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 [■^yo. Caprimulgus parvulus Gould. 



Caprimulgusjmri'uliis Gould, Pnu-. Zotil. Sue. LdiuI. v. 18j7. p. 22 (1837. — no locality, Darwin coll.; 



the type was from the " Parani'i, near Santa F^ " ; cf. Voijarje of the Beagle, Birds, p. 37). 

 Steiiajma parmil't Pelzeln, I.e. p. 12 (Borba). 



Right bank : Borba (Natterer). 



Natterer's female, August 3, 1830, agrees in every respect with tyj)ical 

 examples from near Ocampo, Parana, Argentine. 



C. pamdus has a wide range in South America. Natterer obtained it at 

 numerous localities in Brazil, and H. H. Smith near Chapada, Mattogrosso. Connt 

 Berlepsch possesses an adult male, picked out from a largo lot of Bahia trade 

 skins, and a female taken by Mr. W. A. Schulz at Paricatnba, Lower Amazons, 

 etc., etc.] 



297. Caprimulgus nigrescens Cab. 



Gqmmulijux iiiijresixiis Cabanis in Schomburgk, 7f(7'sr« Brit. Guiana ill. p. 710 (18i8. —British 



Guiana). 

 Stenopsis nigrescens Pelzeln, I.e. p. 12 (Borba). 



No. 778. ? ad., Allianca, \2. xi. 1007. "Iris brown, feet and bill black." — 

 Wing 142; tail 100; bill II mm. 



This bird, as well as others from the Rio Madeira, secured by Natterer, agree 

 perfectly with a series from British Guiana and Venezuela (Caura). 



298. Chloronerpes flavigula (Bodd.). 



I'ii-us Jhiciijnla Boddaert, Talil. PI. enl. p. 4'J (1783. — o-\ D'Aubentun, PI. eul. 784 : Cayenne). 

 Clilorotirrpex fiarigiila Pelzeln, I.e. p. 244 (Borba). 



No. 433. c? imm., Calama, 20. viii. 1907.— Wing 120 ; tail 71 ; bill 23 mm. 



No. 1048. ? ad., Marnins, 22. vii. 1908.— Wing 124 ; tail 73 ; bill 2iil mm. 



'• Iris brown, feet greenish grey, bill black, below grey." 



In .specimens from the Rio Madeira the whitish spots on the foreneck and 

 chest appear generally more bar-like (less heart-shaped) than in Cayenne and 

 Venezuelan (Caura) examples, but this is not (jnite constant. " 



299. Chloronerpes chrysochloros paracusis Snethl. 



\_Pieus ehrijsochlovos Vieillot, Xouv. Diet. xxvi. p. 98 (1818. — ex Azara : Paraguay).] 

 Clihronerpes paraeiisin Snethlage, Om. Monlier. xv. p. 163 (1907. — Murucutu, near Pani). 



No. — (c?) ad., Calama (no date).- Wing 139 ; tail 80; bill 2.5Jr mm. 



No. 330. ? ad., Calama, 3. viii. 1907. — Wing 137 ; tail 75 ; bill 2.') mm. 



" Iris dingy yellow, feet greyish green, bill black." 



The male has the throat paler yellow than the type from l'ar;i, while the 

 female, in this respect, agrees with the latter. 



C. c. paraeusix is closely allied to (.'. c. capistraftt.s (Malli.),* from I'ritish 

 Gniana and the Rio Negro district, but differs by having the throat uniform yellow 

 (not banded with olive-green), the ground-colour of the under parts more yellowish, 

 the edges to the median rcctrices broader and more intensely olive-green, and by 

 lacking the crimson mystacal stri[)e in the male sex. It is thus somewhat inter- 

 mediate between C. c. capiat i-atu.'i and the sonthern (J. c. chniaorhloroit. The latter, 

 while agreeing with (\ c. parae/ts/s in the unilbrm throat, has the under parts 



• Clirijsiiiiietis cnpistratiis Alalliorbc (ex Nattcior !\IS.). Mcihu'jr. J'icid. ii. p. 1 In) pi. (>-. lig.^i, 1, j 

 (I'li'iL'. — " Hresil," Nattciev eoll., sc. lUo Negro). 



