﻿VENEZUELAN ORNITHOLOGY — FRIEDMANN AND SMITH 459 



The semipalmatcd plover, a North American migrant, was rare 

 within the study area, the main bulk of the migration remaining on 

 the coast. Within the area it was recorded as singles at the savanna 

 ponds during October and November. 



Local name, "tinguin." 



CHARADRIUS COLLARIS Vieillot 



Charadrius coUaris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 27, 1818, p. 136 

 (Paraguay, ex Azara). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 9 , about 10 km. south of Urica, July 4, 1948; gonads slightly enlarged; iris 

 brown, feet tan, bill black; plumage much abraded. 



A flock of about 50 collared plovers was seen at a large pond on 

 the open savanna, from which this example was taken. The flock 

 was seen again early in August. Aside from this, the species was not 

 seen again in the study area, although a smaller flock was recorded 

 in October at Barcelona, Anzodtegui. 



The call note is a weak peep-peep, peep-peep, quite unlike the 

 melodious whistles of similar plovers. 



Local name, "tingiiin." 



CHARADRIUS WILSONIA BELDINGI (Ridgway) 



Pagolla wilsonia beldingi Ridgway, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 8, 1919, pp. 

 108 (in key), 112 (La Paz, Lower California). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 ?, Barcelona, October 12, 1948; gonads small; iris brown, bill black, feet 

 pale golden tan, tips of toes and nails black; gizzard contained small insects; 

 bird rather fat. 



This is a rather surprising distributional record. The form of 

 Wilson's plover to be expected in northern Venezuela is C. w. cin~ 

 namominus, but this example agrees in every way with beldingi of 

 the Pacific coast from Baja California to Peru. It constitutes not 

 only a great extension of the winter range of beldingi (even as a 

 straggler) but also an addition to the known fauna of Venezuela. 



This species was never recorded within the study area; apparently 

 it migrates along the coast in this general region. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers, Curlews, Godwits 



BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechstein) 



Tringa longicauda Bechstein, in Latham, AUgemeine Uebersicht der Vogel, 

 vol. 4, pt. 2, 1812, p. 453 (North America). 



specimen collected 



1 9 , Cantaura, September 20, 1947; gonads small; base of bill soft (suggesting 

 immatuxity); iris brown, feet dull yellow-green, bill dull yellow with tip and 



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