﻿AUGUST 
  19, 
  1922 
  WETMORE 
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  NEW 
  NEOTROPICAL 
  BIRDS 
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  skins 
  from 
  Conchitas 
  and 
  Ouilmes), 
  the 
  type 
  locality 
  according 
  to 
  Hellmayr,^ 
  

   by 
  the 
  heavier, 
  more 
  decided 
  streaking 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  and 
  the 
  reduction 
  

   of 
  the 
  white 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  Smaller 
  bill 
  and 
  darker 
  coloration 
  dis- 
  

   tinguish 
  malleator 
  from 
  D. 
  m. 
  berlepschi 
  Hellmayr. 
  

  

  Picus 
  maculatus 
  Viellot,^ 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  Carpintero 
  chorreado 
  of 
  Azara 
  refers 
  

   to 
  the 
  subspecies 
  described 
  here 
  but 
  is 
  antedated 
  by 
  Piciis 
  maculatus 
  Scopoli^*^ 
  

   applied 
  to 
  another 
  species 
  of 
  woodpecker. 
  Other 
  names 
  in 
  the 
  synonymy 
  

   of 
  mixtus 
  species 
  refer 
  to 
  other 
  forms. 
  

  

  Myrmorchilus 
  strigilatus 
  suspicax, 
  subsp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  Myrmorchilus 
  strigilatus 
  strigilatus 
  (Wied)^^ 
  but 
  

   male 
  with 
  sides, 
  flanks 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  between 
  cinnamon-buff 
  and 
  

   clay 
  color 
  ; 
  superciliary 
  stripe 
  duller, 
  not 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  distinct 
  white 
  spot 
  

   posteriorly; 
  post 
  ocular 
  space 
  slightly 
  darker 
  than 
  bister. 
  Female 
  with 
  under 
  

   tail-coverts 
  more 
  buffy; 
  superciliary 
  stripe 
  and 
  auricular 
  region 
  duller, 
  less 
  

   whitish. 
  

  

  Description.— 
  Type, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  283,862, 
  male 
  adult, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Riacho 
  Pilaga, 
  near 
  Kilometre 
  182 
  (Ferrocarril 
  del 
  Estado), 
  Gobernacion 
  

   de 
  Formosa, 
  Argentina, 
  collected 
  August 
  11, 
  1920, 
  by 
  Alex. 
  Wetmore 
  (orig. 
  

   No. 
  4712) 
  . 
  Crown 
  and 
  nape 
  streaked 
  narrowly 
  with 
  dull 
  black 
  and 
  cinnamon- 
  

   brown, 
  the 
  feathers 
  dark 
  centrally 
  and 
  paler 
  laterally, 
  those 
  on 
  nape 
  with 
  

   a 
  faint 
  buff 
  margin 
  ; 
  superciliary 
  stripe 
  dull 
  white, 
  becoming 
  buify 
  above 
  eye 
  

   and 
  merging 
  behind 
  eye 
  with 
  buff 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  nape 
  ; 
  a 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  nasal 
  fossa 
  

   to 
  eye, 
  continued 
  in 
  a 
  narrow 
  line 
  around 
  eye, 
  black, 
  mixed 
  slightly 
  with 
  white 
  

   behind 
  nostrils 
  and 
  interrupted 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  white 
  spot 
  near 
  center 
  of 
  upper 
  

   and 
  lower 
  eyelids 
  ; 
  malar 
  stripe 
  white 
  ; 
  band 
  behind 
  eye 
  slightly 
  darker 
  than 
  

   bister; 
  auricular 
  region 
  snuff" 
  brown; 
  upper 
  back 
  mikado 
  brown 
  streaked 
  

   broadly 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  scapulars 
  black 
  centrally 
  with 
  inner 
  margin 
  russet 
  and 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  white, 
  washed 
  with 
  cinnamon-buff, 
  the 
  latter 
  forming 
  a 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  light 
  line 
  above 
  wing; 
  sides 
  of 
  breast 
  tawny-olive 
  streaked 
  with 
  black, 
  

   blending 
  gradually 
  with 
  white 
  of 
  breast; 
  lower 
  back, 
  rump 
  and 
  upper 
  tail- 
  

   coverts 
  hazel, 
  the 
  lower 
  back 
  streaked 
  broadly 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  primaries 
  and 
  

   secondaries 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  outer 
  webs 
  washed 
  with 
  cinnamon 
  near 
  middle, 
  

   and 
  black 
  proximally; 
  tertials 
  black 
  margined 
  broadly 
  with 
  cinnamon 
  to 
  

   mikado 
  brown 
  ; 
  wing 
  coverts 
  black 
  ; 
  lesser 
  coverts 
  spotted 
  slightly 
  with 
  white, 
  

   middle 
  coverts 
  tipped 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  greater 
  coverts 
  tipped 
  with 
  white 
  

   shading 
  internally 
  to 
  pinkish 
  buff; 
  primary 
  coverts 
  tipped 
  narrowly 
  with 
  

   dull 
  white 
  and 
  cinnamon-buff; 
  central 
  pair 
  of 
  rectrices 
  russet; 
  others 
  black, 
  

   the 
  outer 
  pair 
  with 
  distal 
  half 
  of 
  outer 
  web 
  and 
  tip 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  

   (save 
  the 
  median 
  pair) 
  tipped 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  color; 
  chin, 
  throat, 
  fore-neck 
  

   and 
  center 
  of 
  upper 
  breast 
  black; 
  sides 
  of 
  upper 
  breast, 
  lower 
  breast 
  and 
  

   abdomen 
  white; 
  sides, 
  flanks 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  between 
  cinnamon-buff 
  

   and 
  clay 
  color; 
  bend 
  of 
  wing 
  black; 
  under 
  wing 
  coverts 
  white. 
  Bill 
  black, 
  

   becoming 
  neutral 
  gray 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  mandible; 
  tarsus 
  mouse 
  gray; 
  iris 
  dull 
  

   brown 
  (from 
  recently 
  killed 
  specimen). 
  

  

  ^Verhandl. 
  Ornith. 
  Ges. 
  Bayern 
  12: 
  212. 
  1915. 
  

  

  9 
  Nouv. 
  Diet. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  26: 
  19. 
  1818. 
  (Paraguay.) 
  

  

  10 
  Del. 
  Flor. 
  Faun. 
  Insubr. 
  2: 
  89. 
  1786. 
  (Antigua, 
  Panay.) 
  

  

  " 
  Myiothera 
  strigilata 
  Wied, 
  Beitr. 
  Naturg. 
  Brasilien 
  3: 
  1064. 
  1831. 
  (Bahia.) 
  

  

  