( 29 ) 

 94. Arremonops conirostris venezuelensis (Ridgw.). 



[Arrfinon conirostris Bonaparte, Co/isp. Av. I. (1850) p. 448 (Brazil — errore!).] 

 Arremonojts venezudensii Ridgway, Auk 1898 p. 228 (Puerto Cabello). 



Altagracia : c? ad. 2.5. i. 



Caicara : S ad. 29. i., S ad. 12. ii., ? ad. 25. ii., S 5. vii., c? ad. 11. viii., 

 S ad., ? 11. iii., ? 12. iii. "Iris vandyke-brown ; feet smoke-grey; bill black 

 above, slaty below." 



(Nos. 9815, 10111, 10199, in2(!ri, 10453, 104.54, 10464, 10470, 11005, 11055, 

 11103, 11117 Cherrie coll.) 



(The Tring Museum has also received a good series of this form from the 

 campos in the state of C'umaaa, Venezuela.) 



95. Emberizoides macrourus (Gm.). 



FringiHa marrmra Gmelin, Sijst. .\'it. I., 1 (1788) p. ;il« (ex Lath. — Cayenne). 



Altagracia : cJ ? ad. 4. i. 



Quiribana de Caicara: S ad. 3(l. iv., S<S ~. iv., S ad. 27. iv., ? ? l(i. iv., 

 (?,"?" ad. 26. iv., ? ad. 4. iv. "Iris sejiia : feet wood-brown; bill black above, 

 chrome yellow below." 



(Nos. 9509, 9510, 10604, 10628, 10648, 10649, lii753, 10754, 10827, 10828, 

 10829, 10846, 10864, 10885, 11235 (Uierrie coll.) 



96. Spiza americana (Gm.). 



Emberim americana Gmelin, Syst. Nal. I., 1 (1788) p. 872 (ex Penn. Arrt. Znol. "in Noveboraco "). 



Altagracia : S ad. 29. xii. 



Caicara : <J 23. ii. " Iris dark sepia ; feet slaty ; bill dusky above ; plumbeous 

 below." 



(Nos. 9454, 10215 Cherrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar : c? ad. 29. xii. (Klages). • 



Snapure : c? ? 9. iv., "? ?" {6 I) 3. iv. "Iris brown ; feet pale grey; bill 

 black on top of maxilla and brown along bottom of tip of mandible ; rest of bill 

 white, washed with brown, but nearly around base of beak an irregular band of 

 the same shade of yellow as is found on the chest-feathers" (Klages). 



La Pricion : c? <^ ? ? January, February (E. Andre). 



97. Paroaria nigrogenys Lafr. 



Nemosia niyroijini/H Lafr., Rev. Zool. 1841) p. 273 (Embouchure de I'Oreuoque). 



Altagracia : S ad. 22. i., <? ad. 27. .xi., S (ad.) 8. xi., "?" (like S ad.) 15. xi. 

 (worn plnmage), S .juv. 10. xi., ? ? "juv." 1.5. xi., "?" 15. i., "?" 9. xi., ¥ ? jun. 

 9. xi., (J? "juv." 9. xi. 



Caicara : S (ad.) 19. ii., S (ad.) 16. ii., " ? " (like i ad.) 15. ii., " ? " (like i ad.) 

 6. viii. (J ? ad. ; " Iris light brick-red ; feet slaty ; bill black, pale below." 

 Juv. : " Iris sepia ; feet dusky slate ; bill dusky (or black above, pale below)." 



(Nos. 8515, 8532, 8533, 85.34, 8535, 8552, 8631, 8632, 8633, 8828, 8901, 8902, 

 9708, 9776, 10080, lOllO, 10176, 11079 Cherrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar: c? ad., ? ad. 12. iv., i juv. 11. vi. (Klages). 



The adult female is like the 7nale, only smaller ; the wing about 4 mm. shorter. 



