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Measurements of a pair of G. pliceniceusivom Lake Maracaibo and of 

 five specimens of (\ rohinsoxi are liere given: 



Measnrcmenls of Cardiiiitlis plKruictns. 



Sex. 



Male adult . . 

 Female adult 



"Wing. ! Tail. 



Lake Maracaibo. 

 do 



I Inches. Inches. 

 ■J. 45 3. 60 



:!. -.a 3. r,3 



Tarsus. 



Inches. 



0.94 



.07 



Ex. I LeiiRth 

 culinen. of crest. 



Inches. 



0.73 



.71 



Inches. 

 1.03 

 1.43 



Measuremciilf! of Curdiiialis robinnoiii. 



Locality. 



Wing. Tail. iTarsus.! .E;^;^^ Length 



culm en. of crest 



Male adult. .. 



Do 



Do 



Ff male adult 



Do 



Margarita Lsland . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



! Inches. Inches, i Inches. Inches. Inches. 



3.26 

 3.20 

 3.20 

 3.13 

 3.20 



3.29 

 3.20 

 3. 10 

 3.06 

 3.13 



0.9G 

 .95 

 .95 

 .91 



0.70 1.17 



.69 1.13 



.70 1.18 



.69 l.U 



.73 1.25 



C. ^Y. R.] 



61. VOLATINIA JACARINI SPLENDENS (Vieillot). 



GLOSSY GRASSQUIT. 



I saw at El Valle perhaps a half dozen individuals. As in the case 

 of Tachi/phonus melaleucus, the white shoulder patches become hidden 

 in made-up skins. 



62. EUETHEIA OMISSA (Jardine). 

 VENEZUELAN (iKASSc^nT. 



Plentiful in the scrub near the coast. 



[This is the form rejiresented on Margarita. A male from this island 

 and one from Laguayra are very much alike, except tliat the under t.iil- 

 coverts in the former are blackisli, with light olive grayisli edgings, 

 while in the latter these are broadly edged with yellowish white. In 

 other respects they are quite similar. — C W. K.] 



Family TANAGRID.E. 



63. TACHYPHONUS MELALEUCUS ( Sparrmanj. 

 HLACK AND WHITE TANA(iER. 



A good many of these tanagers came to feed on the seeds of the 

 copey. 



64. TANAGRA PALMARUM MELANOPTERA ( Hartlaub). 

 HLA('K-\VIN(ii;i) I'AL.M TANAGEK. 



Native name •'•chiquia.'' from its note. 



