368 i;kooklvn institute musel-.m. science BUELETIN 2. 6. 
.Irainiis scolopacciis Berlcpsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 440. (Angostura). Ber- 
lepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 
Native name Carrao. Not common and only observed at Altagracia 
and Caicara, where it seemed to keep to the thickly wooded borders of 
the ponds adjacent to the main river. 
EURYPYGIDAE— THE SUN BITTERNS. 
EURYPYGA HEEIAS (Pallas). 
Ardea hclias Pall., Neue Nord. Beytr. II. 1781. p. 48, PI. 3. 
Eurypyga Jielias Berlepsch, Ibis. 1884. p. 440 (Angostura) ; Berlepsch & 
Hartert, p. 128. 
Native name Tigana. Not uncommon along the thickly wooded 
banks of ponds and streams where it keeps on or near the ground. The 
Tigana is often seen in a semi-domesticated state in the native houses 
where they are esteemed for the number of spiders and insects they 
destroy. 
PSOPHIIDAE— THE TRUMPETERS. 
PsoPiiiA CREPITANS Linnaeus. 
Psophia crepitans L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 154; Berlepsch & 
Hartert, p. 128. 
Abundant in the delta region. Noted repeatedly at Las Barran- 
cas, and Beebe secured specimens at Guanoco. Berlepsch and Hartert 
record specimens collected by Klages at Suapure on the Caura River. 
OEDICNEMIDAE— THE STONE PLOVERS OR THICK- 
KNEES. 
Oedicnemus bistriatus (Wagler). 
Charadrius bistriatus VVagl., Isis, 1829. p. 648. 
Oedicnemus bistriatus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 44 (Angostura) : Ber- 
lepsch & Hartert, p. 128. 
Native name Alcaravan Negro. 
Not uncommon. Found on the open savannas only. Usiiallv 
seen in pairs. 
Eye lemon yellow ; bill black, yellowish olive buff at base of nian- 
(lih'e ; feet olive yellow. 
