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culminal ridge black; gizzard contained small beetles and clear white sand; 

 plumage, especially the primaries, rather worn; bird quite fat. 



A very few published records of the upland plover in Venezuela 

 have come to our attention. It was a rather common migrant on 

 the open savanna (not near water) during March, September, and 

 October. Usually single birds were recorded. 



NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS HUDSONICUS Latham 



Numenius hudsonicus Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 2, 1790, p. 712 (Hudson 

 Bay). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 9 , Barcelona, October 12, 1948; gonads small; iris black, bill dark brown with 

 base of mandible lighter, feet light blue-gray; gizzard contained remains of small 

 crabs; bird fat; plumage much abraded. 



There seem to be very few published records for this curlew in 

 Venezuela. The present specimen was taken from a flock of five 

 individuals. This species had never before been recorded within the 

 study area. Apparently it migrates along the coast in this general 

 region. 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmelln) 



Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt, 2, 1789, p. 659 (New York), 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 9 , Cantaura, September 20, 1947; gonads small; iris brown, bill black, feet 

 dull yellow-green; plumage much abraded. 



The season during which migrant lesser yeliowlegs occur in Vene- 

 zuela is fairly prolonged. Besides this September example, it may be 

 recalled that Wetmore (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 87, 1939, p. 193) 

 saw several each day from October 23 to 31 about a lagoon below 

 Ocumare de la Costa. 



The lesser yeliowlegs was a common migrant, perhaps a little more 

 common than the greater yeliowlegs, at the savanna ponds. It was 

 recorded within the study area in April and from June through 

 October. It never failed to amaze the collector to find this bird in 

 the Tropics during the boreal summer when he believed it should be 

 in the far north. 



Local name, "tingiiln." 



TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (Gmelin) 



Scolopax melanoleucus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 

 (Chateaux Bay, Labrador). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 cf , Cantaura, October 5, 1947; gonads small; iris dark brown; gizzard con- 

 tained small insects; bird thin; specimen in worn plumage. 



On its extensive migrations the greater yeliowlegs passes through 



