CIIEKRIE: ORNITHOLOGY OF THE ORINOCO REGION. 3II 
collected at Altagracia in November, and a male was taken at Neri- 
cagna, on the upper river, in April. 
Coccvzus EL'LERi Cabanis. 
CoccyzHs culcri Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1873. p. y^. (ex Canlagallo). 
Two specimens were taken, both females, that differed slightly in 
the colors of the bill, eye-lids, etc. The first, collected at Ciudad 
Bolivar, April 15, 1905 (Xo. 13443 Geo. K. Cherrie Coll.) had the eye 
seal brown, eye-lids lemon yellow : bill above black with basal cutting 
edges oli\e yellow, mandible chrome yellow with blackish tip; feet 
dusky slate grey. 
The second collected at Caicara, June 10, 1905 (No. 13856 Geo. 
K. Cherrie Coll.) had the eye seal l)rown, eye-lids blackish; maxilla, and 
extreme tip of mandible black, with basal cutting edges of maxilla, to a 
line bordering the lower edge of the nostrils and extending nearly one- 
half way to the tip, and mandible orange-buff; feet dusky slate grey. 
The ovaries of the latter bird were much enlarged, indicating the 
near approach of the breeding season. My attention was drawn to 
this bird by hearing the familiar "rain crow's" note. It is in what I 
believe to be full nuptial plumage — a delicate pearl grey on breast, 
sides and flanks, shading to an almost silver}- white on the belly. 
C. euleri is at once distinguished from C. ainericanus by the 
entire absence of rufous on both the outer and inner webs of the wing 
quills and the darker general color above. This species has not Iiccn 
previously recorded from Venezuela. 
Coccvzus MELACORYPHus Vieillot. 
Coccyzus melacorypluis Vieill., Nouv. Diet. VIII. 1817. p. 271 ; Berlepsch 
& Hartert, p. 97. 
On my first expedition this species was observed only once, a 
single specimen having been collected at Quiribana de Caicara April 
28, 1898. It was not seen in 1905, but in 1907 two were collected at 
Caicara in June ; and at Las Barrancas (in the Delta region) it was 
common during July. 
One of the specimens collected at Las Barrancas seems some- 
what abnormally colored, or may possibly represent another race. 
Below, it is exactly similar to typical examples of C. melacorypluis; 
above, the back is also similar, but the wings are decidedly different, 
the quills being dull rufous brownish on both webs, except the tips 
