354 UROOKLVN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Moriche Palm about one metre from the ground. The egg is a 
short elliptical ovate in form and measures 22.8 x 16.8 mm. The 
parent bird was shot. 
ChaemepElia minuta (Linnaeus). 
Columba minuta L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 285. 
Columbigallina minuta Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 119. 
Specimens of this species taken at Ciudad Bolivar by H. Klages in 
April, 1898, were recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert. Not seen by the 
writer. 
Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez). 
Peristcra pretiosa Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. N. M. IX. 1886. p. 175. 
Claravis pretiosa Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 119. 
Not noted on my first expedition. One specimen, a female, was 
taken at Caicara, June 14. 1905, and in 1907, it was not uncommon 
at Caicara. 
Specimens taken on the Caura River in December, 1900, by ?*I- 
Andre, were recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert. 
Birds of this species frequent the borders of thickl_\- wooded 
areas. They feed, I believe, entirely on the ground. 
ScardaFElla squamata ridgwavi Robinson & Richmond. 
Scardafella ridgwayi Robins. & Richm., Proc. U. S. N. M. XVHL 1896. 
p. 660; Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 119. 
Native name Mariquita. Abundant at Bolivar and Altagracia, much 
less common at Caicara, and not observed on the upper Orinoco. 
Eye clay color ; bill blackish ; feet flesh color. 
This species usually nests on the ground but occasionally nests 
are found in low trees and bushes, from i to 1.5 m. above the ground. 
I noted nests with fresh eggs from October to June. 
A nest containing two eggs taken at Caicara. October 28, 1898. 
was placed in a thorny palm about 1.5 metres from the ground. It 
was more substantial and rather more cup-shaped than is usual with 
the pigeons. The eggs were fresh, pure white, nearly oval in form 
and measured 21.5 x 16.5 and 21.0 x 17,0 nun. 
