35-2 I'.ROOKl.VN IXSTITUTi; MfSEl-'M. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Cniiinion in the savanna regions on the lower Orinoco, but not 
seen above the first falls. This species feeds both on fruits and seeds. 
occasionally being seen in flocks with C. nifina feeding on fruits in 
high trees, but usually feeding on the ground in the open savanna. 
There are two specimens in the American Museum collection, one 
from Maripa, Caura River and the other Ciudad Bolivar. 
Eye dusky brown ; bill black ; feet dusky carmine. 
A nest found at Caicara June i8. 1907, contained a single fresh 
egg. The nest was in a low Morirhr palm about a metre and a half 
from the ground. 
Leptotil.-\ verrE-'^uxi (Bonaparte). 
Lcptoptila vcvcauxi Bp., Consp. Av. II. i.%4. p. 73. 
I.cptotila vcrrcauxi Berlepsch & Hartert. p. iiS. 
Native name Palonia pipa: Paloiiia rabo bianco. 
Common in the thickly wooded districts, more especially where 
there is much undergrowth, along the middle stretches of the river; 
not seen above the falls of Aturcs. 
Eye orange buff, bare skin aliout e}e china blue : liill black : feet lake 
red. 
A nest was found at Quiribana de Caicara April 11, 1898 (No. 
10704 Coll. Geo. K. and Stella M. Cherrie). The nest was a slight 
platform of twigs placed in a thicket about 1.75 m. from the ground. 
It contained one voting bird, nearly ready to fly and an addled egg. 
The egg was a dirty yellowish white color, ovate in form and meas- 
ured 28 X 20.8 mm. 
This species, I believe, feeds exclusively on the ground. 
Li:ptotil.\ rui-.\xill.\ rufaxilla (Richard & Bernard). 
Cohnnba rufaxilla Rich. & Bern.. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, I. 1792. 
p. ,18. 
Lcptotila rufaxilla Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 118. 
Native name Palonia pica. 
Found on the ujiper and lower stretches of the ri^•er. but most 
abundant at and beyond the falls of Atures. It frequents the tim- 
bered areas, and feeds chiefly, if not exclusively, on the ground. 
Eye olive yellow ; bill lilack ; bare skin of lores maroon purple ; feet 
burnt carmine. 
