CHERKIE: ORNITHOLOGY OF THE ORINOCO REGION. 37I 
HiMANTOPUS MExiCANus (Miiller). 
Charadrius mc.vicanus Miill., Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, p. 117 (Mexico). 
Abundant about the great marshes near Las Guacos on the San 
Feliz River (Terrenes dell Tigre) during May, 1907. 
NuMENius HUDsoNicus Latham. 
Numcnius hudsoniciis Lath., Index Orn. H, 1790, p. 712 (Hudson Bay). 
This species was noted at Altagracia in November, 1897, but no 
specimens were secured. 
Helodromas solitarius (Wilson). 
Triiiga solitaria Wils., Am. Orn. VIL 1S13. p. 58, PI. 58, fig. 3. 
Helodromas solitarius Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 129. 
Occasionally met with from early in August until the first of 
February. Observed at Las Barrancas, Agua Salada de Ciudad Boli- 
var, Ciudad Bolivar, Altagracia, Caicara. Berlepsch and Hartert record 
a specimen also from Suapure on the Caura River. 
ToTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmeliiij. 
Scolopax flavipes Gm., Syst. Nat. L 1788. p. 659. 
Tetanus Havipes Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 
Small flocks were seen about Altagracia from the last of Decem- 
ber until February. 
ToTANUS MELANOL^ucus (Gmeliu). 
Scolopax mclanoleucus Gm., Syst. Nat. L 1788. p. 659. 
Totanus mclanoleucus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 441 (Angostura) ; Ber- 
lepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 
Small flocks of Greater Yellow-legs were seen at Altagracia sev- 
eral times during the month of November, 1897. 
AcTiTis M.\CULARIA (Linnaeus). 
Tringa macularia L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 249. 
Tringoidcs macularia Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 
The Spotted Sandpiper is to be seen along the Orinoco from early 
in September until the first of April. Berlepsch and Hartert record 
it also from the Caura River. 
