NO. 1247. BIRDS OF VENE7AJELA— ROBINSON AND RICHMOND. 169 
the natives stated that it was not rare. It was a female and must 
have been an industrious hunter, as its stomach contained no less 
than 5 of the common small striped lizards {Cnemidoph/rui). 
Dr. Sharpe ^ quotes Chondrohierax rufifrons Lesson (first described 
as Dmhdloi) rufifronH Lesson) as a synonym of this species. This 
name is, however, referable to Falco uncinatais Temminck, which 
species should properh^ be called ChondroJd&i^ax lincinatus^ as Beger- 
hmus Kaup, 1845, is antedated by Chondrohierax Lesson, 1843. 
23. FALCO ALBOGULARIS Daudin. 
WHITE-THROATED BAT FALCON. 
A few of these beautiful little falcons were seen around San Julian. 
They were all in the tops of dead trees high up on the mountain 
sides. A female was shot on July 19 whose stomach contained frag- 
ments of a beetle and the skull and other parts of a Molossus ohscurus^ 
one of the swiftest flying bats. Irides brown, lids, cere, and tarsi 
yellow. The striking efl'ect of the clear dark eyes with the brilliant 
gamboge lids against a background of dark plumage is lost in the 
stufled skin. 
Family BUBONID^. 
24. MEGASCOPS BRASILIANUS (Gmelin). 
BRAZILIAN SCREECH OWL. 
A pair of screech owls were obtained at San Julian on July 26. 
They were in poor plumage. Irides ^^ellow. 
Other owls were seen but not secured, among them a small owl, 
probably Glcmcidium^ and a very large owl seen flying at dusk. 
Family PSITTACID^F. 
Parrots of the genera ^lr«, Amazona^ Oonuru.% and Psittacida were 
seen at San Julian but none were secured. 
Family CUCLJLID^F. 
25. CROTOPHAGA ANI Linnaeus. 
AN I. 
Iiical )i(ime: Garrajmtmi, i. c, tick-eater, from (Is alleged liabitof entim/ the ticks on cattle. 
Common in open land about La Guaira and at San Julian. Usually 
seen in small bands of six to a dozen individuals, and frequently seen 
walking about almost under the feet of grazing cattle. 
^British ^Museum Catalogue of Birds, I, p. ;^40. 
