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August, and November, Since the collector had always associated 

 the bird with the lowland seasonal forest of Caicara, Quiriquire, and 

 Caripito, he was surprised, as it was toward the end of the dry season, 

 and particularly considering the rarity of the species over the barren, 

 deciduous, seasonal woods at Cantaura, to find it over similar woods 

 at El Toco. 



This species uttered a swiftlike twitter. 



Local name, "golondrina," 



REINARDA SQUAMATA SQUAMATA (Cassin) 



Cypselus squamatus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 6, 1853, p. 

 369 (British Guiana). 



SPECIMENS COLLECTED 



2 9 , Cantaura, April 19, 1948, and August 17, 1947; gonads greatly enlarged 

 in both, brood patch evident in the August bird; iris dark brown; gizzard con- 

 tained small insects; the April bird was very fat; both specimens are in worn 

 plumage, the August example more abraded than the April one. 



Gilhard (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 77, 1941, pp. 468-469) 

 found the birds from British Guiana westward to the lower Orinoco 

 to be of the nominate race. The present two examples fit in with his 

 conclusions and differ from a series of semota Riley from the 

 Casiquiare. 



This swift was typical of the open savanna, particularly in the vicin- 

 ity of eroded cliJffs, where it apparently nested. Generally encountered 

 in small flocks of less than 20 individuals, this bird was recorded from 

 February thi-ough August, October, and December. 



Local name, "golondrina." 



Family TROCHILIDAE: Hummingbirds 



GLAUCIS HIRSUTA HIRSUTA (Gmelln) 



Trochilus hirsutus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 490 (Brazil = 

 northeastern Brazil, ex Marcgrave). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 9, Caicara, July 5, 1947; gonads greatly enlarged (small yolks); iris dark 

 brown, bill black with base of mandible yellow, feet yellow; an adult in slightly 

 worn plumage. 



This hummer was recorded February, March, and June, always at 

 the stands of wild plantain {Heliconia sp.) in the lowland seasonal 

 forest at Caicara. 



In flight the buzzing of the wings was very noticeable, 



PHAETHORNIS ANTHOPHILUS ANTHOPHILUS (Boarcier) 



Trochilus anthophilus Bourcier, Rev. Zool., 1843, p. 71 (Upper Magdalena 

 Valley, Colombia). 



