1909] Beebe: Birds of Northeastern Venezuela. Ill 



while this argument is still further strengthened by the pre- 

 ponderance of such low orders as Galliformes and Columbi- 

 formes. This represents a splendid field of work for the em- 

 bryologist, the comparative anatomist and the ecologist. 



A more detailed comparison of the breeding birds of New 

 York State with the birds of the Lower Orinocan region is given 

 below. For the purpose of this table orders and families have 

 both been used : 



Groups Nearly Equal in Orinoco and New York. 



Orinoco. New York. 



Hirundinidae 6 6 



Mimidae 2 3 



Sylviidae 1 2 



Fringillidae 26 22 



Groups in Excess in Orinoco. 



Orinoco. New York. 



Galliformes .... 9 4 



Columbiformes 11 2 



Charadriiformes 9 7 



Ardeiformes 22 6 



Accipitriformes 21 13 



Alcedinidae 5 1 



Gaprimulgidae 6 2 



Cypselidae 3 1 



Trochilidae 29 1 



Cuculiformes 9 2 



Picidae 20 9 



Tyrannidae 71 9 



Troglodytidae 10 5 



Vireonidae 9 5 



Tangaridae 26 1 



Icteridae 18 9 



Groups in Excess in New York. 



Orinoco. New York. 



Rallif ormes 4 6 



Lariformes 8 5 



Anserif ormes 5 9 



Strigiformes *5 7 



Turdidae 5 7 



Mniotiltidae . 5 28 



Corvidae 2 5 



*l have added two species whose notes we heard. 



