354 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



Moriche Palm about one metre from the ground. The egg is a 

 short elliptical ovate in form and measures 22.8 x 16.8 mm. The 

 parent bird was shot. 



CHAEMEPELJA MINUTA (Linnaeus). 



Columba minuta L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 285. 

 Columbigallina minuta Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 119. 



Specimens of this species taken at Ciudad Bolivar by H. Klages in 

 April, 1898, were recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert. Not seen by the 

 writer. 



CLARAVIS PRETIOSA (Ferrari-Perez). 



Peristera pretiosa Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. N. M. IX. 1886. p. 175. 

 Claravis pretiosa Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 119. 



Not noted on my first expedition. One specimen, a female, was 

 taken at Caicara, June 14, 1905, and in 1907, it was not uncommon 

 at Caicara. 



Specimens taken on the Caura River in December, 1900, by M. 

 Andre, were recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert. 



Birds of this species frequent the borders of thickly wooded 

 areas. They feed, I believe, entirely on the ground. 



SCARDAFELLA SQUAMATA RiDGWAYi Robinson & Richmond. 



Scardafella ridgwayi Robins. & Richm., Proc. U. S. N. M. XVIII. 1896. 



p. 660; Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 119. 



Native name Mariquita. Abundant at Bolivar and Altagracia, much 

 less common at Caicara, and not observed on the upper Orinoco. 



Eye clay color ; bill blackish ; feet flesh color. 



This species usually nests on the ground but occasionally nests 

 are found in low trees and bushes, from i to 1.5 m. above the ground. 

 I noted nests with fresh eggs from October to June. 



A nest containing two eggs taken at Caicara, October 28, 1898. 



was placed in a thorny palm about 1.5 metres from the ground. It 



was more substantial and rather more cup-shaped than is usual with 



the pigeons. The eggs were fresh, pure white, nearly oval in form 



and measured 21.5 x 16.5 and 21.0 x 17.0 mm. 



