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(Nos. 8508, 8544, 8558, 8642, 8643, 8715, 8717, 8739, 8740, 8741, 8767, 8768, 

 8776, 8777, 8778, 8986,9006, 9056, 9131, 9132, 9175, 9208, 9279, 0404, 9538, 9686, 

 9729, 10067, 10261, 10478, li)711, 10902, 11023 Cherrie coll.) 



t?(? ad. !il. 95i, i>2i cand. 90i,87 culm. 20^, I9i tars. 25J, 25 mm. 



? ? „ „ '.•2, 87^' „ 90i, 85 „ 20J, 18i _ „ 26, 24| „ 



There is apparently no difference between these specimens and others from 

 Cayenne (specimen in Mns. H. v. B. very pale-colonrcd). A large number from 

 Cumaua in the Tring Museum agree also in every respect. 



A nest was taken at Caicara on April 13. It is a bag of about 30 cm. length, 

 susjiended from two twigs and open above. The three eggs are white, with 

 beautifully fine scribbled lines and some wider lines and spots of deep brown and 

 mauve. They measure 25-1 by 15-6 and 24-5 by 17-1 mm. 



107. Xanthornus icterus (L.). 



Oriolus icterux Linn., S'/s/. Nal. Ed. XII. 1 (1766) p. 161 pt. (excl. plurim. synon.) ex Brips. 

 " Am. morid." * 



Altagracia : ? 5. i. '98. 



Caicara : ? 26. iii. '98. " Iris straw-yellow ; feet plumbeous ; bill black with 

 plumbeous bars of mandible." 



(Nos. 9517, 9859, Iii242, l<i559 Therrie coll.) 



108. Gymnomystax mexicanus (L,). 



(hioht-t merknnuf Linn., .Sys(. Nal. Ed. XII. (I7G6) p. 162, ex Briss. ("Mexico" — errore).t 

 G ymnomyatax melanU:tfnis (Vieill.). 



Altagracia : ? (moulting) 8. xi., S S juv. with black pileum 18. .xii. 



Caicara : _?^ ad. 15. iii., 6 ad. 3. i., S juv. 26. xi., ? ad. 2. xi. 



Quiribana de Caicara: ? ad. 25. iii., (? jnv. 7. v., 6 ad. II. iv. '98 ; c? juv. 

 with black pileum 11. iv. '98. " Iris dusky. Iris Vandyke. Iris seal. Feet black ; 

 bill and bare skin about head black." 



(Nos. 8518, 8789, 8873, 9176, 9280, 9288, 9491, 10487, 10552, 10699, 10700, 

 10898 Cherrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar: ? ad. i6. vii. (Klages). 



101). Agelaeus icterocephalus (L.). 



Orio/(/.s irtfroft'pfittlus Linn., !^i/8t. X,jf. Ed. XII. (1766) p. 16.^ (ex Briss, — typ. ex Catjenne — and 

 Edwards). 



Altagracia : 3 cj c? ad. 27. i., ? ? c? jr. 28. i. " Iris seal ; feet black ; bill 

 black." 



(Nos. 9856, 9857, 9858, 9881, 9882, 9898 Cherrie coll.) 

 La Priciou (Caura) : i l)eeembcr (Andre). 



110. Sturnella magna meridionalis (Scl.). 



{Alauila magna Linn., Hysl. Nat. Ed. XII. 1 (1766) p. 289 (ex Cutesby— Carolina).] 

 Sturnella meritlioiialin Scl., fbis 1861 p. 179 (New Granada and Venezuela). 



Altagracia : 3 (?<? ad. 25, 26, 28. xi., 24. xii., S juv., 3 ? ? ad. 11, 25, 28. xii. 

 Maipures : cj ad. 11. xii. 



* We take "Cayenne" ex BrisF. as the ty^iical habitat, 

 t We substitute Caycntu, 



