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Native name Cotna and Agtijita : also sometimes applied to the 
Cormorant, P. zngua. Common on the lower and middle stretches of the 
river but not observed above the falls. 
Ph.al.acrocorax vigua (\'ieillof). 
Hydrocorax vigua Vieill., Nouv. Diet. VIII. 1817. p. 90. 
Phalacrocorax 7-if/iia Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 127. 
Native names Cotua. Cotna Zamura. Cofua Nigra. 
Abundant all along- the river, at least as far as the falls of Atures. 
RALLIDAE— THE RAIL.S. 
PORZANA AEBICOLEIS (Vieillot). 
Raihts albicoUis Vieill., Nouv. Diet. XXVIII. 1819. p. 561. 
Porzana alhicoUis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 127. 
Rare. A single specimen was taken in the marsh bordering the 
brook at Quiribana de Caicara in April. 1898. 
Colors taken from the freshly killed bird were : eye bright vandyke 
brown; upper half of maxilla olive green, lower half of maxilla and 
entire mandible apple green ; feet dusky brown. 
Aramides catanea (Miiller). 
Pnlica cajanea Miill., Syst. Nat. Supplement. 1776. p. 119. 
Araimides cayennensis Berlepsch, Ibis. 1884. p. 440 (Angostura). 
Aramides cajanea Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 
This species was abundant in the thick tangles of vines and bushes 
bordering small streams and ponds, and was noted at all points visited 
along the Orinoco. In the early morning their loud strange call notes 
could be heard on every side. They are extremely wary and the gun- 
ner must be alert if he catches one as it darts across some narrow path 
before him. The meat is delicious. 
In an adult female the eye was ochraceous rufous, eyelids scarlet: 
bill apple green ; feet burnt carmine. 
ARAMIDAE— THE LIMPKINS OR COURLANS. 
Aramus scolopaceus (Gmelin). 
Ardea scolopacea Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 647. 
