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largely with green centers; tail similar to that of T. cor a but the dark 

 marking blacker and the black tip showing a subterminal faint tinge of 

 green. 



Wing, 40 mm.; tail, 95; bill, 13. 



Laticauda rubriginosa sp. nov. 



Type locality mountains east of Balsas, Peru. (On divide between 

 Balsas and Leimabamba, altitude 10,000 ft.) Female, No. 44647, 

 Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by W. H. Osgood and 

 M. P. Anderson, May 19, 1912. 



Description. Upper parts, crown, and sides of head rich bronzy red; 

 a small buffy white spot in front of and behind the eye. Throat buff, 

 the feathers tipped with spots of metallic green; feathers of the breast 

 and belly dull bronzy red (tinged with olive green in some lights), but 

 having a mottled appearance as all the feathers are buffy white at the 

 bases ; sides of body strongly washed with bronzy red ; under tail coverts 

 rufous banded with black; wings purplish brown, the bend of the wing 

 edged with rufous ; under surface of retrices (except the outer web of outer 

 feather) metallic green, outer web of outer tail feather blackish becoming 

 pale at the tip; upper surface of retrices steel blue when held in the light, 

 the outer feather tipped with buff on the outer web. Bill and feet black. 



Total length (skin), 97 mm.; wing, 60; tail, 30; bill, 14. . 



The female described above was the only specimen taken. 



(ialhula ruficauda brevirostris subsp. nov. 



Type from Encontrados (southwest of Lake Maracaibo), Venezuela. 

 Adult male, No. 43355, Field Museum of Natural History. Collected 

 by N. Dearborn, February n, 1908. 



Similar to Galbula ruficauda, but bill decidedly shorter; tail shorter 

 and color of the under parts averaging somewhat darker; the chestnut 

 feathers of the tail are darker and the upper surface of the middle tail 

 feathers less golden green. 



Length (skin), 218 mm.; wing, 75; tail, 115; bill, 38. 



The average measurements of 19 specimens from Encontrados and 

 Catatumbo are as follows: 



Eleven males wing, 75 mm.; tail, 114; bill, 42. 



Eight females wing, 74 mm.; tail, 100; bill, 41. 



This small, short -billed form seems to be confined to the low, heavily 

 forested region in the vicinity of Encontrados and Catatumbo. 



