1S95. 



PBOCEEDlXaS OF THE NATIONAL MUSE CM. G79 



^ ^Typc.—'Sh\1(} adult, No. 151741, TT.S.N.M.; Margarita. July ;5, lS!»r>; 

 Wirt Robinson; collector's No. 101. 



Upper parts olive green, clearer greenish on ruHii» and upper tail- 

 coverts, with a grayish wash, particularly on top ot head; tail similar, 

 edged externally with lighter green, inner webs of most of the feathers 

 narrowly edged with yellowish green; primaries blackish brown, 

 becoming lighter on secondaries and tertiaries, which latter are similar 

 in color to the tail, aud bordered on imter webs witli greenish lil<e outer 

 webs of the rectrices; wing-coverts similar to the back; bend of wing, 

 axillaries, under wing coverts, inner webs of (piills (except at tips), and 

 under tail-coverts bright light yellow, deepest on axilhiries, and least 

 so on under tail-coverts. Throat grayish white; center of breast and 

 sides of abdomen creamy buff; center of a1)domen butfy silky white; 

 sides of breast, body, and Hanks greenish buff; superciliary line gray- 

 ish buff; lores, sides of forehead, near bill, and sides of head grayish 

 white. Bill blackish, paler at base of lower mandible; legs and "feet 

 grayish-lead." Wing, 2.05; tail, 1.00; tarsus, 0.07; exposed culmen, 

 0.43; exposed portion of tirst primary, 0.74 inches. A second male 

 measures: Wing, 2.12; tail, 1.59; tarsus, O.OS; exposed culmen, 0..39; 

 exposed portion of first primary, 0.G8 inches. 



This species appears to be most closely related to H.fiaripes. but is 

 smaller, without the yellowish bill and feet, and lacks the yellowish 

 tinge on the under parts, superciliary line, forehead, lores, etc. It has 

 the dark feet of anrantufrons, but differs from it very decidedly ui 

 other respects. It is also apparently (luite different from E. fernqjinei- 

 frons aud H. luteifrons of Sclater. 



Family COEREBID.E. 



69. COEREBA LUTEOLA Cabanis). 

 VENEZUELAN HONEY CREEPER. 



Common in the scrub, feeding principally on the fruit of the cardon. 

 [Two males from ^Margarita do not differ from others of this spcnaes.— 

 0. W. E.] 



70. ARBELORHINA CYANEA EXIMIA (Cabanis). 

 VENEZUELAN GUIT-GUIT. 



The native name of this beautiful little bird, '-copciciUo," is given 

 because it feeds almost entirely on the seeds of the copey. 



At certain hours of the day they swarmed in the tree tops. In speci- 

 mens from Margarita the beak is nearly one-third longer tnan m 

 others from various parts of its Central and South American range 

 aud this variation might possibly be accounted for from the tact that 

 being unable to tear the thick rind of the copey fruit, they must depend 



