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Automolus nigricauda Hait. 



Automolus nigricauda Hart., Bull. B. 0. C. vii. 1S98. p. 3i) ; Nov. Zool. 1808. 

 p. 491 (Cachavi). 



The collet-tors have sent two more specimens from Paramba (7. viii. IS'.i'.)^ and 

 Rio Sei>ayo (450 ft. high), shot 11. xii. 19Ul, both marked as males. Tliej agree 

 with the type, ouly the breast and abdomen is not so brown, more olive. AVings 

 onlv 86 and 87 mm. 



Picolaptes souleyeti (Des Murs). 



Dendrocoliiptes soi/h'i/ff/ Des Miirs, Ico/i. Orit. PI. 70 (1840. Hab, Pern). 



Specimens from S. Javier, Bulnn, and Pambilar in N.AV. Ecnador are a|)parci]tly 

 referable to P. sotdei/eti. They differ from P. alholincattis (Lafr.) (cf. Nov. Zool. 

 1902. p. 66) in the wider striations of the head and underside and slightly more 

 rnfoiis back. 



Dendrornis lacrymosa Lawr. 



Dendrornis lacri/mosa Lawr., Ann. Lye. vii. p. 467 (Panama). 



Specimens from Carondelet and Bulnn agree perfectly with a serie.s from Tosta 

 Rica (Cherrie and Underwood coll.) and Chiriqni, Panama, but the black margins 

 to the feathers of the chest are less wide. It may be, that they can be sej)arated 

 subspecifically, if more material is to hand. 



(Xiphorhifnchiis pusiUuit Scl. A '■\fem(dfi " from Ventana agrees with tyjiical 

 piisillus (ex Bogota collections), though the breast is a shade richer in colour. Also 

 Anito specimens in Mus. Berlepsch are of a lighter tint, while Costa Rica specimens 

 vary, some being as light as a Bogota skin, others almost deeper than ours from 

 W. Ecuador. 



X) phorhjnclum trochilirostris thoramntH Scl. {tijpe from Babahoyo, N.W. 

 Ecuador). A series from S. Javier and Pambilar. 



Deudrocoluptes sanctithomac (Lafr.) S. Javier and Carondelet, both sexes. 

 " Iris brown, feet brown, bill black, dark brown underneath.") 



LANIIDAE. 



Vireolanius mikettae Hart. 



Vireolaniiis mikettae Hart., Bxll. B. 0. C xi. )>. 38 (1900). 



(?ad. Paramba, N. Ecuador, 3500 ft. alt. 



The type of this inteiesting new form is still uniiiae. X description is given 

 I.e. It may be looked upjn as a northern representative of Vireolanius leucoti,^, 

 from which it differs by the absence of the white auricnlar patch, the deejjcr and 

 brighter yellow of the under surface of the body and the sui)erciliary line, as well as 

 the more pronounced and more extended olive-<;reen colour on the sides of the b;(M--t 

 3,nd abdomen. 



