BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 407 
Amazonia (eastward to Santarém) may be more brightly colored and 
have the blue more extensive on the breast and upper abdomen than in 
Guianan examples. 
PIONITES MELANOCEPHALA MELANOCEPHALA (Linnaeus): Black-headed Caique 
Psittacus melanocephalus LInNAEvs, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 149 
(‘“Mexico” = Caracas, 7. e., Venezuela, er Edwards, Gleanings of natural history, 
pl. 169). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 ad. o, Brazil, SAo Gabriel, Rio Negro, January 6, 1931. 
5 ad. o', 2ad. 9, Venezuela, Cerro Yapacana, Upper Orinoco, April 2-29, 1931. 
One of the Cerro Yapacana males was noted as having active, 
enlarged gonads when collected. 
TOUIT PURPURATA VIRIDICEPS Chapman: Chapman’s Parrotlet 
Touit purpurata viridiceps CHAPMAN, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 380, 1929, p. 10 
(Savana Grande, 330 feet, southeastern base of Mount Duida, Venezuela). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. o’, Venezuela, Cerro Yapacana, Upper Orinoco, April 12, 1931. 
It seems that this is the first specimen taken except at the type 
locality and therefore constitutes a slight western extension of the 
known range of the race. It agrees with Chapman’s description, 
having the entire crown, nape, and sides of the head green like the 
back. Its dimensions are: Wing 120, tail 47.3; culmen from cere 
16.1 mm. 
Family CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos 
COCCYZUS MELACORYPHUS Vieillot: Azara’s Cuckoo 
Coccyzus melacoryphus ViEr1LuotT, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., vol. 8, 1817, p. 271 
(Paraguay). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lad. 9, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rfo Orinoco, May 16, 1931. 
lad. o@,2im. 9, 1 im, Venezuela, Ciudad Bolfvar, June 8-11, 1931. 
One of the June birds was in molt when collected, while another is 
in such abraded condition that it must have been ready to begin its 
molt. As a matter of fact, it does show some signs of molt on the 
occiput. 
This cuckoo is found across the regions traversed by the expedition 
wherever open bushy country occurs. It is not a denizen of the deep 
forests which cover so much of the basins of the Rio Negro and the 
Upper Orinoco. 
MICROCOCCYX PUMILUS (Strickland): Dwarf Cuckoo 
Coccyzus pumilus SvRIcKLAND, Contr. Orn., 1852, p. 28, pl. 82 (‘‘Trinidad’’), 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lim. o&, lad. 9, Venezuela, Soledad, Anzodtegui, June 12, 1931. 
