BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 397 
Family SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers, etc. 
TRINGA MELANOLEUCA (Gmelin): Greater Yellowlegs 
Scolopax melanoleuca GMELIN, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (sandy 
shores of Labrador=Chateau Bay, Labrador). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. o, Venezuela, Soledad, Anzodtegui, November 29, 1929. 
A migrant from North America, the greater yellowlegs has been 
recorded throughout the length of the South American Continent. 
TRINGA SOLITARIA SOLITARIA Wilson: Eastern Solitary Sandpiper 
Tringa solitaria W1Lson, American ornithology, vol. 7, 1813, p. 53, pl. 58, fig. 3 
(Pocono Mountain, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lim. 9, Brazil, Mandos, September 27, 1930. 
lim. 9, Brazil, Sao Gabriel, Rio Negro, December 30, 1930. 
These two specimens are small having wings of 126.6 and 130 mm., 
respectively, and therefore agree with the nominate form according 
to the account of the species given by Conover (Auk, 1944, pp. 537- 
544). They also have the white supraloral streak characteristic of 
typical solitaria. 
A migrant from North America. 
ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus): Spotted Sandpiper 
Tringa macularia LINNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (Europe 
and North America= Pennsylvania, ex reference to Edwards, pl. 277, fig. 2). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
lim. o, Brazil, Santa Isabel, Rio Negro, October 10, 1930. 
A migrant from North America; winters south to Bolivia and 
southern Brazil. 
Family LARIDAE: Gulls and Terns 
PHAETUSA SIMPLEX SIMPLEX (Gmelin): Great-billed Tern 
Sterna simplex GmELin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 606 (Cayenne). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 ad. 9, Venezuela, Buenos Aires, Brazo Casiquiare, February 21, 1931. 
1 ad. 9, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rio Orinoco, January 4, 1930. 
The January specimen was noted as having enlarged gonads. 
This fine tern occurs along the larger rivers and the coasts of 
northern South America south to the Amazon Valley, to Pernambuco, 
and to Bahia along the east coast. 
STERNA SUPERCILIARIS Vieillot: South American Least Tern 
Sterna superciliaris Vie1tuotT, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., vol. 32, 1819, p. 176 
(Paraguay, ez Azara, No. 415). 
