368 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



Aramus scolopaceus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 440. (Angostura). Ber- 



lepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 



Native name Carrao. Not common and only observed at Altagracia 

 and Caicara, where it seemed to keep to the thickly wooded borders of 

 the ponds adjacent to the main river. 



EURYPYGIDAE THE SUX BITTERNS. 



EURYPYGA HELIAS (Pallas). 



Ardea helias Pall., Neue Nord. Beytr. II. 1781. p. 48, PI. 3. 



Eurypyga helias Berlepsch, Ibis. 1884. p. 440 (Angostura) ; Berlepsch & 



Hartert, p. 128. 



Native name Tigana. Not uncommon along the thickly wooded 

 banks of ponds and streams where it keeps on or near the ground. The 

 Tigana is often seen in a semi-domesticated state in the native houses 

 where they are esteemed for the number of spiders and insects they 

 destroy. 



PSOPHIIDAE THE TRUMPETERS. 



PSOPHIA CREPITANS Linnaeus.. 

 Psophia crepitans L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 154; Berlepsch & 



Hartert, p. 128. 



Abundant in the delta region. Noted repeatedly at Las Barran- 

 cas, and Beebe secured specimens at Guanoco. Berlepsch and Hartert 

 record specimens collected by Klages at Suapure on the Caura River. 



OEDICNEMIDAE THE STONE PLOVERS OR THICK- 

 KNEES. 



OEDICNEMUS BISTRIATUS (Wagler). 

 Charadrius bistriatus Wagl., Isis, 1829. p. 648. 



Oedicnemus bistriatus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 44 (Angostura) ; Ber- 

 lepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 

 Native name Alcaravan Negro. 



Not uncommon. Found on the open savannas only. Usually 

 seen in pairs. 



Eye lemon yellow ; bill black, yellowish olive buff at base of man- 

 dible; feet olive yellow. 



