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LARID^. 



9. Phaetusa chloropoda (Vieill.). Great-billed Tern. 



Sterna chloropoda Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxxii. p. 171, 1818 (Para- 

 guay). 



Manimo River, 9 & & February 9 (58,742-4). 



La Pedrita, Rio Uracoa, 9 February 15 (50,741). 



"Bill greenish-yellow, feet green." 



10. Rynchops nigra cinerascens Spix. Black-tailed Skimmer. 



Rhynchops cinerascens Spix, Av. Bras, ii, p. 80, PI. cii, 1825 (Amazon River). 

 . La Pedrita, Rio Uracoa, 9 February 15 (58,740). 

 "Legs and base of bill carmine." 



CHARADRIID^. 



11. Belonopterus cayennensis (Gmel.). Cayenne Lapwing. 



Parra cayennensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, p. 706, 1789 (Cayenne). 

 La Pedrita, Rio Uracoa, cf d' 9 c^ February 11 (58,734-7). 

 "Tip of bill and feet black." 

 Occurred in immense flocks on the Uracoa (S. B.). 



SOOLOPAOIDiE. 



12. Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tringa macularia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, i, p. 249, 1766 (Pennsyl- 

 vania). 



Cariaquito, d' March 3 (58,731). 



13. GallinagO brasiliensis (Swains.). Brazilian Snipe. 



Scolopax Brasiliensis Swainson, Faun. Boreal. Am., p. 400, note 1831 (Brazil), 

 Cano Corosal, d' 9 February 25 (58,732-3). 



These birds have the first or outer secondaries longer than the 

 primary coverts and seem to belong to this species rather than to 

 G. paraguaice, which Bulepsch and Hartert record from the Orinoco 

 Region (Novit. Zool., IX, p. 130). 



JAOANID^. 



14. Jacana jacana (Linn.). Jacana. 



Parra Jacana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, i, p. 259, 1766 (South America). 



Cano Corosal,. 9 February 25 (58,719). 



La Pedrita, Rio Uracoa, 9 February 15, cf cf cf February 11 

 (58,720-3). 



Common in the savanna country at La Pedrita on floating vege- 

 tation (S. B.). 



"Shield and base of bill deep carmine red." 



