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that of the auriculars, while the white on the rectrices is much more re- 

 stricted, both basally and terminally. 



Type, No. 47,742, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Sierra de 

 Carabobo, Venezuela, June 19, 1914; Samuel M. Klages. 



Leptasthenura andicola extima subsp. nov. 



Similar to Leptasthenura andicola certhia von Madarasz, but upper parts 

 in general, and the streaks on the pileum in particular, decidedly darker; 

 wings more extensively rufescent. 



Type, No. 45,391, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Paramo 

 de Macotama, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, April 20, 1914; 

 M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Synallaxis albescens perpallida subsp. nov. 



Similar to Synallaxis albescens hypoleuca Ridgway, but forehead and 

 upper parts more grayish, less rufescent; pileum ajid wing-coverts paler 

 cinnainomeous; and size larger. Wing (type), 58; tail, 71. 



Type, No. 45,548, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male ; Rio Hacha, 

 Colombia, May 4, 1914; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Synallaxis certhiola sp. nov. 



Apparently nearest Synallaxis albilora Pelzeln, but smaller, darker and 

 browner above, and lower parts paler and somewhat duller. Pileum 

 olive brown, shaded with mouse gray, and passing into Prout's brown 

 on the back; tail, wings externally, and wing-coverts auburn; throat 

 white ; rest of under parts strongly shaded with cinnamon buff. Wing 

 (type), 57; tail, 64. 



Type, No. 43,667, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult female; Santa 

 Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, September 9, 1909; Jose Steinbach. 



Chaetura egregia sp. nov. 



Above, including wings and tail, glossy black, the lower back, rump, 

 and shorter upper tail-coverts pale gray in abrupt contrast ; longer upper 

 tail-coverts darker gray; under parts plain grayish brown, the throat 

 paler and more grayish, the under tail-coverts almost Chsetura drab. 

 Wing (type), 120; tail, 40; tarsus, 10.5. 



Type, No. 43,794, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult female; Rio 

 Surutu, Bolivia, Septembers, 1910; Jose Steinbach. 



Veniliornis oleaginus exiguus subsp. nov. 



Differs from any other known form of Veniliornis oleaginus (Lichten- 

 stein) in its smaller size, duller coloration, and in having more white on 

 the inner webs of the remiges. Wing (type), 91; tail, 53; exposed 

 culmen, 22. 



Type, No. 34,906, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; La Cumbre 

 de Valencia, Venezuela, September 24, 1910; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



