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Native name Cotua and Agiijita; also sometimes applied to the 

 Cormorant, P. vigua. Common on the lower and middle stretches of the 

 river but not observed above the falls. 



Phalacrocorax vigua (Vieillot). 

 Hydrocorax vigua Vieill., Nouv. Diet. VIII. 1817. p. 90. 

 Phalacrocorax vigua Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 127. 



Native names Cotua, Cotua Zamura, Cotua Nigro. 



Abundant all along the river, at least as far as the falls of Atures. 



RALLIDAE— THE RAILS. 



PoRZANA albicolus (Vieillot). 

 Rallns alhicoUis Vieill., Nouv. Diet. XXVIII. 1819. p. 561. 

 Porzana alhicoUis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 127. 



Rare. A single specimen was taken in the marsh bordering- the 

 brook at Quiribana de Caicara in April, 1898. 



Colors taken from the freshly killed bird were : eye bright vandyke 

 brown; upper half of maxilla olive, green, lower half of maxilla and 

 entire mandible apple green ; feet dusky brown. 



Aramides cajanea (Miiller). 



Pulica cajanea Miill., Syst. Nat. Supplement, 1776. p. 119. 



Aramides cayennensis Berlepsch, Ibis. 1884. p. 440 (Angostura). 

 Aramides cajanea Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 



This species was abundant in the thick tangles of vines and bushes 

 bordering small streams and ponds, and was noted at all points visited 

 along the Orinoco. In the early morning their loud strange call notes 

 could be heard on every side. They are extremely wary and the gun- 

 ner must be alert if he catches one as it darts across some narrow path 

 before him. The meat is delicious. 



In an adult female the eye was ochraceous rufous, eyelids scarlet; 

 bill apple green ; feet burnt carmine. 



ARAMIDAE— THE LIMPKINS OR COURLANS. 



Aramus scolopacEus (Gmelin). 

 Ardea scolopacea Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 647. 



