° 'i9is" J Bangs and Nobl^ Birds of Peru. 445 



All of the Crying Falcons observed were found in the immediate vicinity 

 of the river beds. They were very fond of remaining perched throughout 

 most of the day upon some tall tree which commanded a wide stretch of 

 the river valley. 



One of the specimens collected contained in its crop a large Chilopod, 

 Scolopendra gigantea (Linne) and the legs of a lizard (either Stenocercus or 

 Liocephalus). 



Chondrohierax ' uncinatus megarhynchus (Des Murs) . Two 

 adults, cf and 9 , Bellavista, September 24. 



Our specimens have larger bills than any in a considerable series of skins 

 from eastern South America, still they fall somewhat short of the maximum 

 measurements given for true megarhynchus and are probably intermediate 

 between that form and uncinatus. They afford the following measure- 

 ments. 



Probably a breeding pair taken together in a wood near the banks of the 

 Marafion. The gonads were well developed in both. 



Falco deiroleucus Temra. One adult 9 , Perico, September 7. This 

 bird is one of a pair that had a nest on a high tree upon which she was 

 perched when shot. The tree was near the border of a vast stretch of 

 tropical arid lands. 



Cerchneis sparverius caucae Chapman. One adult d\ Sullana, 

 August 1. Only seen in the dry coastal deserts, where it was decidedly 

 uncommon. 



Tinamidse. 



Crypturellus tataupa inops subsp. nov. Three adult males, Bella- 

 vista and Perico, September. 



Type from Perico, northwestern Peru, adult d\ No. 80123 M. C. Z. 

 Collected September 10, 1916, by G. K. Noble. 



Characters. Similar to true C. tataupa (Temm.) of Brazil, but under 

 parts paler and more whitish, middle of breast and belly pale grayish 

 white (brownish gray in true tataupa) ; upper parts browner — less 

 vinaceous or reddish brown, but not darker. Similar also to C. t. peruviana 

 Cory of San Ramon, west central Peru, but much paler throughout, the 

 under parts much more whitish and the upper parts much less vinaceous 

 brown (C. peruviana is a darker bird than C. tataupa), and wing shorter. 



1 For change from Leplodon to Chondrohierax see Chubb, The Birds of British Guiana, 

 Vol. I, p. 267, 1916. 



