BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 409 
only slightly developed and it comes from an area on all sides of which 
the nominate form occurs. Pinto (Rev. Mus. Paulista, vol. 22, 1938, 
p. 175, footnote) finds that birds from the Rio Jurué show a trend 
in the direction of ochracea. 
TAPERA NAEVIA NAEVIA (Linnaeus): Striped Cuckoo 
Cuculus naevius LinnarEus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 170 
(Cayenne). ; 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. co’, Venezuela, Ciudad Bolivar, June 9, 1931. 
This specimen is in exceedingly worn plumage and shows signs of 
molting in the wings. 
CROTOPHAGA MAJOR Gmelin: Greater Ani 
[Crotophaga] major GMELIN, Systema naturae, vol. 1, 1788, p. 363 (Cayenne). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lad. o&, Venezuela, Brazo Casiquiare, below Cafio Caripo, February 22, 1931] 
1 ad. co’, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rfo Orinoco, May 17, 1931. 
CROTOPHAGA SULCIROSTRIS Swainson: Groove-billed Ani 
Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, Philos. Mag., 1827, p. 440 (Mexico). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. o', Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rio Orinoco, January 6, 1930. 
CROTOPHAGA ANI Linnaeus: Ani 
Crotophaga ani LinnarEvs, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 105 (Brazil). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
2 ad. o’, Brazil, Mandos, September 29, 1930. 
1 ad. o&, Brazil, Sio Gabriel, Rio Negro, January 10, 1931. 
lad. 9, Venezuela, San Antonio, Upper Orinoco, March 5, 1931. 
1 ad. o&, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rfo Orinoco, May 9, 1931. 
1 im. &, Venezuela, Ciudad Bolivar, November 25, 1929. 
Another specimen from Sao Gabriel was preserved in alcohol. 
Family STRIGIDAE: Owls 
OTUS WATSONIL WATSONT (Cassin): Watson’s Screech Owl 
Ephialtes watsonii Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 4, 1848, 
p- 123 (South America=Orinoco River, Venezuela, cf. Chapman, Amer. 
Mus. Nov., No. 332, 1928, p. 2). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lad. o&, lad. 9, Brazil, Serra Imeri, western foothills, December 3, 1930. 
lad. 9, Venezuela, Cerro Yapacana, Upper Orinoco, April 20, 1931. 
The Venezuelan example is somewhat paler on the breast and 
abdomen and also, to a lesser extent, on the back, than are the Bra- 
zilian examples, and it is also somewhat smaller, the wing about 10 
mm. shorter. Another female, from eastern Ecuador, agrees with 
