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barbatula aud T'. c. barbadensis the pileiim is ashy grey without any greenish 

 shade) ; there is no trace of a dusky line above the snperciliary stripe, etc., etc. 



As far as I know Borba is the most southerly record for I', c. calidvis in its 

 winter quarters.] 



[23. Cyclarhis g'ujanensis giijanensis (Gm.). 



Taiiagm giijaiieiisk Gmelin, Si/sl. A'al. 1. ii. p. 893 (1789.— ex Buffon's " Verderoux " : "Guyane"). 



Ci/dorliis guianeiisis Pelzelii, I.e. p. 74 (Borba). 



Cyclarhis g. giijaneii.tix Hellmayr, Nnr. Zaul. xiv. p. .346 (Humaytha, Borba). 



Rio Madeira: Borba (Natterer, HofFiuanns), Hnmaytha (Hoffmanns). Ranges 

 from Cayenne and Pari all over Amazonia to Eastern Pern.] 



24. Progne chalybea chalybea (Gm.). 



Hirumlo ehahiheu Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. ii. p. 1026 (1789.— ex Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 495. tab. 46. fig. 1, 

 and D'Aubenton, PI. enl. 545. fig. 2 : Cayenne). 



No. 100. ? ad., Oalama, 23. vi. 1907. " Iris lirown, feet bluish lilack, bill 

 black."— Wing 125 ; tail (U; bill lU mm. 



Agrees in colour and size with specimens from Cayenne, Uaura (Venezuela), 

 and Para. The southern P. chab/hea domestica (Vieill.), which occurs from Bahia 

 and Goyaz southwards, is much larger, the wing varying from 137 to 145, the tail 

 from 70 to 80 mm. 



25. Progne tapera (liinn.). 



Hirimdo Tapera Linnaeus, %«'. i^at. xii. 1. p. 345 (1766. — "in America," ai type locality fixed 

 East Brazil (ex Marcgrave) aut. Berl. & Hart. Nno. Zuol. ix. p. 14). 



No. 760. ? ad., Allianca, 8. xi. 1007. " Iris brownish grey, feet and bill 

 black."— Wing 123 ; tail 03 ; bill 11 mm. 



2(1. Atticora fasciata (Gm.). 



Hiriuido fasciatii Gmelin, Sysl. Nat. 1. ii. p. 1022 (1789.— ex BuBfon and D'Aubenton, PI. enl. 724. 



fig. 2 : Cayenne). 

 Attii-ora fasciata Pelzeln, I.e. p. 18 (Rio Guapor^ above los trea barras). 



Nos. 889, 890. (?c? ad., Marnins, 30. v. 1908. " Iris, feet, and bill black."— 

 Wing 100, 101 ; tail 72 ; bill 6 mm. 



These examples differ from others obtained in British Guiana and Eastern 

 Venezuela ((Jaura) in smaller size, less forked tail, broader white breast-band, and 

 more steel-blue (less purplish) gloss of the plumage. 



[27. Atticora melanoleuca (Wied). 



Hirundo inelaiiohuea Wied, Reise Brasil. i. p. 345 (182lj. — Rio Belmonte, Bahia). 

 Atticora melanoleuca Pelzeln, I.e. p. 18 (Bananeira, Rio Mamore' ; Salto Theotonio). 



Rio Madeira : Salto Theotonio (Natterer).] 



28. Dacnis cayana cayana (Liun.). 



Motacilla cayana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1. p. 330 (176(3, — ex Brisson [excl. syn. Hernandez]: 



Cayenne). 

 Dacnis cayana cayana Hellmayr, Nor. Zoul. xiv. p. 346 (Hnmaytha, Borba). 

 D. cyanocephala Pelzeln, Znr Orn. Bras. i. p. 25 (Borba). 



No. 718. ? ad., S. Isabel, Rio Preto, 19.x. 19U7. "Iris brown, feet light 

 greyish yellow, bill black." — Wing 01 ; tail 42i ; bill 12 mm. 



