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onvin of T. cirrhattis, as one of his specimens agreed with skins from 

 Guiana. Two specimens in my collection agree with the Demerara skins, 

 but not with the examples from Trinidad, with the exception of the 

 single one mentioned by Mr. Chapman. The degree of individual vari- 

 ation in this species must be worked out before the synonymy can be 

 established. 



Amazilia erythronota {Less.). The most abundant Hummer. 



[ Comparing six specimens collected by Mr. Phelps with eight speci- 

 mens in the American Museum, including two authentic Trinidad 

 examples, I can find no grounds for the continued heparation of the 

 Venezuelan and Trinidad birds. 



The alleged character of difference in the color of the lower tail-coverts 

 pro%'es, as Mr. Salvin has remarked,' to be inconstant, this character in the 

 Venezuelan specimens before me ranging from dusky to cinnamon- 

 rufous. Nor is the color of the tail of value, the Trinidad examples 

 being exactly matched by those from the mainland. 



I have seen no specimens of A. /"Oi^rtc/ from Tobago and therefore adopt 

 the name erythronota provisionally. — F. M. C] 



Steatornis caripensis Humb. The famous cave, near the town -of 

 Caripe, where this species was discovered by Humboldt, was visited on 

 August 5 and 6. The birds were found in great numbers and a thorough 

 exploration of the large cave was made. 



Picumnus obsoletus Allen. [Three males essentially resemble the 

 tvpe of P. obsoletus except in the color of the crown-spots, which are 

 lemon-yellow instead of orange-red. Two young specimens of Picumnus 

 gitttifcr have both yellow and red feathers in the crown and it seems 

 probable therefore that Mr. Phelps's specimens are immature. In respect 

 to the squamation of the under parts they agree with the type of obsoletus 

 in being more lightly marked than P. squanmlatns of which I have 

 examined seven specimens, including three kindly loaned me by Mr. 

 Charles W. Richmond, Assistant Curator of the Department of Birds in 

 the U. S. National Museum. — F. M. C ] 



THE HORNED LARKS OF MAINE. 



BY O. W. KNIGHT. 



Until the present year, 1897, Otocoris alpestris had been the 

 only variety of Horned Lark which had been recorded from Maine, 

 but in view of the fact that O. a. praticola had been reported 



' Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, p. 225. 



