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Tifpc, No. 41', 714, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Fundacion, 

 Santa Marta, Colombia, August 9, 1913; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Qrallaria varia carmelit^e subsp. nov. 



Similar to Grallaria varia varia, but smaller, ami posterior lower parts 

 darker, more cinnamon rufous. "Wing (type), 100; tail, 08; exposed 

 culnien, 21.5; tarsus, 45. 



Named, at the collector's request, for Mrs. M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Type, No. 44,850, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Pueblo 

 Viejo, Colombia, March 6, 1914; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Setopagis heterurus sp. nov. 



With a general resemblance to Setopagis parvulus (Gould), but under 

 parts less rufescent, and white areas of wings and tail decidedly more 

 extensive, covering both webs of the terminal portion of the three outer 

 pairs of rectrices. 



Type, No. 41,904, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; LaTigrera, 

 Santa Marta, Colombia, May 6, 1913; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Pionus sordidus saturatus subsp. nov. 



Similar in general to Pionus sordidus sordidus (Linnaeus), but differ- 

 ing conspicuously in its much darker, greener coloration, both above and 

 below, the feathers of the upper parts without conspicuous paler olive 

 brown or olive grayish edgings, and the under surface much darker and 

 more uniform green, with little or no brownish and vinaceous tinge. 



Type, No. 41,705, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Cincinnati, 

 Santa Marta, Colombia, February 12, 1913; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Psittacula passerina cyanophanes subsp. nov. 



Adult male similar in general to the same sex of Psittacula passerina 

 viridissima Lafresnaye, but with much more hyacinth blue on the 

 primary and secondary coverts, forming a conspicuous patch in the closed 

 wing, while this color is also much more extended on the under wing- 

 coverts. 



Type, No. 45,580, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Rio Hacha, 

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



Aratinga aeruginosa occidentalis subsp. nov. 



Similar to Aratinga xruginosa aeruginosa (Linnfeus), but the blue color 

 of the pileum more pronounced; the frontal region, bordering the base 

 of the upper mandible, dusky brownish, never white; the orbital ring 

 paler, with scarcely any (sometimes no) yellow tinge; and the wings 

 externally more bluish, less greenish. 



Type, No. 44,695, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; Rio Hacha, 

 Colombia, February 22, 1914; M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



