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IBIDIDAE— THE IBISES. 
Theristicus c.\unATus (Boddacrt). 
Scolopax caudatus Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. p. 57. 
Theristicus caudatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 122. 
Native name Tautaco. Found throughout the savanna region on 
the lower and middle stretches of the river, but nowhere common. 
Feeds along the border.s of ponds and marshes and in the open 
savannas. An adult male taken at Caicara May 4, 1905. had the 
colors of fleshy parts as follows : eye scarlet ; bill black ; bare skin about 
the base of the bill around the eye and on the throat black : feet geranium 
pink. 
Harpiprion CAYENNENSis (Gmelin). 
Tantalus cayennensis Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 652. 
Harpiprion cayennensis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 1123. 
Not common. Specimens were secured at Altagracia, Caicara, 
and Quiribana de Caicara, all on the middle Orinoco. 
Colors in fresh birds are: eye dark Indian purple; bill pea green at 
tip, darkening to a bottle green at base ; bare skin about eye and on chin 
and throat indigo blue; feet malachite green. 
Berlepsch and Hartert record a specimen from Cangrejo on the 
Caura River. 
Piii.MOSL's BERLEPSCiii Hellmayr. 
Phimosus berlepschi Hellmayr, Verb. Zool. hot. Ges. Wien. LIII. 1903. p. 
247, ex Orinoco River, Altagracia, Caicara). 
Phimosus nudifrons Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 123. 
Native name Coro-coro. The name is also applied to Harpiprion 
cayennensis. Common along the middle stretches of the Orinoco (not 
noted above the falls), frequenting the banks of streams and ponds. 
Eye carmine; bill, in immature, wood brown, blackish at tip; in 
adults, reddish liver brown ; feet dark sepia brown. 
Cercieis oxvcerca (Spix). 
Ibis oxycercus Spix. Av. Bras. II. 1825. p. 69, PI. 87. 
Cercihis oxycerca Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 124. 
Native name Taro-taro. Common ; frequenting marshy places on 
the open savanna and the banks of ponds and streams. 
