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Micropus peruvianus from Ollantaytambo, Peru; Grallaria watkinsi from 

 Milagros, Province of Piura, Peru; Grallaricula boliviana from Incachaca, 

 Province of Cochabamba, Bolivia; Synallaxis stictothorax piurae from Chilaco, 

 near Samate on the Rio Chira, Province of Piura, Peru; Phacellodonms 

 striaticeps griseipectus from Tica-Tica, near Cuzco, Peru; Hylocrypius ery- 

 throcephalus from Alamor, Peruvian-Ecuador boundary; Xenops rutihis 

 connectens from Todos Santos, Province of Cochabamba, Bolivia; Xipho- 

 rhynchus triangularis bangsi from Yungas, Province of Cochabamba, Bolivia; 

 Thripohrohis layardi madeirae from Porto Velho, Rio Maderia, Brazil; 

 Thripobrotus warscewiczi bolivianus from Incachaca, Province of Cocha- 

 bamba, Bolivia; Mecocercidus subtropicalis from San Miguel Bridge, Uru- 

 bamba Canon, Peru; Anaeretes agraphia from Idma, near Santa Ana, Peru; 

 Mionectes striaticollis columbianus from Santa Elena, Antioquia, Colombia; 

 Myiobonts melanocephahis bolivianus from Incachaca, Province of Cocha- 

 bamba, Bolivia; Basiletiteriis htteoviridis supercilaris from above Torontoy, 

 Urubamba Canon, Peru; Pheutiais ttropygialis terminalis from San Miguel 

 Bridge, Urubamba Canon, Peru; and Catamenia analoides griseiventris from 

 Cuzco, Peru. Harry C. Oberholser. 



ORNITHOLOGY.— Mwtowda ornithologica. MIL Harry C. Oberholser. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 32: 239-240. 1919. 



Recent investigations show that Pitta atricapilla Lesson, being ante- 

 dated by Tiirdus sordidus Miiller, must now be called Pitta sordida Miiller. 

 The name of the swallow now known as Riparia paludicola sinensis (Jerdan) 

 is preoccupied and must be changed to Riparia paludicola chinensis (Gray). 

 For the same reason Stoporala melanops (Vigors) must become Stoporala 

 thassina (Swainson). Similarly, Hemipiis obscurus (Horsfield) should 

 stBXid 2i.s Hemipus hinindinaceus iy Q.mm\nc\i). The South American tanager 

 commonly called Tachyphoniis rnfiventris (Spix) must be rechristened, since 

 its present name is invalidated, and it now may be known as Tachyphonus 

 metallactus. H. C. O. 



ORNITHOLOGY. — An tinrecognized subspecies of Melanerpes erythro- 

 cephalus. Harry C. Oberholser. Canadian Field Nat. 33: 48-50. 

 1919. 



The red-headed woodpeckers inhabiting the Great Plains and Rocky 

 Mountain region of the United States and southern Canada differ from 

 those of the eastern United States in decidedly larger size and usually more 

 reddish posterior lower parts. These differences entitle it to subspecific 

 recognition, and it may be known as Mtlanerpes erythrocephalus erythro- 

 phthalmus vSilloway. H. C. O. 



ORNITHOLOGY.— .4n all-day bird trip at Washington, D. C. Harry 

 C. Oberholser. Amer. Midi. Nat. 6: 103-110. 1919. 



An all-day trip in the vicinity of Washington, D. C, on May 13, 1907, 

 furnished data on the unusually large number of 103 species and subspecies 

 of birds. A few species, such as Colaptes auratus auratus, Penthestes caro- 

 linensis carolinensis, and Vireo griseus griseus, were more than ordinarily 

 numerous on tliis occasion. Two ducks, Clangida clangula americana and 

 Dafila acuta tzitzihoa, were noted later in the spring than ever before in this 

 region. H. C. O. 



