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 [281. Chaetura cinereiveutris sclateri IVlz. 



[Cliaelura cinereireiUris Sclater, Citl. Cull. Aiuei: Dirtli p. '2i3 (18G'2. — ex WieJ ami Burmeister : 



Bahia).] 

 C. ScUUerl Pelzeln, Ziir Oni. Ilni.-i. i. pp. 10, oC (18G7.— Borba). 



Borba (Natterer). AV'idely distribntod in Upper Aiuii/.oiiia, but not recorded 

 from an}- locality east of the Madeira Valley. (T. my acconat iu Vi'iIhiikU. 

 Oniitli. Ges. Bayern viii. lOoS. p. 157.] 



[285. Chaetura spinicauda spinicauda (Teiuni ). 



C///).«»'/«s s/«H'«i«</«< Temmiack, 7'iiW. mith. PI. ml, p. 57 (18.59. — based on D'Aubcnton, PI. cnl. 



720. fig. 1 : Cayenne). 

 Cliuelura cinereiveutris (aec Sclater) Pelzeln, I.e. ]i, li! ([)art. : Borba, Panl). 



Right bank : Borba (Natterer). 



This species is chiefly found in the Guianas, bnt iu Eastern Brazil it ranges 

 as far sonth as Bahia. Cf. Hellraayr, Verhanill. Ornilh. (it'.scllseh. Bayern viii. 

 1'jOS. pp. I.jS-00.] 



[280. Claudia squamata (Cass.). 



C'l/pnehis sqiiamaliix Ca.ssin, Proc. Acail. \. Sci. Phihiil. vi. p. 309 (1853. — British Guiana) ; Pelzeln, 

 I.e. p. 10 (Borba). 



Right bank : Borba (Natterer).] 



287. Chordeiles rupestris (Spix). 



Ciiprimulguis rtipeslrix Spi-'c, Ar. Brits, ii. p. i. pi. ii. (1825. — " in insulis petrosis fl. Xlgri '') ; Pelzeln, 

 /.''. p. 14 (Rio Guapore, das Pedras, Rio Maniore, etc.). 



Nos. r)44, 598, — . t?c? ad., Jauiarysiaho, 20, 27. i.\. 10ii7.— Wing 100—172 ; 

 tail 88—99 ; bill 7—8 mm. 



Nos. 595, 590, 599. ? ? ad., Jamarysinho, 20, 27. i.\-. 1007.— Wing 155-100 ; 

 tail 87, 89, 100 ; bill 7— 7i ram. 



" Iris brown, feet and bill black." 



The males agree perfectly with the tyjiical examples in the Munich Museum. 

 The females ditfer in the decidedly more rufescent bufl;' ground-colour of the upper 

 parts, and by having the white portion of the outer reetrices more or less blotched 

 and banded with black. I'eruvian skins are somewhat darker above, but the 

 difference is insignificant. 



According to the observations of Mr. Hoffmanns, these birds breed in large 

 numbers on the sandy beach of the river (" Pleya "). Two clutches consisting each 

 of two eggs were taken on September 27, 1907. They are thickly marliled and 

 spotted with pale brown and lavender-grey on a pale buff or greyish wiiite ground, 

 and measure 20 x 20, 27 x 20, 28 x 10). mm. The egg is well figured in Cat. 

 Kijtjs Brit. .Mils. ill. ])1. i. fig. 5. 



288. Nyctiprogne leucopyga (Sj)i.\). 



CiiprimnliiHs !riu-iij>i//iiis Spi.x, Ar. Jlra<. ii. p. .1. pi. iii. fig. 2 (1.S25. — " ,a.l litoia sylvestria fl. 



Amazonum "). 

 Luriiimlis hncnpijfja Pelzeln, l.r. p. 14 (Cidade de Mattogrosso). 



No. 113. i ad., Calama, 20. vi. 1007. " Iris dark brown, feet dusky grey, bill 

 black."— Wing 135; tail 95; bill 5 mm. 



A perfectly adult male with the upper jiarts nearly uniform bhicldsh, the 



