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 II. — Island of Trinidad (January 30-February 2, 1884). 



1. Certhiola luteola, Licht. One specimen. 



2. Tanagra sclateri, Berlepsch. Two specimens. 



3. Tanagra palmarum (Max.). Two specimens. 



4. Tachyphonus melaleucus (Sparm.). One specimen. 



5. Tyrannus melancholicus, Vieill. One specimen. 



6. Contopus brachytarsus, Scl. One specimen. 



7. Thamnophilus atricapillus (Gm.). One specimen. 



8. Diplopterus nasvius (Gm.). One specimen. 



9. Steatornis caripensis, Humb. Two specimens. (Mona Island.) 



10. Engyptila verreauxi (Bp.). One specimen. 



11. Pelecanus fuscus, Linn. Two specimens. 



12. Fregata aquila (Linn.). Two specimens. 



13. Sula leucogastra (Bodd.). One specimen. 



14. Sula piscator (Linn.). One specimen. 



15. Sterna maxima (Bodd.). One specimen. 



III.— Island of Curacoa, Venezuela (February 10-18, 1884). 



1. Mimus gilvus rostratus, subsp. nov. 



Subsp. char. — Similar to true M. gilvus, but with much larger bill, 

 the lower parts more purely white, with no grayish shade across the 

 jugulum, and the upper parts lighter gray. $ (type, No. 97927, TJ. S. 

 Nat. Mus.): wing, 4.35; tail, 4.90; graduation, .80; all the feathers 

 tipped with white, that on outer feather 1.40 in length, measured along 

 inner side of shaft; culmen, 1.05; bill from nostril, .65; depth at base, 

 .30 ; tarsus, 1.30; middle toe, .82. 9 (type, No. 97928, U. S. Nat, Mus.) : 

 wing, 4.20; white on inner web of outer tail-feather, 1.25; culmen, 1.00; 

 bill from nostril, .62; depth at base, .28; tarsus, 1.28; middle toe, .85. 



2. Dendroica rufopileata, sp. nov. 



Sp. char. — Adult $ (type, No. 97930, U. S. Nat. Mus.): Forehead and 

 crown uniform chestnut-rufous, abruptly defined all round. Upper 

 parts yellowish olive-green, the wings slate-dusky, with broad and dis- 

 tinct pure yellow edgings on greater wing coverts and tertials, the 

 outer webs of the former being almost wholly yellow; primaries and 

 secondaries narrowly edged with olive-yellow. Inner webs of rectrices 

 (except middle pair) wholly clear primrose-yellow ; outer webs dusky, 

 edged, especially on lateral feather, with yellow. Sides of head (includ- 

 ing lores and superciliary region back to above auriculars) and entire 

 lower parts, pure gamboge-yellow, the jugulum and breast broadly, but 

 not very sharply, streaked with rufous. Bill black, legs and feet 

 brownish. Wing, 2.30 ; tail, 2.00 ; culmen, .50 ; depth of bill, .14 ; tar- 

 sus, .75 ; middle toe, .40. 



Adult 9 (type, No. 97931, U. S. Nat. Mus.) : Differing from the male in 

 lacking any trace of rufous on crown or streaks on breast. Yellow be- 

 neath decidedly less pure. Bill light brownish, the maxilla dusky. 



