668 BIEDS FROM MARGARITA— ROBINSON. vol.xviii. 



especially ill leiigtb of wing, wliicli will aid in distingaishing them; the 

 size of the bill is, however, about the same in both forms. The best 

 character I can find is in the extent of the red crown, which is con- 

 tinuous with the nape in wagleri, but separated from it in suhelegans, 

 altliough this may prove of no value when a large series shall have 

 been examined. What the difference on this point is between neglect us 

 and the two just mentioned I am unable to say. 



In view of the above lacts I would follow Dr. Allen' in restoring 

 Bonaparte's name suhelecjaris for the Venezuelan form and the three 

 birds will then stand : 



Melanerpes subele'jans (Boxaparte). Venezuela; Tobago. 



Melancrpes suhelegans ivaijlerl (Salvin aud Godman,. Chiriqni. Panama, toast 



region of Colombia. 

 Melanerpes suhelegans neglectus, Ricii.moxd. Bogota. 



As type of this last, I will designate Xo. 47081, U.S.N.M., female 

 adult; ^'Bogota;" Hon. A. A. Burton. Wing, 3.9G; tail, 1.8.5; tarsus, 

 0.70; exposed culmen, 0.72 inches. — C. W. K.] 



Family CAPRDHTLGID.E. 

 42. CHORDEILES ACUTIPENNIS (Boddaert). 

 SOUTH AMERICAN NIGHT HAWK. 

 Native name '' aguaita caniino," i. e., road watcher, from its habit of 

 flitting along the road at dusk and lighting in front of the traveler. 



I flushed a few in rambling through the scrub near Porlanuir, but 

 secured only one. At p]l Yalle I saw them flying overhead at early 

 dawn, and they then looked exactly like our night hawk. 



Family MICROPODID^. 



43. CH.ETURA CINEREIVENTRIS LAWRENCEI, Ridgway. 

 LAWRENCE'S SWIFT. 



Abundant at El Valle shortly after daybreak, and again at sundown. 

 One specimen secured. 



[This specimen is quite like the type, but the wing is a bit shorter.— 

 C. W. B.] 



Family TBOCHILID.E. 



44. DOLEROMYA PALLIDA, Richmond. 



BUFF-BREASTED HUMMING BIRD. 



Doleromija pallida, Richmoxd, Auk, XII, October, 1895, p. 369. 



The characteristic feature of the vegetation of the flat coast region of 

 Margarita is the post cactus, the "cardon" of the natives, of which several 

 species occur. These upright, spiny posts would apjicar to the stiauger 

 as productive of nothing that would sustain life, but such is not the case. 



' Bull. Anier. Mus. Nat. Hist.. IV, 1892, 55. 



