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Chloronerpes rubiginosus tobagensis subsp. now 



Type from Tobago. No. 74,968, U. S. Nat. Mus. Adult male. 

 May. F. A. Ober. 



Similar in coloration to C. r. trinitatii hut decidedly larger. Adult 

 male (type): Wing, 115; tail, 66; culmen, 23.5; tarsus, 20. (Average 

 measurements of adult males of the two forms are: — 



C. /■■ trinitatis (5 specimens): Wing, 105.4; tail, 60.7; culmen, 22.9; 

 tarsus, 20. 



C. r. tobagensis (7 specimens): Winy, 111; tail, 65.5; culmen, 24.1; 

 tarsus, 17.6. ) 



Chloronerpes rubiginosus meridensis subsp. now 



Type from near Merida, Venezuela. No. 100,734, Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. Adult male. S. Briceno Gabaldon. 



In coloration nearest C. r. uropygialis from Costa Rica and Panama, 

 but posterior under parts more strongly barred, and bill more slender. 

 Adult male (type): Wing, 121 mm.; tail, 7:\; culmen, 22.5; tarsus, 21. 



(Another adult male from Punta, near Merida, measures as follows: 

 Wing, 123.5; tail, 74; culmen, 23; tarsus, 20.5.) 



Veniliornis kirkii darienensis subsp. nov. 



Type from El Real, Darien, eastern Panama. No. 150,795, II. S. 

 Nat. Mus. Adult male. September 3, 1889, Heyde and Lux. 



Similar to V. k. continentalis Hellmayr, of Venezuela, but wing-coverts 

 without yellowish spots or streaks, and under parts much more narrowly 

 barred, the pale bars pale brownish buff instead of buffy white. Similar 

 also to V. k. cecil ii (Malherbe), of central Colombia, but back, etc., 

 brighter, more tawny, and under parts more broadly barred with pale 

 brownish buff (instead of dull whitish), and size slightly less. Adult male 

 (type): Wing, <S3; tail, 52; exposed culmen, 18.5; tarsus, 15.5; outer 

 anterior toe, 11.5. 



Phloeotomus pileatus floridanus subsp. nov. 



Type from Prevatt's Camp, 24 miles s. w. of Kissimmee, Florida. 

 No. 152, 13<i, U. S. Nat. Mus. Adult male. March 23, 1896, R. Ridgway. 



Similar to P. p. pileatus but decidedly blacker (that is, the general 

 blackish color less slaty or sooty), average size less, and bill relatively 

 shorter and broader. Adult male (type): Wing, 223; tail, 151; exposed 

 culmen, 45; tarsus, 33; outer anterior toe, 27. 



The following geographic forms of this species seem to be susceptible 

 of definition : 



Phloeotomus pileatus pileatus (Linnaeus). Lower Austral life-zone 

 (except middle and southern Florida), and southern portion of Upper 

 Austral life-zone. 



Phheotomu* pileatus floridanus Ridgway. Peninsular Florida. 



Phluiotomus pileatus abieticola Bangs. Canadian and Transition life- 

 zones and northern portion of Upper Austral zone, east of Rocky Mts. 



