ART. 7 EEVISI0:N' of the genus BASILEUTEEUS TODD 37 



73 (68.5); tail, 57-64 (60.5); bill, 10.5-12 (11); tarsus, 20.5-22.5 

 (21.5). 



Range. — Subtropical Zone, Andes of Colombia and Andes of 

 Venezuela. 



RemarJcs. — Although specimens of Basileuterus coronatus from 

 Colombia have been extant in collections for many years, their dis- 

 tinctive characters seem to have gone unnoticed, except for a brief 

 remark by Sharpe in 1885. Doctor Chapman, who handled a good 

 series, indeed said that they do not differ from the single Peruvian 

 specimen he had for comparison at that time. But with much more 

 and better material from Peru now available, it appears that the 

 Colombian bird is an easily distinguishable race, recognizable by its 

 more greenish coloration above and its brighter coronal spot. The 

 color of this spot varies somewhat, from Mars yellow to cadmium 

 yellow, but it is uniformly brighter than in the typical Peruvian bird. 

 It is still more different from the Ecuador bird, as said under the 

 head of that form. A good series from the Andes of Merida agree 

 closely with birds from the Eastern and Central Andes of Colombia, 

 but those from the Western Andes differ in having the wings and 

 tail more brownish, less greenish, thus approaching elatus in this 

 respect. An interesting example in full juvenal dress (No. 89,500, 

 Collection Carnegie Museum, La Cuchilia, Merida, Venezuela, June 

 14) is almost uniformly olivaceous, except for the abdomen medially, 

 which is dull yellow, with the crissum paler; the tawny orange 

 crown-patch is just appearing. In adult birds the iris is marked as 

 " brown; feet brownish yellow; bill black " (Carriker). 



Specimens eojamined. — Venezuela : Paramo de Rosas, 10 ; Guamito, 

 Trujillo, 5; La Cuchilia, Merida, 6; Tabay, Merida, 1; Heights of 

 Tabay, 1; Merida, 4; Eio Mucujon, 1; Escorial, Merida, 1; Nevados, 

 Merida, 1; Sierra, Merida, 1. Colombia: Heights of Caldas, 2; 

 La Cumbre, Valle, 1; " Bogota," 12; Subia, near La Mesa (1,900 m.), 

 Cundinamarca, 3; El Robie (8,000 feet), above Fusugasuga, 1; El 

 Roble (7.200 feet), Quindio Andes, 2; Aguadita (6,500 feet), above 

 Fusugasuga, 2; Fusugasuga (6,000 feet), 2; La Candeja (6,500 feet), 

 Huila, 1; Rio Zapata, 1; Rio Lima, 1; Cauqueta, 1; El Eden (8,300 

 feet). E. Quindio Andes, 4; Laguneta (10,300 feet), W. Quindio 

 Andes, 1; Salento (7,000 feet), W. Quindio Andes, 2; W. Quindio 

 Andes (9,000 feet), above Salento, 1; Almaguer (10,300 feet). Central 

 Andes, Cauca, 1; San Antonio (6,600 feet), Cauca, 10; La Maria 

 (4,700 feet), Dagua Valley, 2; San Antonio (5,800 feet), Rio Cali, 

 8; Santa Elena (9,000 feet), Antioquia, 4; Cerro Munchique (8.325 

 feet), Coast Range W. of Popayan, Cauca, 9; Las Lomitas, 1. Total, 

 103. 



