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type-locality, however, it is not yet certain that the name 'polychopicrvs 

 properly belongs to the southern bird, because, as Hellmayr and 

 Seilern (Archiv naturg., 1912, abt. A, heft 5, p. 89, footnote) have 

 observed, the type, which is in the Paris Museum, may upon investi- 

 gation, prove to belong to one of the northern South American forms, 

 in which case P. notius Brewster and Bangs becomes available for 

 this form. 



If any difference exists between true noiiiis and the bird from south- 

 ern Brazil, it is so slight that we cannot differentiate it from individual 

 variation in the series examined, and hence we are obliged to unite 

 both under one name, provisionally using Pachyrhampkm polychop- 

 terus polychopfent^' (Vieillot). 



2. Pachyrhamphus polychopterus splendens (Wied). 



Musdpeta splendeiis Wied, Beitr. naturg. Bras., 1831, 3, pt. 2, p. 906 (Brazil — 



we designate Bahia). Type. — A. M. N. H. 

 Pachyrynchiis spixii Swainson, Animals in menag., 1838, p. 289 ("Brazil?" — 



we designate Bahia). Type. — Paris Museum — ficle Swainson {he. cit.). 



SuBSPECiFic CHARACTERS. — Similar to Pachyrhamphus polychopterus 

 polychopterus (Vieillot) of South Brazil, but smaller; under parts much paler, 

 never blackish, usually about light neutral gray (of Ridgway) to neutral gray. 



Measurements. — Type. — Adult cf — wing, 77.5; tail, 59.0; 

 tarsus, 18.0; exposed culmen, 13.0. 



Male (eight specimens including the type) — wing, 75.5-77.5 

 (76.7); tail, 56.3-59.0 (56.9); tarsus, 17.5-19.0 (18.4); exposed cul- 

 men, 11.5-13.1 (12.5). 



Range. — Eastern Brazil. 



Specimens examined. — Eastern Brazil: Bahia (type and trade 

 skins), 5d'cf; Ceara (trade skins), 3 d^ d" ; "Bresil" (Lafr. coll. 

 4,.504), Ic^. Total, 9. 



Remarks. — In this subspecies the under parts are never so con- 

 spicuously freckled as in true polychoptervs of South Brazil, because 

 the ground color is so much paler. Owing to the presence of small 

 whitish lores in many specimens, we suspect that it has often been 

 confounded with Pachyrhamphus marginatum marginatum (Lichten- 

 stein), which inhabits the same general region, but the under parts 

 of P. p. splendens are never so pale, and the white frontal band is 

 never present, as in that species. 



Having examined the type of Wied's Muscipeta splendens, we posi- 



