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mottling- of wliite at the end. ITuder wing-coverts externally chestnut, 

 the feathers with black tii)s, the inner part wholly black; axilhiries, 

 black. Wing, 3.82; tail,3.1M>; tarsus, ().(>8; exposed culnien.0. 00 inches. 

 This species difl'ers from S. squamosa mainly in its longer bill and in the 

 broader black edgings to the feathers, which in the new species are 

 about twice as wide as those of S. squamosa. The viiui<-eons color is a 

 little deeper in the former, but this mivy be due to the fresh condition 

 of the specimens. The single specimen in the jSTational Museum collec- 

 tion from the mainland of Venezuela, examined in this connection, is 

 similar to the Margarita bird, but the bill is short as in the Brazilian 

 specimens of S. squamosa. 



I take great pleasure in naming this species for ^Fr. Eidgway, who 

 first x)ointed out the difference between the Brazilian and Venezuelan 

 birds twenty-two years ago.^ — C. W. B.] 



Family CATHARTID.E. 



28. CATHARTES AURA (Linnaeus). 



TURKEY VULTURE. 

 Native name '-olaya." 

 Common, but not so much so as the following species : 



29. CATHARISTA ATRATA (Bartram). 



BLACK VULTURE. 

 Native names '^zamurro" and "guaraguao," the latter being the 

 Indian name. 



Abundant everywhere. 



Family FALCONID.F.. 



30. BUTEO ALBICAUDATUS, Vieillot. 



WHITE-TAILED BUZZARD. 



Native name "gavilan." 



I saw probably a dozen individuals, and obtained one specimen, a 

 young bird. Its cere was blue, irides brown, and feet yellow, and its 

 stomach contained portions of a snake. The natives told me that this 

 hawk destroys much poultry. 



31. FALCO SPARVERIUS. Linnaeus. 

 SPARROW PLA.WK. 



Native name "rapiiia." 



Abuudant. Their principal food is a large green grasshoi)per {Tro- 

 2))<h(cris, sp.), which the natives call "naragangato," and which is very 

 common in the scrub along the coast. These insects have the under 



' Hist. X. A. Bir<ls, IH. p. 387. 



