432 Hans von Berlcpsch on Bird-skins 



Venezuela. I have therefore thought it well to give an 

 account of all the species found in the collection. 



UmlaufFs collector has just returned home, bringing with 

 him a few more skins collected on the Rio Apure, a tributary 

 stream of the Orinoco. The birds collected on the Apure 

 mostly belong to widespread species of Ardeidse, &c. ; they 

 are likewise inserted in the following list. 



It is much to be regretted that examples of so few species 

 are in the collection, especially of birds of small size, among 

 which probably still many novelties remain undiscovered in 

 the Orinoco plains ; but I am glad to say Mr. Umlauff in- 

 tends to send out another collector, who we may hope will 

 be more successful. 



1. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS NUCHALIS, Cab. 



Angostura. One specimen agreeing with my specimens 

 from Puerto Cabello, but with a somewhat shorter bill, and 

 the back more conspicuously striped. There is only one broad 

 white stripe on each feather of the back, beginning deep from 

 the base, while in Puerto- Cabello specimens there are two, 

 one basal, the other terminal, both pear-shaped and separated 

 in the middle. I believe that this difference is only an indi- 

 vidual one, and that the Angostura bird may not be fully 

 adult. 



Long. al. 73, caud. 72|, culm. 17, tars. 22 \ millim. 



2. ANTHUS RUFUS (Gmel.). 



Angostura. One specimen, in much faded plumage, seems 

 to agree with Bahia skins, with the exception that there is no 

 yellowish suffusion on the abdomen. The outer tail-feather 

 is nearly wholly white. 



Long. al. 65, caud. 49, rostr. culm. 11J, tars. 19J millim. 



This species has not hitherto been recorded from Venezuela. 



3. CERTHIOLA LUTEOLA, Licht. & Cab. 



Angostura. One specimen, agreeing with birds from 

 Puerto Cabello. 



Long. al. 59, caud, 36, culm. 12^, tars. 16 millim. 



