42 Field Museum of Natural Histor^v^ — Zoology, Vol. XII. 



Neoglottis flavipes Gmelin. 



No specimens were taken, but the species was common about Alta- 

 gracia in February. Several birds were seen also along the edge of 

 a cienega near the Rio CogoUo. 



Tringa solitaria Wilson. 



Common in the vicinity of Altagracia the first part of February. 

 In March one bird was seen by a small pond at an elevation of 12,000 

 ft. in the Culata Mountains. 



Actitis macularia Linnaeus. 



Seen in the vicinity of Altagracia February 10. 



Ereunetes pusillus Linnaeus. 

 Lagunillas, i. 



A small flock of mixed E. pusillus and P. fuscicollis was seen May 

 loth. 



Tryngites subruficoUis Vieillot. 



Lagunillas, 2. 



Three Buff-breasted Sandpipers were found on the edge of the 

 cienega at Lagunillas May loth. The species was familiar to the 

 natives, who called it Patocito arnarillo. 



Pisobia minutilla Vieillot. 



Rio Cogollo, I. 



Common in suitable localities in the Tropical zone during the end 

 of February and the first part of March. 



Pisobia fuscicollis Vieillot. 



Lagunillas, i. 



A mixed flock of P. fuscicollis and E. pusillus was seen at Lagunil- 

 las May loth. Like other sandpipers, it is known locally as Patocito 

 (little duck). 



Gallinago delicata Ord. 



Rio Cogollo, 2; Encontrados, 2; Colon, Tachira, i. 



Fairly abundant about marshy places near the Rio Cogollo during 

 the last of February and first few days in March. 



