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C. punctigula punctipectus (Cab. & Hein.). 



(Venezuela) Venezuela, northeastern Co- 



lombia. 



Upper parts approaching punctipectus, but throat blacker, with 

 white spots smaller, breast more heavily spotted; abdomen and 

 flanks more or less spotted. 



C. punctigula zulice Cory. (Encontrados, 



Zulia, Venezuela) Lower Catatumbo River 



region, Zulia, Venezuela. 

 B. Throat white, streaked with black. 



Black bars on feathers of upper parts longer; under parts more 

 heavily spotted. 



C. punctigula striatigularis Chapman. 



(Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia) Cauca 



Valley region, Colombia, west of eastern 



Andes. 



Black bars on feathers of upper parts small and narrow and more 

 or less obscure; spots on under parts smaller. 



C. punctigula ujhelyii Madarasz. (Araca- 



taca, Santa Marta, Colombia) Northern 



Colombia. 



Veniliornis tcenionotus cearas subsp. nov. 



Type from Serra Baturite, Ceara, Brazil. Adult male, No. 47441, 

 Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by R. H. Becker, July 1 8, 



Similar to V. t. t&nionotus from Bahia, etc., but upper parts much 

 more golden; the transverse yellow barring on back less distinct; under 

 parts paler, more olivaceous; rump and upper tail coverts strongly 

 tinged with golden yellow (not olive with yellowish markings as in 

 typical V. t. t&nionotus) ; outer tail feather much more strongly banded 

 with yellowish buff. 



Wing, 87; tail, 63; bill, 20; tarsus, 16 mm. 



Specimens examined: i c?, 2 9 from Serra Baturite, Ceara; i 9 

 from Jua, near Iguatu, Ceara. One of the females from Serra Baturite 

 has the lower back and upper tail coverts tinged with red. 



Scapaneus melanoleucus cearas subsp. nov. 



Type from Jua, near Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil. Adult male, No. 47463, 

 Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by R. H. Becker, August 

 24, 1913. 



