256 BROOKLYN IXSTITUTB MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Pyrodcnis [scntatus orciioccnsis] Chapman. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 
XXXIII: 1914: p. 631 (Altagracia, Orinoco Riv.). 
The recording by Chapman of a specimen collected by M. A. 
Carriker at Altagracia on the Orinoco confirms Lafresnaye's type 
locality "Orenoque." 
Cepii.^lopterus ornatus Geoffroy. 
Ccphaloptcnts ornatus Geoffr., Ann. d. Mus. Paris XIII. 1809. P- 238, PI. 
17; Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 58. 
AJter passing the mouth of the river Aleta. on my way up the 
Orinoco, this species was occasionally observed, and specimens were 
collected at Samborge and Nericagua. They are both difficult to see, 
and difficult to get, from their habit of keeping to the very tops of 
the high forest trees. 
Adults have the eye pearl grey ; bill black above, plumbeous below ; 
feet slate grey. 
GvMNODERus FOETiDL'S (Linnacus). 
Gracttla foetida L.. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 164. 
Gymnoderus foctidits Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 58. 
Native name Pavita. This, like the preceding species, is rarely 
seen as it keeps to the thick foliage of the tree tops. It was not met 
with below the mouth of the Meta. 
RUPICOLIDAE— THE COCK OF THE ROCK. 
RuPicoLA RUPICOLA (Linnaeus). 
Pipya nipicola L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 338. 
Rupicola nipicola Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 58. 
Although no specimens were collected this species was frequently 
observed about the Maipures rapids on the Orinoco. 
FURNARIIDAE— THE OVENBIRDS. 
.Accepting Mr. Ridgway's characterization of the family of the oven- 
birdsi. I find it represented in the Orinoco region by seven genera in 
which are included fourteen species and subspecies. 
Members of this family are remarkable for the very unusual 
character and variety of their nests. 
■Birds of North and Middlp . 
