BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



501 



brownish black, some of the feathers of the breast with exposed portion 

 ahnost wholly pale buff or buffy white; length (skins), 187-205 

 (198); wing, 131-138 (134); tail, 102-105.5 (104.2); exposed cuhnen, 

 13.5-14.5 (13.8); tarsus, 15-16 (15.4); middle toe, 14.5-15 (14.8)." 



Islands of Curasao and Bonaire, Dutch West Indies; Margarita 

 Island, Venezuela?; coast of Venezuela (Maripa, Eio Caura; Encon- 

 trados)?. 



Stenopsis cayennenm? (not Caprimulgus cayennensis Gmelin) Bbhlbpsch, Joum. 



fur Om., 1892, 87 (Cuiafao). 

 Stenopsis cayennensis Habtert, Ibis, 1893, 319 (Curasao; crit.; habits), 328 



(Bonaire); Novit. ZooL, ix, 1902, 303 (Bonaire; Curafao). — Claek (A. H.), 



Auk, xix, 1902, 263 (Margarita I.).— Cobt, Pub. 137, Field Mus. N. H., 1909, 



245 (Margarita I.). 

 8[tenopsis'\ cayennensis Haktebt, Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., Macropt., 1897, 35, 



[Stenopsis] cayennenis Shabpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 83, part (Ourapao; Venezuela?). 

 (?) Stenopsis cayennensis Beelepsch and Haetebt, Novit. ZooL, ix, 1902, 89 

 (Altagracia and Quiribana de Caicara, Venezuela; crit.). 



" Three specimens. 



The adult male from Rio Caura, Venezuela, agrees with typical 8. c. insularis in 

 pure whiteness of the under parts, but is slightly deeper grayish above. That from 

 Margarita Island is in bad condition, but seems to agree in coloration with Curajao 

 examples. 



