( 27 ) 



(Nos. 11089, 11 734, 11 TO-', llT'Xi, llMn, llsll, llsl2, ll>tl;5, llSfi'i, 11863, 

 12082, 12194 Cherrie coll.) 



Snapure : S ad. 17. v., ? 7. iv. "? •• Ivi-i brown; feet brownish black ; 

 maxilla black ; mandible very dark txvt'y, liijliter on bottom " (Klau'es). 



La Pricion : <S Jannar}*, Febrnary (E. Andre). 



87. Volatinia jacarina splendens (Vieill.). 



[Tamtgra jncarma Linn., Si/xt. Nat. Ed. XII. (17(J0) I. p. iiU. (Brasilia).]. 

 Frinr/illa sphiifkiis Vieill., Nouv. Dirt. XII. (1817) p. 173. (Cayenne). 



Altagracia : c? jnii. 7. i., t? jun. 15. i., (J jnn. 20. xii. 



(!aicara : ? (ad.) 14. ii., S jnv. 22. i., c? ad. 9. vi., <S jiin. 23. ii. 



(Nos. 9044, 9313, 9432, 9442, 9509, 9720, 9721, 9772, 9821, 10003, 10004, 

 10222, 10237, 10951 ("lierrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar: i ad. 19. vii., S ad. 0. viii., <S ad. 23. vi., ? '2\. xii. 6 ad.: 

 "Iris brown ; feet black (in younger birds and females legs dark grey ; iris dark 

 grey ; maxilla brown ; mandible wliitisli) ; maxilla black ; mandible light blue- 

 grey, tip black " (Klages coll.) 



La Pricion : January, February, December (E. Andre). 



88. Spinus mexicauus columbianus (Lafr.). 



ICarduelii mexicanus Swains., Phil. Mag. I. (1827) p. 435.] 

 Carduelis colmnhiamis Lafr., Rev. Zool. 1843 p. 292 (Colombia). 



Altagracia : S juv., ? ? juv. 21. xii., S J«v. 11. xii. 



Caicara : cJ ad. 9. vi. " Iris seal ; feet dusky : bill dull sage-green with 

 blackish tip." ? ad. 23. ii., ? jnv. 2. iii. 



(Nos. 9158, 9159, 9317, 9318, 9319, lol(;7, lo221, 10337, 10950 (Iherrie coll.) 



89. Sycalis flaveola (L.)- 



FrimjUlajUcuhi Linn. Sg»t. Nat., Ed. XII., I. (170C) p. 321 (ex loc. ignota, Museum de Geer- 

 we accept as typical habitat Suriuam !). 



Altagracia: S <S ad. 10. i., cJ cJ ad. 14. i., "?" ad. (or rather S ; plumage as 

 in cJ ad. !) 14. i., tj jnv. 10. xii., ? 5. xL, ? 0. xi. 



cJ ad. " Iris seal ; feet grey ; bill dusky above, dusky olive-yellow below." 



? . " Iris dusky brown ; feet plumbeous." 



(Nos. 8448, 8478, 8496, 8497, 9128, 9129, 9528, 9014, 9030, 0031, 9G95, 9(i9(i, 

 9097, 9098, 10840, 10980 Cherrie coll.) 



Caicara : ? ad. 27. vi., with nest and eggs (Cherrie). 



Ciudad Bolivar : S ad. 2. vii., t? ad. 9. vii., <? juv. 9. vii. (Klages). 



A nest (parent bird no. 10980 Cherrie coll. shot as she left the nest) was taken 

 on June 27. It was hanging from the tips of some branches, about seven feet from 

 the ground, and contained three fresh eggs. It is about a foot long, narrow above, 

 widened out to a round ball of 'Jh cm. diameter at the end. The entrance is a small 

 hole on the upper part of the ball. 



The eggs resemble those of a sparrow, being white, profusely covered with 

 brown, and a few underlying pale grey spots, the spots almost eutirely covering the 

 thick end. They measure 205 by 14-5,211 by 14-5, and 211 by 143 mm., and 

 are rather pointed ovate. 



