226 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



taken at San Mateo de Caicara, Altagracia, and Agua Salada de Ciudad 

 Bolivar. It was found only in the open, sparsely wooded savanna 

 regions. 



PlPROMORPHA OLEAGINEA OLEAGINEA 1 (Lichtenstein) . 



Muscicapa oleaginea Licht., Doubl. Verz. 1823. p. 55. 



Mionectes oleagineus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 41. 



Pipromorpha oleaginea Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. II, 1859, p. 55. 



Rare on the Orinoco proper where only a single specimen has been 

 collected by the writer. That was taken at Nericagua above the falls of 

 Maipures in April, 1899. It is apparently not uncommon on the Caura 

 River as it was there obtained by both Andre and Klages. In the 

 American Museum are four specimens collected on the Caura River by 

 Klages, two from La Union taken in October, and two from Suapure, 

 taken in November. 



The Pipromorphae inhabit thick woods and frequent the low trees 

 and bushes therein. 



CAPSIEMPIS FLAVEOLA (Lichtenstein). 



Muscicapa ftaveola Licht., Doubl. Verz. 1823. p. 56. 

 Capsiempis flaveola Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 41. 



A not common species, but one found all along the river from 

 Las Barrancas in the delta to above the falls of Maipures. 



Fresh birds have the eye seal brown ; bill above black, mandible 

 pale at base; feet slate. 



PHAEOMYIAS MURINA INCOMTA (Cabanis & Heine). 



Hlaenea incomta Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. II. 1859. p. 59 (Cartagena). 

 Phaeomyias incomta Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 41 (Orinoco, Venezuela; 



Altagracia, Caicara, Ciudad Bolivar). 



A common species frequenting sparsely wooded savanna regions 

 along the middle Orinoco from Ciudad Bolivar to beyond the mouth of 

 the Apure. Specimens have been collected at Ciudad Bolivar, Agua 

 Salada de Ciudad Bolivar, Altagracia, and Caicara. 



Eye seal brown ; bill above blackish, below dusky with blackish tip ; 

 feet slate black. 



A nest with the male parent bird was collected at Caicara May 8, 



f It is probable that P. o. patlidiventris, the Trinidadian Pipromorpha will be found in the coast 

 region of the Orinoco delta. 



