CHKRRIE: ORNITHOLOGY OF THE ORINOCO REGION. 3O9 



CeophloEus uneatus (Linnaeus). 

 Piciis lUieatus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 1766. p. 174. 

 Ceophlocus Imcatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 95. 



This, like the preceding species, is known as Carpintero Soldado 

 Not uncommon on the middle Orinoco from some distance below 

 Ciudad Bolivar to the falls of Atures. 



Eye straw yellow ; bill dus1:y slate above, whitish below ; feet 

 plumbeous. 



PicuMNUS LEUCOGASTER Pelzeln. 

 Picumnus Icncogastcr Pelz., Orn. Bras. 1869. pp. 241, 335; Berlepsch & 



Hartert, p. 95. 



Not common. This is the only species of Picumnus seen on the 

 middle Orinoco. Specimens were collected at Altagracia and Caicara. 



Picumnus undueatus Hargitt. 

 Picumnus undulatus Hargitt, Ibis 1889. p. 354; Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 



95- 



Rare on the Orinoco where two specimens only were collected 

 by the writer on the upper river, one at Perico in September and the 

 other at Nericagua in March. 



Not uncommon on the Caura River, as Berlepsch and Hartert 

 record specimens from La Union, Suapure, La Pricion and Nicare. 



Picumnus stellae^ Berlepsch & Hartert. 

 Picummis stellac Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. p. 96 



(Type, 2 ex Maipures, Orinoco River). 



This was the common form of Picuinnus on the upper river. It 

 was not observed below the falls of Atures. 



Eye seal brown; bill black, basal half of mandible slate grey; feet 

 plumbeous. 



CUCULIDAE— THE CUCKOOS. 

 Berlepsch and Hartert include ten species in their list. Nine of 

 the ten were collected on the Orinoco proper by the writer, and one 

 (Piaya melanogastra), noted only from its tributary, the Caura River. 



'This species was named after Mrs. Cherrie, who accompanied me on the first Orinoco expedition, 

 sharing the hardships and pleasures of camp life, — ignoring the former and adding much to the latter. 



