352 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



Common in the savanna regions on the lower Orinoco, but not 

 seen above the first falls. This species feeds both on fruits and seeds, 

 occasionally being seen in flocks with C. rufina feeding on fruits in 

 high trees, but usually feeding on the ground in the open savanna. 



There are two specimens in the American Museum collection, one 

 from Maripa, Caura River and the other Ciudad Bolivar. 



Eye dusky brown ; bill black ; feet dusky carmine. 



A nest found at Caicara June 18, 1907, contained a single fresh 

 egg. The nest was in a low Moriche palm about a metre and a half 

 from the ground. 



LEPTOTILA VERREAUXI (Bonaparte). 

 Leptoptila vereauxi Bp., Consp. Av. II, 1864. p. 73. 

 Leptotila verreauxi Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 118. 



Native name Palonia pipa; Paloma rabo bianco. 



Common in the thickly wooded districts, more especially where 

 there is much undergrowth, along the middle stretches of the river; 

 not seen above the falls of Atures. 



Eye orange buff, bare skin about eye china blue ; bill black ; feet lake 

 red. 



A nest was found at Quiribana de Caicara April n, 1898 (No. 

 10704 Coll. Geo. K. and Stella M. Cherrie). The nest was a slight 

 platform of twigs placed in a thicket about 1.75 m. from the ground. 

 It contained one young bird, nearly ready to fly and an addled egg. 

 The egg was a dirty yellowish white color, ovate in form and meas- 

 ured 28 x 20.8 mm. 



This species, I believe, feeds exclusively on the ground. 



LEPTOTILA RUFAXILLA RUFAXILLA (Richard & Bernard). 

 Columba ruf axilla Rich. & Bern., Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, I. 1792. 



p. 118. 

 Leptotila ruf axilla Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 118. 



Native name Palonia pica. 



Found on the upper and lower stretches of the river, but most 

 abundant at and beyond the falls of Atures. It frequents the tim- 

 bered areas, and feeds chiefly, if not exclusively, on the ground. 



Eye olive yellow ; bill black ; bare skin of lores maroon purple ; feet 

 burnt carmine. 



