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later expeditions have all been subelegans! None have been seen having 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts barred the distinguishing character of 

 terricolor. I am inclined to agree with Richmond 1 that terricolor of 

 Berlepsch is the same as subelegans of Bonaparte. 



TRIPSURUS CRUENTATUS (Boddaert). 

 Picus cruentatus Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. 'p. 43. 

 Melanerpes cruentatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 92. 



Rare. Two collected at Munduapo in February (Berl. & Hart. 1. c.). 



Eye lemon yellow, eye-lids black, bare skin about eyes straw yel- 

 low; bill slate black; feet plumbeous pea green. 



TRIPSURUS RUBRIFRONS (Spix). 



Picus rubrifrons Spix, Av. Bras. I: (1824) : p. 61 ("in sylvis Parae"). 

 Melanerpes cruentatus Berl. & Hart., Novit. Zool. IX : 1902 : 92 in part 



(Suapure). 

 T[ripsurus] rubrifrons Ridgway, Birds of N. & M. America VI: 1914: 



118. 



In the Berlepsch and Hartert paper, birds from Suapure (Caura 

 River) are entered as cruentatus. There are, however, in the American 

 Museum collections, six Caura River specimens (one male from Suapure 

 and four females and one male from La Union) that are certainly 

 rubrifrons. The Suapure male shows a distinct, although imperfect, 

 poStocular superciliary stripe; it is entirely absent in the four females 

 and male from La Union : and none of the specimens show a - trace of 

 the conspicuous yellow nuchal band of cruentatus. 



VENILIORNIS CASSINI (Malherbe). 



Mesopicus cassini Malh., Picidae, II. 1862. p. 55. PI. 68, figs. 2. 3. 

 Veniliornis cassini Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 93. 



Not observed on the Orinoco proper but recorded by Berlepsch 

 and Hartert from Suapure and from La Pricion on the Caura River. 



VENILIORNIS ORENOCENSIS Berlepsch & Hartert. 



Veniliornis orenocensis Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. p. 93. 

 (Type, ex "regione fluminis Orinoco") ; I would substitute Mundu- 

 apo, Orinoco River. 



ip.U.S.N.M. XVIII: 1895: p. 667. 



