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MESSRS. SCLATKR AND SALVIN ON 



[June 27, 



TlNAMID^. 



199. Tiuainus parvirostiis . . . . 



Rallid.k. 



200. Porzana cayanensis . . . . 



201. Heliornis f'ulica 



SCOLOPACID.E. 



202. Tringites rufescens 



203. Tringa maculata 



Ahdeid.e. 



204. Ardea aganii 



Larid.e. 



205. Rhynchops melanurus . 



The following notes apply to such of the above-mentioned species 

 as are marked (f) : — 



(1.) TURDUS PH^OPYGUS, Cab. 



Chyavetas. Three examples ; rather darker on the back than 

 Cayenne specimens. 



(4.) Troglodytes tessellatus, Lafr. et D'Orb, 

 Four examples from Xeberos and Chyavetas. Rather more ful- 

 vous below than in Panama specimens. 



(5.) Basileuterus uropygialis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 128, 

 et 1866, p. 286, t. x. f. 2. 



One example from Chyavetas, agreeing with the type in Sclater's 

 collection. This is a singular locality for the species, as we had be- 

 lieved it to be peculiar to Panama. 



^ (7.) Progne leucogastra, Baird. 



Many skins from Xeberos and Yurimaguas. " Generally seen in 

 flocks about the church at Yurimaguas." — E. B. 



(29.) Tachyphonus phceniceus, Sw. An. in Menageries, p. 31 1; 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 116. 



Three examples of this scarce species from Xeberos. Natterer 

 obtained specimens on the Madeira. 



(31.) Tachyphonus surinamus (Linn.). 



Many specimens from Xeberos and Chyavetas of both sexes of a 

 local form of T. surinamus, which is probably tlie bird indicated by 

 Lawrence (Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 42) as T. napensis. It differs from 



