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Anatidae. 



17. Cairina moschata (Linne). 



Three adults, d^ (^ and 9 , Vicinity of Paramaribo, Februarj^ and 

 March. 



18. Dendrocygna discolor Sclater & Salvin, 



Eight specimens, Motkreek, and Beneden Suriname, March, and 

 September. 



19. POECILONETTA BAHAMENSIS (Linne), 



Four specimens, Motkreek, and Beneden Suriname, March, and 

 September. 



Cathartidae. 



20. CORAGYPS URUBU FOETENS (Wicd). 



One adult, Paramaribo, April. 



21. Cathartes aura pernigra (Sharpe). 



Two specimens, both males, Paramaribo, and Overtoora, April, 

 and June. 



One of these (448 Penard Coll.) bears a label describing the color of 

 the head in life as follows (translated) : — " Cere and base of bill, red- 

 dish; end of bill, pearl-color or lilac-white; top and back of head, 

 bluish green-yellow; sides of head, neck, and throat, pale bluish 

 green-yellow mixed with orange." This coloration agrees roughly with 

 that of a specimen from Caicara, Venezuela, listed as Cathartes burro- 

 vianus by Berlepsch and Hartert (Nov. zool., 1902, 9, p. 111). 



F. P. and A. P. Penard (De vogels van Guyana, 1908, 1, p. 363), 

 under the name C. hurrcviamis, describe the adult birds as having 

 the top and lower part of head, pale violet or sky-blue; sides of head, 

 neck, and throat, a beautiful orange-gray. Immature birds they 

 describe as having the crown and parts above the eyes, whitish; neck, 

 bluish; head, reddish violet with a whitish blue spot on the back of 

 the head. Young in down have lower parts of sides of head and 



