BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 411 
Peters (Check list of birds of the world, vol. 4, 1940, p. 130) gives 
the range of this owl as “Islands of Trinidad and Margarita; tropical 
parts of northern Venezuela; Guiana (?).’”’ The present specimens 
come from a good distance to the south of ‘‘northern Venezuela,” and 
this may account for their variational trends toward dwidae and 
brasilianum. Until good series of birds from the Upper Orinoco can 
be assembled to determine the limits of variation in that region, the 
present examples will haveeto be assigned to phalaenoides. 
CICCABA HUHULA (Daudin): Dark Wood Owl 
Strix huhula Daupin, Traité d’ornithologie . . ., vol. 2, 1800, p. 190 (Cayenne), 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
lad. #@, Venezuela, Cerro Guanari, Brazo Casiquiare, February 4, 1931, 
This specimen, in molting condition when collected, appears to be — 
the only record for the species from Venezuela. This bird is the one 
mentioned by Kelso (Synopsis of the American wood owls of the 
genus Ciccaba, 1932, pp. 8-9). I have seen no other specimens of 
huhula and may only point out that the present one differs from the 
colored plates (Levaillant, Oiseaux d’Afrique, vol. 1, 1796, pl. 41, and 
Spix, Avium species novae . . . Brasiliam. . ., vol. 1, 1824, pl. 10a) 
in that it lacks the broad white terminal tail band, the tips of the 
rectrices being black with a narrow subterminal white band. 
Family CAPRIMULGIDAE: Nighthawks, ete. 
CHORDEILES PUSILLUS ESMERALDAE Zimmer and Phelps: Esmeraldan Least Nighthawk 
Chordeiles pusillus esmeraldae ZIMMER and Puoeips, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 1338, 
1947, p. 1 (Esmeralda, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela; altitude 100 meters). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
4 ad. &, 4.ad. 9, Venezuela, Rio Negro, San Carlos, January 27—28, 1931. 
1 ad. &, Venezuela, San Antonio, Upper Orinoco, February 28, 1931. 
The fact that the collectors never met with this species in any 
number except on two days on the Venezuelan headwaters of the Rio 
Negro makes one wonder if the species may be migratory and whether 
the meeting with it was due to a sudden flight. Unfortunately, 
nothing is known of the habits of this nighthawk, and no notes were 
made as to the condition of the gonads of the examples collected with 
one exception—a female from San Carlos, January 27, which was in 
breeding condition. 
This race differs from both pusillus and septentrionalis in having the 
under tail coverts strongly barred. 
CHORDEILES RUPESTRIS (Spix): Sand-colored Nighthawk 
Caprimulgus rupestris Sprx, Avium species novae ... Brasiliam..., vol. 2, 
1825, p. 2, pl. 2 (Rocky Islands in the Rio Negro, Brazil). 
