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may be represented by the syllables re seek re seek re seek, reminis- 

 cent of that of Hylophilus aurantiifrons saturate/, as I have heard it 

 in northern Venezuela, but lower and less clear in tone. They feed 

 in active fashion through the small leafy twigs of the middle and up- 

 per branches, suggesting small warblers in their movements. 



The geographic treatment of this bird has varied from its division 

 into three subspecies to its listing as a species without races. The 

 series in the U. S. National Museum indicates clearly that it should 

 be divided. The following is my understanding of the races to be 

 recognized : 



Hylophilus decurtatus decurtatus (Bonaparte) : 



Sylvicola decurtata Bonapaete, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837 (June 14, 1838) 

 p. 118 (Guatemala). 



Duller green above and on the sides and under tail-coverts; breast 

 and foreneck more grayish. 



Cordoba, Veracruz, to Costa Rica (except lowlands of northern 

 Guanacaste, and Talamanca). 



Hylophilus decurtatus pallidus (Dickey and van Rossem) : 



Paeliysylvia decurtata pallida Dickey and van Rossem, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 40, Jan. 8, 1927, p. 4 (Puerto del Triunfo, Department Usulutftn, 

 El Salvador). 



Lighter throughout; crown paler gray, back lighter, more yellowish 

 green ; breast and foreneck whiter ; sides and under tail-coverts lighter, 

 more yellowish green. 



Pacific slope of southern Central America from western El Salvador 

 to northern Guanacaste (Liberia), Costa Rica. 



Hylophilus decurtatus pusillus Lawrence : 



Hylophilus pusillus Laweence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 7, 1862, p. 323 

 (Atlantic side, Isthmus of Panama). 



Crown definitely darker ; duller green above and on sides, averaging 

 duller than decurtatus. 



Talamanca, Costa Rica, and Chiriqui through western Panama to 

 the Canal Zone. 



Hylophilus minor and its subspecies darienensis have the head green, 

 concolorous with the back, instead of gray as in decurtatus in all its 

 races, and are therefore to be held specifically distinct. 



Family COEREBIDAE 



CYANERPES CYANEUS CARNEIPES (Sclater) 



Coereba carneipes P. L. Scxateb, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859 (Feb. 1860), p. 

 376 (Playa Vicente, Oaxaca). 



