﻿VENEZUELAN ORNITHOLOGY — FRIEDMANN AND SMITH 487 

 SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 cT, Caicara, December 15, 1945, gonads slightly enlarged; iris brown; lower 

 mandible orange-red. 



The present specimen is the first to be found in northeastern Ven- 

 ezuela; previously the race was known only from northern Colombia 

 and western Venezuela (Zulia). It therefore constitutes a very great 

 eastward extension of known range. Further material would be very 

 interesting to study as the eastern birds may prove to be a distinct 

 race. The tail of our present example is noticeably longer than in 

 any of a good series of typical anthophilus, although the wings and 

 bill do not show this difference. 



This species was found to be rather common in the lowland seasonal 

 forest at Caicara but, curiously enough, only during April and Decem- 

 ber. Careful but unsuccessful searches were made in various other 

 months. It was a low-flying bird, rarely seen at more than 10 feet 

 above ground and generally encountered singly. When flying, its 

 wings made a loud buzzing that could often be heard long before the 

 bird itself was located. 



This hummer was especially fond of feeding at the flowers of the 

 wild plantain, Heliconia sp. 



Local name, "tucusito." 



CHRYSOLAMPIS MOSQUITUS (Linnaens) 



Trochilus Mosquitus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 120 

 ("Indiis"; error = Surinam by substitution of Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool., vol. 9, 1902, p. 87, note). 



SPECIMENS COLLECTED 



1 cT, Caicara, December 15, 1945; gonads somewhat enlarged; iris brown; 

 feathers fairly worn. 



1 <f (imm.), 1 ? , Cantaura, February 3-12, 1946; gonads not enlarged; iris 

 black in young cf , brown in 9 ,* feathers fairly worn. 



This hummer was rather uncommon in the dry woods around both 

 Cantaura and Caicara. "W'hile not confined to such locations, two 

 of the three birds coUected were taken while feeding at flowers in the 

 tops of taU trees. 



CHLOROSTILBON CANIVETH CARIBAEUS Lawrence 



Chlorostilbon caribaeus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 10, 1871, 

 p. 13 (Island of Curasao). 



SPECIMENS COLLECTED 



1 cT, 1 9 , Cantaura, March 8, 1946; gonads slightly enlarged; iris dark brown. 



Peters (Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 5, 1945, p. 39) considers 

 nanus Berlepsch and Hartert as doubtfully distinct from caribaeus. 

 The material we have seen leaves us no choice but to consider them 

 identical, giving caribaeus a range extending from the islands of 



