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lorhynchus, Gallinago and Thamnophilus, and have found the stom- 

 achs of other specimens full of beetles and other insects ; while one 

 examined contained parts of small fish, and another the hair and 

 bones of some small mammal. 



A considerable variation was observed in the color of the soft 

 parts. A female taken a,t Caicara July 4, 1898, had the eye dark seal 

 brown ; skin about eye cinereous ; bill plumbeous at base, blackish at tip ; 

 cere pale pea green ; feet Naples yellow. Another female, taken on the 

 same date, had a light* seal brown eye ; bill blackish at tip changing 

 through slate color to greenish grey at base; cere and skin about eye 

 chrome yellow; feet deep chrome yellow. 



FALCO RUFIGULARIS (Daudin). 



Falco rufigularis Daud., Traite d'Orn. II. 1800. p. 131. 

 Hypotriorchis rufigularis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 115. 



Rare. Four specimens, two pairs, were taken in the vicinity of 

 the falls of Atures on my first expedition, and an adult male was 

 taken at Caicara, July 4, 1907. In the stomach of the last were found 

 the remains of a Ground Dove, Chaemcpelia. Berlepsch and Hartert 

 record a specimen "from Suapure on the Caura River. Not seen else- 

 where. 



Eye seal brown; bill slate black, greenish plumbeous at base of 

 mandible; feet chrome yellow, claws black. 



FALCO COLUMBARIUS Linnaeus. 

 Falco columbarius L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1758. p. 90. 

 Hypotriorchis columbarius Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 115. 



Two Pigeon Hawks were seen and collected in 1898, an immature 

 female at Altagracia in January, and an adult male at Caicara in 

 March. The stomach of the latter contained parts of a swallow, 

 Diplochelidon melanoleuca. 



PANDION HALIAETUS CAROLINENSIS, (Gmelin). 

 Falco carolinensis Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 263. 

 Pandion haliactus carolinensis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 115. 



The American Osprey is occasionally seen along the Orinoco as 

 far up the river as I explored. A fine adult male was taken at Caicara, 

 March 10, 1808. 



