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noco, but only one specimen was collected, an adult male taken at 

 Agua Salada de Ciudad Bolivar, April lo, 1907. 



Eye Vandyke brown; bill black; feet dusky slate color, claws black. 



Bubo virginianus scotinus Oberholser. 

 Bubo virginianus scotinus Oberholser, Sci. Bull. Mus. Bklyn. Inst. I. 



1908. p. 371 (Type, ex Caicara, Orinoco River). 



Only one specimen. The species was observed at Ciudad Bolivar, 

 Caicara and at Perico. 



Glaucidium brasilianum phalaenoides (Daudin). 

 Strix phalaenoides Daud., Traite d'Orn. II. 1800. p. 206. 



Glaucidium brasilianum phalaenoides Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 116. 



Native name Mochuelo. Rare. A single specimen of this species 

 was taken at Perico, near the falls of Atures, September 21, 1898. 



Glaucidium jardinei (Bonaparte). 

 Phalaenopsis jardinii Bonap., Compt. Rend., XLI, 1855. p. 654 (Andes 



of Quito). 

 Glaucidium jardinii Berlepsch, Ibis 1884. p. 436 (Angostura). 



Berlepsch (/. c.) has recorded a specimen "in the brown phase" 

 from Angostura (Ciudad Bolivar), Orinoco River. 



COLUMBIDAE— THE PIGEONS. 



Eleven species were observed on the Orinoco. The majority, at 

 least, are resident wherever found, although the number of individuals 

 of a given species may vary greatly with the season. This is especially 

 true of those forms which feed largely on fruits. 



The larger species are much sought after as game birds and 

 while they may be very abundant, they are so exceedingly wary that 

 only the most skillful of hunters succeed in getting a good bag in a day's 

 hunting. 



As far as my observations went, none of the species nest in 

 colonies. 



Contrary to the rule that pigeons lay two eggs, Columba rufina 

 was ascertained to deposit a single tgg as a normal clutch. 



Columba speciosa Gmelin. 

 Columba speciosa Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 78; Berlepsch & Hartert, 

 p. 116. 

 Observed at Maipures, only, during December and January, 



