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Galbula galbula (Linnaeus). 
Alcedo galbula L.. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1766. p. 182. 
Galbula galbula Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 103. 
Not observed by the writer below the falls of Atures but common 
there, and beyond, where it replaces G. riificauda of the middle Orinoco 
Eve seal l)ro\vn ; bill black : feet olive buff. 
Galbula ruficauda Cuvier. 
Galbula nificaiida Cuv.. Regn. Anim. I. 1817 p. 420; Berlepsch & Hartert. 
p. 103. 
The native name of this and the species precedinjj is Barranquero. 
Common, found most abundantly near the borders of heavily 
timbered regions throughout the territory of the middle Orinoco. 
This species nests in holes in the ground usually in the banks of 
streams. The excavation ordinarily slants slightly upward and is from 
25 to 100 cm. in depth. No nesting material is taken into the burrows. 
From two to four dull white eggs are laid. 
E>-e dark seal brown : bill black : feet olive yellow, claws jjlack. 
PsiLOPORNis ALBiROSTRis Latham. 
Galbula albirostris Lath., Ind. Orn. L 1790. p. 245; Berlepsch & Hartert, 
p. 104. 
Not observed on the Orinoco. Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert 
from La Pricion, La I'nion and Nicare on the Caura River. 
Brack YG.\LBA lugubris (Swainson). 
Galbula lugubris Swains., Anim. in Menag. 1838. p. 329. 
Brachygalba lugubris Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 104. 
Not seen on the Orinoco. Recorded from Nicare and from La 
Pricion on the Caura River. 
Jacamerops aureus (P. L. S. Miiller). 
Alcedo aurea Miill., Syst. Nat. Supplement, 1776. p. 94. 
Jacamerops aureus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 104. 
Berlepsch and Hartert record two specimens taken by Klages 
at Suapure on the Caura River. 
