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La Pricion : December 1900 (Andr^). 



(Nos. 9608, 9,S45, 9846, 9847, 10060, 10061, 10087, 10107, 10127, 10168, 

 10169, 10202, 10268, 10276, 10321, 1U336, 10553, 10614, 10956, 11019, 11411 

 Cherrie coll.) 



A nest (parent bird 11019) was taken at Caicara, June 30. Tlie nest was six 

 feet from the ground, ou a small tree in tbe forest near the river. It hangs from 

 the tijj of a twig, and resembles in shape a small nest of an Icterus, being of a 

 similar shape, with a short entrance-tube at the bottom. The whole structure is 

 about 27 cm. long. 



The eggs are three in number, creamy white, with deep rufous brown patches 

 and small spots around the thick end, and with a few obsolete underlying pale 

 purplish greyish spots. They measure 20 by 13-5, 21 by 13-5, and 20 by 13 mm. 



162. Rhynchocyclus poliocephalus Tacz. 



Rhynchocyclus jwliocephalus Tacz., Orn. du Perou ii. (1884) p. 285 (typ. ex Nauta). 



Nericagua : " (? " 31 iii. (? ? ). " Iris clay-colour ; feet slate ; bill-above, 

 black below, tip dusky pale, greyish at base." 



Al. 60, caud. 50, culm. 11 J, tars. 16| mm. 



Maipnres : 3 ad. 9. xii. al. 65 (cand. 54, culm, llf, tars. \~l mm.) S (moulting) 

 10. xii. 



(Nos. 11412, 11407, 12337 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : c? 2. xi. (Klages). 



La Pricion : ? 15. ii. 1901 (Andre). 



163. Ramphotrigon ruficauda (Spix). 



Platyrhyiiihus ruficauda Spix, Ac. Bras. ii. (1825) p. pi. 11. f. 1. (fl. Amazon). 



Munduapo: ? 15. iii. '99. "Iris seal; feet slate; bill black." (No. 12213 

 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : c? (?) 11. iv., ? 11. iv. ''Iris light brown ; feet black ; bill black, 

 with a whitish spot on centre of base of mandible " (Klages). 



La Pricion: SS 15. ii. 1901, ? ¥ 9, 1.3. ii. 1901 (Andre). 



164. Conopias inornatus (Lawr.). 



Myiozetetes inornatus Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. II., New York ix. (1869) p. 268 (Valeucia, Venezuela). 



Altagracia : <?(? 19, 29. xi., 5, 29, 25, 26. i., 3. ii., ? ? 5. 25, 26. i. 



Caicara : c? ? 22. ii. 98. " Iris dusky ; feet blackish ; bill black." 



(Nos. 8641, 8724, 8913, 9530, 9531, 9819 (bis), 9820, 9821, 9839, 984U, 9903, 

 9970, 9971, 10208, 10209 Cherrie coll.). 



Mr. Cherrie sent us a fine series of specimens of this rare species. 



Ciudad Bolivar : c? (?) 9. xii. (Klages coll.). 



165. Pitangus derbianus rufipennis (Lafr.). 



[Saurophagus derbianus Kaup, P.Z.S. 1851 p. 44 (Zacatecas, Mexico).] 

 Saurophagus rufipennis Lafr., Rev. Zool. 1851 p. 471 (Caracas). 



Altagracia : c?t? 4, 21, 6, 10, 25. i., S 2. ii., ? ? 4. xii., 15, 24, 4. i., ? 2. ii. 

 Caicara : cJ 16. iii. '98 ; ? ? 17, 26, ii., 3, 4. iii. '98. " Iris dark seal ; feet and 

 bill black." 



