. Ul [Santa Marta, Colombia]. 

 Pyranija hepatim (nee Swainson !) Lrotand, Ois. Trinidad, p. 291 [Trinidad]. 



I'iranya liaemalea (nee Salvin & Godman !) Chapman, Bull. Amey. Mas. vi. (1894) p. 30 [Trinidad] ; 

 Allen, Ball. Amer. Mas. xiii. (1900) p. 168 [Santa Marta], 



I have not seen as yet any authentic Trinidad specimen, but Ldotand describes 

 a bird which seems to belong to the above species, of which there is a good series 

 from Cumana in the Tring Museum. It is easily known from P. t. testacea by its 

 much lighter, orange-vermilion underparts, and is in no way to be confounded with 

 P. t. liaemalea of the Roraima Mountains, British Guiana, as has been done by 

 Allen and Chapman. The latter ditiers very little from typical testacea, while 

 P. t. faceta is much paler and brighter everywhere than its two allies. 



Ldotand adds that this species is only a visitor to the island. 



• Juurii.J'. Oriiith. 1902, p. 07. 



