Vol. XXVI, pp. 169-174 August 8, 1913 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF I II I 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSES OF APPARENTLY NEW 

 BIRDS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA. 



BY W. E. CLYDE TODD. 



Since the publication of a paper )>y the writer entitled " De- 

 scriptions of Seventeen New Neotropical Birds" (Ann. Carnegie 

 Mus., VIII, 1912, 11)8-214), the Carnegie Museum has received 

 considerable new material from tropical America, while in 

 addition four important families — Formicariidse, Furnariidse, 

 Dendroeolapthhe, and Trochilidse — have been critically worked 

 over, in all yielding a surprisingly large number of novelties. 

 In order to make some of the results of these studies imme- 

 diately available to ornithologists it has been thought best to 

 publish brief diagnoses of the new forms at this time, leaving 

 the detailed descriptions and critical notes to appear later in a 

 series of more formal papers now in course of preparation. 



For advice and assistance in making the necessary compari- 

 sons and in drawing up the descriptions the writer is much 

 indebted to Mr. Harry C. Oberholser. 



Catamenia oreophila sp. now 



Adult female similar to the same sex of Catamenia inomata minor 

 Berlepsch, but rump and upper tail-coverts dull grayish olive, almost 

 concolor with the back, the latter with the dusky streaks less distinct; 

 l)ill much smaller and more compressed; and tail relatively longer (HO 

 mm. ) and less emarginate. 



Type, No. :)7,7S.], Collection Carnegie Museum, adult female; San 

 Lorenzo, Santa Marta, Colombia, June 1], 1911; 31. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Tanagra rufiventris colorata subsp. nov. 



Similar to Tanagra rufiventris rufiventris ( Vieillot), but yellow color of 

 the sides of the breast more restricted, and lower breast (posterior to the 



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