( 90) 



Altagracia. Nevertheless some Guiana specimens are equally small, ami as there 



is much individual difi'erence in size, a larger suries fnmi diti'erent lixalities 



is necessary to come to a definite conclusion, whether local races might be 

 distingnishable or not. 



301. Nyctidromus albicoUis (Gm.). 



Caprimulgus olhicoUis Gml., Syst. Not. I. 1 (1788) p. 1030 (ex Lath. — Cayenne). 



Altagracia : S <3 18. xi., 6. xii. '97, 21. i. '98 ; ? ? ad. 8, 20. xi. '97. 



Caicara: cJc? ad. 22, 25. ii., 3, 9, 11. iii., 10. v.; ? ad. 14. ii., ? jnv. 10. 

 viii. '98. 



" Eye dark seal (black) ; feet dusky liorn (grey) ; bill black (blackish)." 



(Nos. S519, 864(), 8766, 90:".9, 9764, lnO.52, KiL'iiii, 10262, 10367, 10430, 10455, 

 10906, 11102 Cherrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar : cJ (J ? May, August, December. 



Sna|mrc : c? ad. 4. iv. '99 (Klages). 



La Union: (?? 17. xii. 1900. 



La Pricion : <? ? 1. ii. 1901 (Andr.5). 



Some specimens are grey above, others from the same localities quite rufous. 



302. Chordeiles acutipennis (Bodd.). 



Caprimulgus ricutipeiiiiis Bodd., Tabl. /'/. Eiil. (1783) p. 40 (ex PI. Eiil. 732, typ. ex "Guiane" — 

 sc. Cayenne). 



Altagracia : SS 20. xi., 7, 13, 28. xii., ? 16. xii. '97. 



Maipures : (^J 19, 21. xii. ; ? 27, 29. xii. '98. 



Quiribana de Caicara : S 4. iv. '98. 



" Iris blackish ; feet dusky greyish (dusky, smoke grey) : bill blackish 

 (dusky)." 



(Nos. 8764, 9077, 9183, 9244, 9421, l(i611, 11571, 11639, 11618, 11044 

 Cherrie coll.) 



303. Nannochordeiles pusillus (Gould). 



Chordeiles ? pusitlm Gould, P.Z.S. 1801 p. 18'J {Hab. "Supposed to be Bahia"). 



Maipures : 3 ad. 22. i. '99 ; ? ad. 18. xii. '98. " Iris dark seal ; feet dusky ; 

 bill blackish " (nos. 11520, 11714 Cherrie coll.). 



304. Nyctiprogne leucopygia (Spix). 



Caprimulgus leucopygus Spix, Av. Bras. II. (1823) p. 3 PI. III. (hah. in lit. sylv. fl. Amazon). 



Altagracia : i S 10. xii. '97, 3, 21. i. '98 ; ? ? 20, 27. xi., 9 (bi.s), 13, 14 (bis), 

 28. xii. '97, 3 (" breeding"), 6 (bis), 11 (bis), 21. 1. '98. 



Caicara : i 26. iii., ? 15. ii. '98. 



Maipures : S juv. 26. i. '99. 



" Iris black (blackish, dark seal) ; feet dusky slate (pale dusky, dusky 

 blackish) : bill blackish." 



(Nos. 8765, »904, 9119, 9120, 9142, 9182, 9206, 9420, 9474, 9475, 9546, 9547, 

 9628, 9629, 9761, 9762, 10076, 10561, 11763 Cherrie coll.) 



Mr. ('herrie sent us a large series of line skins of this rare species, which was 

 not yet recorded from Venezuela. 



