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Geranospizias caerulescens (Vieillot). 
Sparvius caerulescens Vieill., Nouv. Diet. X. 1817. p. 318. 
Geranospizias caerulescens Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 114. 
Twice observed at Altagracia; once at Capuchin (nearly opposite 
the mouth of the Apure River), and once at Caicara. The colors of 
an immature female taken at Altagracia, November 15, 1897, were: 
eye chocolate brown with a light outer ring; bill black; cere black: feet 
bright cadmium orange, claws black. Adult female, Capuchin, August 2T, 
1898, eye carmine ; bill black plumbeous at base of mandible ; cere black ; 
feet scarlet vermilion. Colors of the adult male exactly like those in the 
adult female. 
Spizaetus ornatus (Daudin). 
Falco ornatus Daud., Traite d'Orn. II. 1800. p. "j. 
Spisa'etus ornatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 114. 
Rare. One was seen on the upper river at Nericagua where it 
was found in the dense forest bordering the river. The specimen 
was not at all shy and was finally shot from a dead limb not over fifteen 
feet from the ground. It proved to be an adult male. The colors 
from the fresh bird were: eye chrome yellow; bill black, slate grey at 
base of mandible; lores bluish grey; cere canary yellow; feet bright 
creamy yellow. 
Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens Chapman. 
Herpctothcres caehinnans fulvescens Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 
Hist. XXXIV: 1915 : (Type ex Alto Bonito Antioquia, Coloniljia). 
Herpetotheres cachinnans Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1913: p. 195 
(Pedernales) Orinoco delta. 
Chapman records a specimen from the Orinoco delta. 
Elaxus leucurus (Vieillot). 
Milviis Iciicunis \'ieillot, N. Diet. d"Hisf. Nat. XX: 1818: p. 563 (Para- 
guay). 
Elaniis leucurus Stone. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil, 1913: p. 196 (La 
Pedrita, Rio Uracoa). 
Stone records specimens from the delta region. 
Leptodon uncix.\tus (Temminck). 
Falco micinatiis Temm., PI. Col., 103-105, 1824 (Rio Janeiro). 
Rare. Not taken on my fir>t expedition to the Orinoco, but in 
.1905 an immature female was taken at Caicara June 15th. In 1907 
