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Caieara: S ad. 18. ii., <S ad. V). v., c? ad. ','5. iii., ? ad. 2;i. iii., ? 21. ii. 

 "Iris sepia hrowii ; l)ill liiackisli slaty above, ])Inmlieon.s lielow ; feet slaty." 

 " Iris dark raw umber : feet slaty ; hill lilack." " Iris dusky lirown ; feet blackish ; 

 bill black above, slate below " (Cherrie). 



(Nos. 8489, 8597, 8598, 8694, 8884, 8885, 8980, 8981, 91 lu, 9197, 9198, 9445, 

 9521, 9599, 9619, 9742, 9743, 9877, 10146, lnl9(i, lnl91, 10547, 10548, 10907 

 f'herrie coll.) 



Cindad Bolivar: cJ t? ad. 3. vi., ? 4. vi., ? !.">. vi. "Iris dark brown; feet 

 black ; maxilla lilack ; mandible black at tip and margin, becoming lighter towards 

 base, which is very pale slate-grey " (Klages). 



Mr. Cherrie sent us a large series of this beautiful siiccies, which is still rare in 

 collections. Through Mr. ATidrt5 the Tring Museum has also received a dozen skins 

 collected at San Felix, in the state of Cumana, Venezuela, in March 1898. 



The nest was found on May 10, at ('aicara (parent bird no. 10907 Cherrie coll.). 

 It was jilaced among the tops of a thick clump of canes, about seven feet above the 

 ground. Both parents were moving about in great excitement, and breaking into 

 fnll song every few minutes. The nest is a large loose structure of broad grasses, 

 sedge, and twigs, without a particularly soft lining. It measures outside about 

 14 cm., the cup about 7i cm. across, 5 cm. deeji. The single egg reminds one of a 

 large Carpodacus egg, being light greenish blue, with a few minute j)urplish black 

 spots near the thick end. It measures 24 by 17-5 mm. 



75. Cissopis leveriana (<im.). 



Laniua leverianus Gtn., Syst. Xat. i. 1 (1788) p. 302 (ex Latham, loc. ignot. — We supply Cayenne 

 as, the typical habitat). 



La Pricion, Caura R.: J ? 13, 14. xii. lOOO. 



" Irides bright yellow, beak and feet black. Native name ' Tronpial 

 moutanero '" (E. Andre). 



7(3. SchistocMamys atra (fJm.). 



Ttnuiyici aim Ginelin, Syst. Nat. I. i. p. 8it8 (1788) (ex But!'. — "Cayenne"). 



Maipures : cJ ? ad. 26. xii., <} 29. xii. 



Perico ; cJ ? ad. 22. ix. " Iris vandvke lirown ; feet blackish ; liill plumbeous, 

 distal half black." 



(Nos. 11181, 11182, 11608, 11609, IHUO, 11647 Cherrie coll.) 



77. Pitylus grossus (L). 



Loila grossa, L., Syst. Xul. Eil. XU. (ITiJC) I. p. 307 (" Aineric-i," ex Brisson). We take " Cayenne" 

 as the typical habitat. 



Siiapnre : 6 '■>. iv., ? 22. vi. (Klages). 



Nicare, La Pricion : cJ ? ? January (E. Andre). 



, 78. Guiraca cyanea rothschildi (Bartl.). 



[Loxia cyanea Linn., Sysl. Nat. Ed. XII, (17IU1) I. p. .'iOS (ex Edw. — " Angola " !—errore. We 



accept Bahia, Brazil, as the typical habitat),] 

 Guiraca rothschildi Edw, Bartlett, .\iin. d; ^ta(J. Nat. Hist. Aug, 1890 p, 108 (River Carimang, 



Brit Guiana). 



Mnnduapo: iS ad, 22. ii. " Iris seal-brown ; feet slate-black ; bill above black, 

 below tip and goups to skin-angle black, sides plumbeous." (No. 1 lu53 Cherrie coll.) 



