( 500 ) 



In regretting the want of more material before Professor Allen when reviewing 

 the Piayae, I specially refer to the bird from Merida in Veneznela. Of this I have 

 before me a series entirely alike inte?- se, and miu'h like /'. ccn/tina cayana and 

 P. cayana mexicann, but differing from the former in its much lighter reddish 

 upper surface, and especially its light rufous crown, from the latter in its consider- 

 ably shorter tail, less extended reddish throat, darker, more brownish back. This 

 is either an unnamed subspecies, or the same as P. cayana colinnbiana Cab. & Heiue 

 from Cartagena and Aragua. 



194. Crotophaga ani (L.). 



San Pedro, 3700 feet. According to Mr. Rosenberg's correspondent, who 

 obtained the specimen, this is called by the pi'oi)le " Gavapatero," and is a frefpicnt 

 companion of cattle, searching them for ticks, but it is also sometimes a rice-eater. 



19"i. Pionopsitta pulchra Berlp. 



Of this really beautiful Parrot, i|nite recently described tVoni West Colombia 

 by ( Jount Berlepsch, Mr. Rosenberg shot a female at ( 'acliavi, 500 feet high. 

 " Its iris i.s bluish white ; feet yellow ; bill white." Wing 153, tail 75 mm. This 

 specimen agrees in every respect with Count Berlepsch's type, which we compared 

 with it during his recent visit to Tring. 



l!Hi. Chrysotis mercenaria (Tsch.). 



Paramba, 3500 feet. " Iris red : cere dark grey ; bill dark grey, base of 

 maxilla yellow."' 



197. Pionus menstruus (L). 



Young, taken from nest at Cachavi, 500 feet high, on December 2(ith. " Iris 

 blown."' On the forehead a red patch on either side of the bill. 



108. Pionus chalcoptems (Fras.). 



Common at Paramba, from where Jlr, Hoseiiberg's correspondent sent a good 

 series. The iris is brown; feet fiesli-colourcd: bill vellow. 



I'.i'.i. Strix flammea contempta subsp. nov. 



Mention of a dark form of Strij- in Ecuador lias been made several times, and 

 some authors have said that it is the same as Strix pnnctatissimn from the Galapagos 

 Islands. The two females., one of which is very .young, ^\^th some down still 

 hanging on the tarsi, shot by Uoscnberg at night from the Goverument-honse 

 in Cayambe, 9223 feet high, on June 25th, 1897, agree very much in colour with 

 S. punctatissimrr, but are about one-third larger. The wings measure 31ii ram. 

 (220 in S. punctatisxima), tail 135 mm., tarsus (io mm. Ujipcrside black, with 

 frequent very fine pale grey mottlings and vermiculations, and small black tips 

 with a white spot at the extremity at the ends- of the feathers, which are pale 

 grey at the bases. Scapulars with much rufous brown towards the bases. Remiges 

 dark grey, with wide dull black cross-bars, rufous brown bar-like mottlings on 



