1909] Beebe: Birds of Northeastern Venezuela. 89 



from one bank to the other or flopping helplessly among the 

 branches. The natives have aptly named them hervidores — the 

 boilers — from the bubbling quality of their notes, uttered when 

 gathered together in a garrulous, sprawling crowd. In Guanoco, 

 they were among the tamest birds about the house, and a flock 

 was always attendant upon the grazing cows, feeding on the in- 

 sects which flew up in the path of these animals. 



Order SCANSORES. 



Ramphastos haematorhynchus (Berl. and Kart.) . (?) Ven- 

 ezuelan Red-billed Toucan. 



The toucans we saw and collected were either of this species 

 or Ramphastos erythrohynchus. I considered them as the 

 former, but brought no skins back with me. Several were seen 

 at Guanoco and a pair at La Brea perching in a dead tree near 

 the lake. Their call was a loud, harsh Kiok! Kiok! 



Ramphastos culminatus Gould. Lesser White-throated 



Toucan. 



Four or five were seen along the Rio Guarapiche and two 

 secured. 



Pteroglossus aracari atricollis (Miill.) . Black-necked 



Aracari. 



On March 30th a pair of these birds alighted in a dead tree 

 almost over the sloop, as we lay anchored at La Ceiba. On the 

 8th of April a second pair was seen at five o'clock in a tall tree 

 at one side of our house at Guanoco. I secured the female which 

 had the stomach filled with leaves, seeds and small insects. 



Order PICIFORMES. 



Galbula ruflcauda Cuv. Venezuela Rufous-tailed Jacamar. 



We first saw these birds along the Rio Guarapiche above the 

 village of Cano Colorado. They were in pairs and seemed to 

 remain within a radius of some fifty yards. On March 31st as 

 we were paddling slowly upstream a sudden downpour of rain 

 drove us to the shelter of a dense tree overhanging a perpen- 

 dicular bank of bluish clay. While holding the dugout close to 

 the bank a jacamar suddenly dived between us and disappeared 

 into a hole in the bank within arm's reach. We watched quiet- 

 ly and soon its mate followed. A few minutes later a good- 

 sized anaconda- wound slowly out of a hole beneath the water 



