328 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



MOMOTUS IGNOBILIS (Berlepsch). 



Momotus brasiliensis ignobilis Berl., Journ. f. Orn. 1889. p. 306. 

 Momotus ignobilis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 106. 



Rare. An immature male was shot at Mataban above the falls 

 of Maipures. 



Eye vermilion ; bill black, smoke grey at base of mandible ; feet dark 

 smoke grey. 



TROGONIDAE THE TROGONS. 



The Trogons are but poorly represented in the Orinoco region, 

 two species only having been observed. 



TROGON VIOLACEUS VIOLACEUS Gmelin. 



Trogon violaceus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 404; Berlepsch & Hartert. 



p. 1 06. 



A single specimen identified by Berlepsch and Hartert (/. c.) was 

 collected at Munduapo February 23, 1899. 



Eye seal brown; bill above blackish, mandible and cutting edges of 

 maxilla slate grey; feet slate color. 



TROGON STRIGILATUS STRIGILATUS Linnaeus. 



Trogon strigilatus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1766. p. 167. 

 Trogon viridis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 106. 



This species is not uncommon on the upper Orinoco from the 

 falls of Atures onward, and is met with, although rarely, on the middle 

 stretches of the river down as far, at least, as the mouth of the Caura 

 River. 



In fresh specimens the eye is seal brown, eye-lids blue-grey; bill 

 whitish horn color; feet slate grey. 



PSITTACIDAE THE MACAWS. PARROTS, PARAQUETS, 



ETC. 



The Berlepsch and Hartert paper listed seventeen species, twelve 

 of which number were observed and collected on the Orinoco proper by 

 the writer. The remaining five were recorded from points on the 

 Caura River, where Andre and Klages both made collections. Three 

 additional species are included in the present paper. 



