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oO. Platyrhynchus mystaceus insularis Allen. 



Plai>jrh<j,irhii> i,is„l,n-i.'< Allen. BnII. Amrr. M,,^. ii. (iss'.i) p. 143 [Tobago]. 



1 c? from Laveiitillc, j\[arili, aud 1 ? from Caiiaro, April. 



They agree with three adults from Tobago (toj)otypical F. i/tsular/s) in every 

 respect. Specimens from Cumaiia and Tocuyo in Nflrthern Veueznela belong also 

 til tliis form, whieh dillers from tlie typical race of Paraguay and S.E. Brazil in its 

 dull greenish (instead of warm oil-brown) upjier ]iarts, less brownish crown and 

 much paler nnder-snrface, the chest being but slightly washed with brownish. Tlie 

 birds from the upper Orinoco (Caieara) and the Horainia Jits., Brit. Guiana, are 

 somewhat intermediate between the tyjiieal and the northern race, Ijut nearer the 

 former ; yet they differ in having the back slightly paler brown and the under jiarls 

 not (juite so dark. Very likely they rei)resent another distinguishable form, but 1 

 would like to see more specimens before describing it. The difference in size upon 

 which Jlr. i\llen laid much stress is not constant. 



ST. Orchilus* ecaudatiis (Lair. A M'Orb.). 



Tnfliriislniin rciiudnlii in Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, S////. Ai\ i. in Mwj. Zi«iL IS.TT. d. ii. p. 47 

 (Yuracares, E. Bolivia. — type in Mus. Paris examined). 



One pair from Savannah Grande, February 7, 1897, collected by l>r. I'erey 

 Kendall (Nos. 35, 36)— " Iris dark brown (?), yellowish brown (S), feet steel- 

 colour, bill greyish horn-colonr, tipped with dirty white." 



The specimens from Trinidad are in no way different from others, collected 

 by Natterer on the Rio Madeira. The species is for the first time recorded from 

 Trinidad. The most northerly locality hitherto known was San Esteban, in 

 N.AV. Venezuela, where Prof. Goeriug collected a specimen. (Jherrie sent an 

 e-xamjile from Muaduapo, ]J. Orinoco, and Klages another from Snajiure on the 

 ('aura U., to the Tring Museum. 



08. Mionectes oleagineus pallidiventris nov. subsp. 



[Jlii.fiycajin oleai/hira Lichten.st(:in, ]'ii::. Diilil. (18:i3) \>. .')."i (Baliia).] 



A good series from Caparo (April) and Valencia (March). 



These specimens, as well as a good many from Cnmani'i, and mw. male from 

 Castare, Tobago, differ from 3i) skins from more southern localities in the decidedly 

 ])aler orange colonr of the belly, much less greyish green suffusion of the throat, 

 and duller olive green ujiper i)arts. The differences are so obvious when a series is 

 compared that 1 propose to sejiarate the northern race as 



Mionectes oleagineus pallidiventris Ilellm. 



Type in Mus. Tring : i ad. IliKcnii o'i San Aiitnnio, Ciiinniiii, March 14, lMt8. 

 Caracciolo coll.. No. 850. 



M. 0. ax.si'milif Scl. and ^f. 0. parcHg Bani;s, from ( 'entral America, are at once 

 known by their much paler and duller colonr of the abdomen, considerably darker 

 greyish green throat, and darker green upper parts. 



* Pn-hxiifrhruA Ohovliolser [Pror. L\ S. Xa/, .}fi/s. xxv, li)02. p. I>1 (Type : Todirosh'inn trftudatiint 

 I.afr. & IVOib.)]. This f,'enus is not, .separable from Orchilus, sinre 0. alUvrntrh lierl. & Stolzn). connects 

 O. aiiririiluri.i witli I lie two sliort-taileil species, 0, ccaudatux and 0. atricajnlliia. 



