368 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



Aramus scolopaceus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 440. (Angostura). Ber- 



lepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 



Native name Carrao. Not common and only observed at Altagracia 

 and Caicara, where it seemed to keep to the thickly wooded borders of 

 the ponds adjacent to- the main river. 



EURYPYGIDAE— THE SUN BITTERNS. 



EURYPYGA HELIAS (Pallas). 



Ardea hclias Pall., Neiie Nord. Beytr. II. 1781. p. 48, PI. 3. 



Eurypyga helias Berlepsch, Ibis. 1884. p. 440 (Angostura) ; Berlepsch & 



Hartert, p. 128. 



Native name Tigana. Not uncommon along the thickly wooded 

 banks of ponds and streams where it keeps on or near the ground. The 

 Tigana is often seen in a semi-domesticated state in the native houses 

 where they are esteemed for the number of spiders and insects they 

 destroy. 



PSOPHIIDAE— THE TRUMPETERS. 



PsoPLiiA CREPiTAN-s Liunacus. 

 Psophia crepitans L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 154; Berlepsch & 



Hartert, p. 128. 



Abundant in the delta region. Noted repeatedly at Las Barran- 

 cas, and Beebe secured specimens at Guanoco. Berlepsch and Hartert 

 record specimens collected by Klages at Suapure on the Caura River. 



OEDICNEMIDAE— THE STONE PLOVERS OR THICK- 

 KNEES. 



Oedicnemus bistriatus (Wagler). 

 Charadriiis bistriatus Wagl., Isis, 1829. p. 648. 



Ocdicncmus bistriatus Berlepsch. Ibis, 1884. p. 44 (Angostura) ; Ber- 

 lepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 

 Native name Alcaravan Negro. 



Not imcommon. Found on the. open savannas only. Usually 

 seen in pairs. 

 V Eye lemon yellow ; bill black, yellowish olive buff at base of man- 



\dible; feet olive yellow. 



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