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Specimens excmdned. — Colombia : " Bonda " ( ? ) , 1 ; Las Nubes, 

 2; Onaca, 8; La Tigrera, 2 (including type) ; Las Vegas, 8; Minca, 

 3; Santa Marta Mountains (4,000 feet), 1. Total, 25. 



BASILEUTERUS CULICIVORUS CULICIVORUS (Lichtenstein) 



Sylvia culidvora Lichtenstein, Preis.-Verz. Mex. Vogel, 1830, p. 2 ("Mex- 

 ico" ; orig. descr. ; type in coll. ). — Cabanis, Journ. f. Om., vol. 11, 



1863, p. 57 (reprint orig. descr.). 



Basileuterus culicivora Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, vol. 1, 1850, p. 313 

 (Jalapa, Mexico; diag.). 



Basileuterus culictvorus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Heineanum, vol. 1, 1850, 

 p. 17 (Jalapa, Mo"xico ; descr.). — Baibd, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1865, pp. 242, 

 245, part (Mexico ; Choctum, Vera Paz, Guatemala ; descr. ; refs. ; crit.). — 

 SuMicHRAST, Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, 1869, p. 546 (Temperate 

 Region, Vera Cruz). — Baird, Breweu, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Amer. Birds, 

 vol. 1, 1874, p. 312, part (diag.). — Botjcard, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., 

 vol. 25, 1878, p. 40 (Guatemala). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, vol. 1, 1881, p. 171, part (Mexican and Guatemalan localities and 

 refs.; descr.; range; crit.). — Sharpb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 10, 1885, 

 p. 383, part (Mexican and Guatemalan localities and refs.; descr.; 

 crit.). — VON Berlepsch, Auk, vol. 5, 1888, p. 450, in text (Guatemala; 

 meas. ). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 4.34 (Volcano Miravalles, Costa 

 Rica).— Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 10, 1898, p. 25 

 (Jalapa, Vera Cniz). — Nelson, Auk, vol. 15, 1898, p. 159 (San Sebastian, 

 Jalisco, and Pluma, Oaxaca). — Dearborn, Field Mus. Orn. Ser., vol. 1, 

 1907, p. 131 (Patulul, Guatemala). 



Basileuterus brasieri (not Muscicapa brasieri Giraud) Sclater, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1855. p. 66 (crit.) ; 1856, p. 292 (Cordova. Mexico) ; 1859, 

 p. 374 ( Teotalcingo, Oaxaca). — Salvin and Sclater, Ibis. 1860, p. 274 

 (Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala; habits). — Sclatek, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don, 1865, p. 283, excl. syn. part (refs.; diag. ; range). 



Basileuterus culirivorus culicivorus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 

 vol. 2, 1902, p. 753. part (descr.; range; meas.; excl. Costa Rican locali- 

 ties and refs. ) .— Carbiker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, 1910, p. 794, part 

 (localities in northwestern Costa Rica only). — Peters, Auk, vol. 30, 1913, 

 p. 378 (Camp Mengel, Quintana Roo, Mexico). — Bangs and Peters, Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 67, 1927, p. 484 (Presidio and Motzorongo, Vera 

 Cruz). 



BaMleuterus culicivorus flavescens Ridgway, Bull. V. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 

 vol. 2, 1902, p. 755 ( San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico ; orig. descr. ; type in 

 coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Descripthfi. — Pileum with tw^o broad lateral stripes of black, pro- 

 duced to the nape, and inclosing a broad median stripe of empire 

 yellow, passing into ecru olive posteriorly, this yellow color some- 

 times more or less tinged with raw sienna, or even wholly of this 

 color ; rest of the upper parts, and the wings and tail externally, dark 

 olive gray; sides of the head yellowish olive with more or less of a 

 grayish cast, the loral and postorbital spots blackish, the upper and 

 under eyelids dull yellow, and the supraloral region the same ; entire 

 under parts bright yellow (lemon chrome), the breast, sides, and 



