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COLUMBID^. 



3. Columba rufina Temm. and Knip. Rufous Pigeon. 



Columha Rufina Temminck and Knip, Pig. i, p. 59, PI. 24, 1808-11 (French 

 Guiana). 



Corosal, a^ February 27 (58,710). 



Settlement on Vagre River, cf January 28 (58,709). 



"Iris red, legs and feet dark carmine." 



This was the common pigeon of the delta country and occurred in 



immense flocks (S. B.). 



4. Scardafella ridgwayi Richmond. Ridgway's Dove. 



Scardafella ridgwayi Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., xviii, p. 6G0, 1896 

 (Margarita Island). 



Cano Corosal, 9 9 cf February 25 (58,705-7), 9 February 26 



(58,704). 



"Iris red-brown." 



5. Chsemepelia rufipennis (Bonap.). Rufous-winged Ground-Dove. 



Columbina rufipennis Bonaparte, Consp. Av. ii, p. 79, 1855 (Carthagena, 

 Colombia). 



Pedernales, cf January 26 (58,708), and another without data. 



"Legs flesh-color." 



6. Leptotila verreauxi insularis Richmond. Margarita Dove. 



Leptotila insularis Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, p. 509, 1895 

 (Margarita Island). 



Cariaquito, d" March 16 (58,711). 



"Iris pale yellow, feet and skin around the eye sky blue." 



OPISTHOOOMIDiE. 



7. Opisthocomus hoazin (P. L. S. Muller). Hoatzin. 



Phasianus Hoazin P. L. S. Mi'iller, Syst. Nat. Siippl., p. 125, 1776 



(Cayenne). 



Guinipa River, three specimens January 31 (58,703, 58,802-3). 



"Iris carmine, skin around the eye lead color." 



Occurred along all the streams as far as we went. Most abundant 

 above the mangrove area. Came to feed at sunset on the ground in 

 the savannas (S. B.). 



RALLID^. 



8. Aramides cajanea (P. L. S. Muller). Cayenne Wood Rail. 



FuUca Cajanea P. L. S. Miiller, Natur.syst. Suppl., p. 119, 1776 (Cayenne). 

 Cariaquito, 9 January 22 (58,716), d" 9 March 12 (58,715 and 

 58,717). 



Caiio Vagre, d" January 29 (58,718). 



"Eyelids and legs red-pink, bill greenish, yellowish at base." 



