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 438. Agamia agami (Gm.). 



Ardea agami Gm., .%»/. Nat. I. 2 (1788) p. 629 (Ex Buff, et Lath.— Cayenne). 



Quiribana de Caicara : <S juv. 4. iv. 98. " Iris seal-browii ; bill black ; inaudible 

 dnsky olive-brown." (No. 111(500 Cherrie coll.) 



Nicare, Canra E. : c? ad. 13. i. 1901. " Irides bright red; upper mandible 

 black, lower fawn ; feet in front dark brown, behind listht fawn-colour " (E. Andre). 



An adnlt male shot in the Caroni swamps on Trinidad by Mr. E. Andr^ has 

 the bill l.j mm. shorter. The iris is marked as orange-yellow, feet black, bill 

 blackish with a pale yellow streak along the lower mandible, bare skin about the 

 eyes greenish. C'ulmen in the S from Nicare, 104 mm. ; in the S from Trinidad, 

 146 mm. 



439. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.). 



\_Ardea Nyctkorai- Linn. Sy^t. Nat. Ed. X. (1758) p. 142 (Europ. austral.).] 



Ardea naevia Bodd., Tall. PI. Enl. (1783) p. 56 (ex PI. Knl. 939 av. juv.— Cayenne). 



Quiribana de Caicara: Si ad. 3, 18, 21. iv. '98, " ¥ ? "juv. 21. iv. '88. 



Caicara : " ? " (juv.) 28. ii. '98, S ad., i juv. 15. viii. '98. " Iris scarlet ; feet 

 olive-yellow ; bill, maxilla blackish slate, sulphur-yellow basally ; mandible blnckish 

 slate at tip, dusky sulphur-yellow basally." 



? ? juv. : " Iris orange (orange-yellow) ; feet light chromium green ; bill, 

 maxilla blackish slate ; mandible chromium green." 



(Nos. 10313, 10.395, 10795, 10790, 10781, 11127, 11128 Cherrie coll.) 



44(1. Cancroma cochlearia Linn. 



Cancroma cochlearia Linn., Sy.^t. iVa^ Ed. XII. 1 (176G) p. 2.33 (ex Briss. — Cayenne). 



Quiribana de Caicara: cf ad. 16. iv., ? ? ad. 10. (bis), 18. (Iiis), 21. iv. '98, 

 ? ? jrs. (in brown plumage) 16, 10, 18. (bis) iv. '98. 



Caicara: cf juv. lo, iii. '98. "Iris dnsky; feet oil-green; bill black above, 

 dusky sulphur-yellow below ; bare skin of chin and throat sulphur-yellow." 



(Nos. 10435, 10741, 10756, 10757, 10758, 10759, 10770, 10771, 10772, 10773, 

 10794 Cherrie coll.) 



441. Pilherodius pileatus (Bodd.). 



Ardea pileala Bodd., TaM. PI. Enl. (1783) p. 54 (ex PI. Enl. 907— Cayenne). 



Altagracia : S 22. i. '98, ad. 6. xii. '97. 



Caicara : (?<? 9 (bis), 10. viii. ; ? 11. viii. '98. 



Quiribana de Caicara: c? 10. iv. '98. 



El Fraile, Orinoko : ? 3. ix. '98. " Iris olive-brown (olive-buff) ; feet 

 plumbeous olive-grey (cinerous) ; bill, base cobalt blue ; middle of mandible lilac, 

 tip of both mandibles grey to jilumbeous (to the base) ; " tip of bill pearl grey, 

 the colour det'j)ening to plumbeous at point of union, with cobalt blue on maxilla 

 and lilac on mandible, union on the maxilla gradual, on mandible abrupt ; bare skin 

 about eye and basal part of bill cobalt-blue ; bill tip horny pearl-grey, changing to 

 plumbeous, then blending on the maxilla at point indicated with the cobalt-blue 



