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Family SCOLOPACIDAE 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmelin) : Lesser Yellow-iefis 



Seolopax flavipes Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (New York). 



Several found each day from October 23 to 31 about the lagoon 

 below Ocumare de la Costa, 



TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (GmeUn): Greater YcUow-Iegs 



Scolopax melanoleuca Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (Cha- 

 teaux Bay, Labrador). 



Several seen each day at the lagoon below Ocumare de la Costa 

 from October 23 to 31. 



TSINGA SOUTARIA SOLITARIA Wilson: Eastern Solitary Sandpiper 



Tringa solitaria Wilson, American ornithology, vol. 7, 1813, p. 53, pi. 58, fig. 3 

 (Pocono Mountain, Pa., Kentucky, and New York). 



A male taken at the lagoon below Ocumare de la Costa on October 

 29 has the followmg measurements: Wing 122.6, tail 50.2, culmen 

 from base 25.9, tarsus 30.0 mm. The inner web of the outer primary 

 is plain without mottling, and there is no buff m the light spotting of 

 the upper surface. This individual was m good condition but had no 

 fat whatever on the body. 



Other solitary sandpipers were observed near El Sombrero from 

 November 14 to 20 about small lagoons or sloughs. None were taken, 

 so that the geographic race of these individuals is uncertain. 



ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaens): Spotted Sandpiper 



TVinga macularia Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (Penn- 

 sylvania). 



Two or three were recorded daily about the lagoon at Independencia 

 below Ocumare de la Costa from October 23 to 31. On November 19 

 one was seen along the Rio Guarico near El Sombrero. 



EREVNETES MAURI Cabanis: Western Sandpiper 



Ereunetes Mauri Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn., vol. 6, Nov. 1856 (1857), p. 419 

 (Cuba). 



From October 22 to 31 small sandpipers of this type were common 

 in little flocks about the lagoon at Independencia below Ocumare de 

 la Costa. A male taken October 29 has the culmen 22.7 mm. in 

 length and belongs clearly to the western species. Whether Ereunetes 

 pusillus was present also is not known. 



