NO. 1247. BIRDS OF VENEZUELA— ROBINSON AND RICHMOND. 167 
14. COLUMBIGALLINA PASSERINA' (Linnaeus). 
GROUND DOVE. 
LocM name: Tortoht, i. c, tnHle dove. 
Very abundant. They were nesting in July and August and a num- 
ber of nests were seen with the usual complement of two eggs. The 
nests are not placed in trees as a rule but rather upon brush heaps, in 
tussocks of coarse grass, on bowlders, or on fallen logs. Nests found 
at San Julian on July 30 and July 31, both on prostrate logs, con- 
tained pipped eggs. A pair built on the stump of a papaya tree 
within 20 feet of the door of our hut and hatched early in August.' 
The young, naked at first, soon assumed a coat of sulphur-yellow 
down, which with their purplish skin made them unpleasant looking 
objects. 
15. GEOTRYGON VENEZUELENSIS Salvador!. 
VENEZUELAN QUAIL DOVE. 
Local luime: Paloma de monte, i. e. , wood dove. 
The peculiar booming coo of this dove was occasionally heard at 
San Julian, but only one specimen was secured, an immature female. 
Irides bluish, feet purplish. 
This specimen. is quite young, but without much doubt is of the 
form called venezuelensis by Salvador!. 
Family CATHARTID^. 
16. CATHARTES AURA (Linnaeus). 
TURKEY VULTURE. 
Not very common. Only a few seen, 
17. CATHARISTA URUBU (Vieillot). 
BLACK VULTURE. 
Very abundant, especially around the slaughter pens east of La 
(iuaira. 
Family BUTEONID^. 
18. BUTEO ABBREVIATUS Cabanis. 
ZONE-TAILED HAWK. 
The only specimen obtained, a female, was brought in alive at La 
Guaira on August 12 by a native, who, discovering it roosting the night 
before, had crippled it with a stone. Irides brown, cere and tarsi 
yellow. Several were seen near Macuto. 
iProc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XVIII, 1895, p. 659. 
