( !»« ) 

 ;!:!!. Diploptenis naevius (L.)- 



Cuculiis naevltis Linn., Sysl. Xiit. Ed. XII. 1 (1766) p. 17(1 (ex Brias.— Cayenne). 



Altajrracia : c?c? 28. xii. '97, 1. ii. '98. 



Qniribaua de Caicara : S IC iv. ; ? 20. iv. '98. 



Maipures : ? -M. xii. '98. 



Nerica.sua : c? '.VK iii. '99. 



" Iris clay-colour ; feet plumbeous: Mil, ridire of cnlinen clovc-lirown, cutting 

 edge ciuuaraon, raaudilile drab." 



C'iudad Bolivar : cJ c? 4, 0. viii. "US. 



Snapure : S 22. iv., ? 13. vii. '99 (Klages). 



La Pricion : ? 4. ii. 1901 (Andre). 



La Uuion : S 18. xii. 190U (Andre). 



(Nos. 9430, 992'.!, lOT.-il, 10s.-,ii, llons, 1-2313 f'liorrio coll.) 



332. Crotophaga ani (L.). 



C,;,ln,,lui!ia ani Linn., Si/st. iXal. Ed. X. 1 (1708) p. 100 (ex Marcgrave,* etc.). 

 Altagracia : ad. 8. i., '• ? '" .juv. 13. i. '98, 6. xii. '97, ? 12. i. '98. 

 " Eye dark sepia ; feet black : bill blackish." 

 (Nos. 90.58, 9.590, 9(157, 9084 (Jherrie coll.) 

 Ciudad Bolivar : c?c? 1. vii., 30. xi. '98 (Klages). 

 Suapure : 3 S vi., ? 12. v. '99 (Klages). 



333. Crotophaga sulcirostris Sws. 



Crn/njjhirya stilcirosins Swajns., Ph,l<,s. Mag. Xcw tt I'v'l. Sn: I. (1827) p. 440 (Tableland of 

 Mexico, Temiscaltipec). 

 Altagracia : (J(J 4. xi., 13. xii. '97, 2. ii. '98 ; ? ? 3. ii. '98. 

 " Eye seal ; feet black ; bill black." 



(Nos. 8467, 9179, 9180, 9181, 995(1, 9979, 9980, loll)4 Clierrie coll.) 

 rullus: 13. xii. '97. 

 Caicara : 21. ii. 'Os. 

 It is a remarkable fiict that this species occurs in company with C. ani. 



334. Crotophaga major Gm. 



Crolnjili/i/jii majiii- Gm., Sijut. Xnl. 1 (1788) p. 363 (ex Briss.— Cayenne). 



Altagracia : ? ad. ? juv. 10. xi. '07. 



Caicara : cJcJ 7. vi. ; S ? 15. viii., 7. vi. 'OS. 



" Iris sulphnr-yellow ; feet black ; bill black." 



(Nos. 8501, 8502, 10923, 10924, 10925, 11132 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapnro : iS 28. vi., 11. viii., S 28. vi. '99 (Klages). 



335. Capito auratus intermedius snbsp. nov. 



[Baccn auratus Dumont, Dhl. Sr. Xnt. IV. (IKli)) p. :,i (typ. ex Purou, Mu.". Paris t).] 



C. 6 mari (\ (uiratus dicti simillimus, dift'ert fronte vividiore, jilus minusve 

 aurautiaco tincto, gula qnoque magis aurautiaco tincta. ? gnla tota anrantiaca 

 inimaculata. 



Nericagua : 6 28. iii. '99. " Iris carmine-red ; feet bluish plumbeous ; bill 

 black, basal half of mandible plumbeous." (Nos. 12287, 12483 Cherrie coll.) 



' Marcgrave descril)cs I lie birds from Eastern Jirazil. 

 t C'f. Dalmas, Jiull Hnc. Zoul. France IHOU p. 17s, note. 



