214 BULLETIN : MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



ARDEIDAE. 



1. Butorides striata (Lixse). 



One adult 9 , May 26, 1904. This skin, Xo. 14030, afifords the following 

 measurements: wing, 168.5 ; tail, 61 ; tarsus, 51; exposed culmen, 63. It 

 does not appear to differ in any way from birds from Brazil and Guiana. 



FALCONIDAB. 



2. Buteo brachyurus Vieill. 

 One adult ^ in the dusky phase of plumage. May 4. 



3. Rupornis ruficauda (Scl. & Salv.) 

 One 9 , May 25. 



CRACIDAB. 

 4. Ortalis cinereiceps (Gray). 

 One 9, May 21. 



ODONTOPHORIDAE. 

 5. Odontophorus marmoratus Gould. 



Two males, one adult, May 23, one young, May 17. These are perfectly 

 typical examples of 0. marmoratus, and show no approach to 0. castigatus of 

 Chiriqui, which, notwithstanding Ogilvie-Grant's statement, is a very dif- 

 ferent well-marked form. 



COLUMBIDAE. 



6. Columbigallina minuta (Linne). 

 Seven adults of both sexes. May 10 to 26. 



7. Clara vis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez). 

 Two adult males, May 14 and 21. 



8. Leptotila verreauxi Bp. 

 Two males, one adult. May 18, one young. May 20. 



CUCULIDAE. 

 9- Piaya cayana thermophila (Scl.). 

 Five adults, both sexes. May 4 to 21. 



