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village. It seemed to be feeding on the fruit of a certain tree there, 

 in company with Platypsaris homochrous canescens and Erator albitor- 

 qucs. Although a sharp watch was kept, no others were seen. The 

 species of this genus are usually quite tame and easily approached, 

 being rather sluggish in their habits. Their song is a loud peculiar 

 note, easily recognized, and at once indicates the presence of the bird. 



282. Euchlornis aureopectus decora (Bangs). 



Pipreola aureipectus decora Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, 1899, 

 98 (Chirua; orig. descr. ; type now in coll. Mus. Comp. Z06L). — Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 121, 155 (Valparaiso and El Libano). 

 — Dubois, Syn. Avium, II, 1903, 1074 ("Santa Marta," in range; ref. orig. 

 descr.). 



Pipreola decora Sharpe, Hand-List Birds, III, 1901, 173 (ref. orig. descr.; 

 range). 



Euchlornis aureipectus decora Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VIII, 1912, 211 

 (El Libano, Cincinnati, Las Taguas, and Valparaiso [Cincinnati]; meas. ; 

 crit.). — Hellmayr and von Seilern, Arch. f. Naturg., LXXVIII, 1912, 94, 

 95, in text (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; crit.; ref. orig. descr.). 



Euchlornis decora Brabourne and Chubb, Birds S. Am., I, 1912, 322 (ref. 

 orig. descr.; range). 



Ten specimens : El Libano, Valparaiso, Cincinnati, Las Taguas, 

 Las Vegas, San Miguel, and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (6,000 

 feet). 



As shown by a comparison of measurements, this is a small form of 

 E. aureopectus, and may further be readily distinguished by the pres- 

 ence of a post-auricular band of yellow, as pointed out by the original 

 describer. 



This well-marked race was described from a pair of birds taken by 

 Mr. Brown near Chirua, at an altitude of about 7,000 feet. Mr. Smith 

 secured a series at Valparaiso (Cincinnati) and El Libano. It is a 

 characteristic bird of the Subtropical Zone, inhabiting the heavy forest 

 between 4,500 and 7,000 feet. It is a very quiet bird, and keeping as 

 it does rather high up in the trees, where it is inconspicuous because 

 of its protective coloration, it is readily overlooked by a collector, and 

 is probably more abundant than one would suspect. 



283. Heliochera rubrocristata (D'Orbigny and Lafresnaye). 

 Heliochera rubrocristata Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 1888, 390 



(Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 XIII, 1899, 98 (Paramo de Chiruqua and Paramo de Macotama). — Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 152 (Sclater's and Bangs* references). 



