390 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



(8,000 feet), Cerro' de Caracas, Macotama, and Paramo de Mama- 

 rongo. 



In describing his new species Dr. Allen compared it with O. gratiosa 

 (Sclater) from Ecuador, but its nearest relative would seem to be 

 rather O. diadcma (Hartlaub) of Colombia and Venezuela. After 

 careful comparison with a good series of the latter it is obvious that 

 jesupi is not more than subspecifically distinct. The two birds are of 

 about the same color below (diadema averaging slightly brighter yel- 

 low), but differ above, the pileum being plain olive green in jesupi, 

 while in diadcma it is much darker, more dusky olive green. The back 

 in the latter is rather darker also. There is no difference in size of 

 moment. Precisely the same conclusion has independently been reached 

 by Mr. Hellmayr from an examination of the type, which appears to be 

 an immature bird. The brown wash on the flanks, to which he refers, 

 appears on one of our specimens, and is evidently indicative of youth. 



Dr. Chapman has lately proposed to call this form O. gratiosa jesupi, 

 but as he does not mention diadcma at all it is possible that some of his 

 specimens may belong to the latter form. 



The type of this species was taken by Mr. Smith's collector on the 

 San Lorenzo at 7,000 feet, and others were secured at El Libano 

 (6,000 feet) and at Valparaiso (Cincinnati), as low down as 5,500 

 feet. It seems to be a rare bird everywhere, and to be confined to the 

 Subtropical and Temperate Zones. On the San Lorenzo it is most 

 numerous at 7,000 feet, flitting about among the shrubbery and lower 

 branches more like a warbler than a flycatcher. Two were shot in 

 the shrubbery on the edge of the forest at 10,000 feet on the Cerro de 

 Caracas, and three under the same conditions on the lower edge of the 

 Paramo de Mamarongo. 



355. Octhceca poliogastris Salvin and Godman. 



Octhccca poliogastra Salvin and Godman, Ibis. 1880, 123 (Sierra Nevada de 

 Santa Marta, 9,200-10,000 ft.; orig. descr. ; type now in coll. Brit. Mus. ; 

 cr it.). — Reichenow and Schalow, Journ. f. Orn., XXVIII, 1880, 318 (re- 

 print orig. descr.). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 188S, 24 (Sierra 

 Nevada de Santa Marta; descr.). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 XII, 1898, 174 (Macotama) ; XIII, 1899, 96 (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 

 9,000-12,000 ft.). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900. 120, 151 

 (Salvin and Godman's and Bangs' references; local range). — Sharpe, Hand- 

 List Birds, III, 1901, 92 (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in range). — 

 Brabourne and Chubb, Birds S. Am., I, 1912, 262 (ref. orig. descr.; range). 



