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Myrmeciza temosticta palliata, subsp. nov. 



Similar to Myrmeciza Isemosticta Ixmosticta Salvin, but every where paler 

 and duller; black of the under parts in the adult male confined to the 

 throat; pileum and breast much lighter gray; and upper parts, flanks, 

 crissum, etc., lighter brown. Adult female likewise paler and duller than 

 the same sex of the typical race. 



Type, No. 54,977, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; La Pal- 

 mita, Santander, Colombia, August 15, 1916; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Hylophylax nevioides subsimilis, subsp. nov. 



Similar to Hylophylax mevioides nievioides (Lafresnaye), but more ex- 

 tensively white below, the gray shading of the sides and flanks more 

 restricted; pileum dark slaty gray, with only a trace of brown; and tail 

 grayish instead of brownish, the tips of the rectrices white, not tawny. 

 (Description based on a comparison with Lafresnaye' s type.) 



Type, No. 52,742, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Jaraquiel, 

 Bolivar, Colombia, March 4, 1916; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Poecilurus, genus novum. 



Similar to Synallaxis Vieillot, but tail composed of soft, closely webbed 

 feathers, with broad, blunt tips. Type, Synallaxis candsei Lafresnaye. 



Poecilurus atrigularis, sp. nov. 



Nearest apparently to Pcecilurus candxi (Lafresnaye), but back Dresden 

 brown ; supra-auricular region dull huffy brown like the pileum and 

 hindneck; auriculars and throat black, separated from each other by a 

 very narrow line of whitish-tipped feathers ; wings externally, breast, 

 and sides amber brown, passing into tawny olive on the flanks ; middle 

 of abdomen white; tail chestnut, all but the two outer pairs of rectrices 

 dusky on the terminal third. Wing, 62; tail, 73; bill, 13; tarsus, 21 mm. 



Type, No. 54,199, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Gamarra, 

 Magdalena, Colombia, July 8, 1916 ; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Brotogeris jugularis exsul, subsp. nov. 



Similar to Brotogeris jugularis jugularis (Miiller) of Central America, 

 Colombia, etc., but brownish wash on the back and wings deeper and 

 more extensive; feathers of posterior under parts without any blue tinge 

 whatever; and orange chin-spot smaller and paler. 



Type, No. 47,723, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult female; Sierra de 

 Carabobo, Venezuela, June 18, 1914; Samuel M. Klages. 



