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Measurements: Adult female, type: wing, 57.5; tail, 66.; tarsus, 19. <; • 

 exposed culmen, 14.5 mm. Adult female, from Chirua, 7000 feet altitude, 

 no. 6150: wing, 58. ; tarsus, 19.5; exposed culmen, 15.5 mm. 



Mionectes olivaceus gal bin us l subsp. nov. 



Mionectes olivaceus Lawr., Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIII, 

 p. 149. 



Type, from La Concepcion, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 3000 

 feet altitude, <J adult, no. 6768, coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs, collected March 

 17, 1899, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 



As soon as I examined the series of beautifully prepared skins 

 of true M. olivaceus Lawr., collected by Mr. Brown in Chiriqui, I 

 saw that the Santa Marta bird is quite different, though probably 

 a subspecies of olivaceus rather than a distinct species. 



The Santa Marta form is similar to true M. olivaceus of Costa Rica and 

 Chiriqui in size and proportions, but differs much in color, being paler through- 

 out, having the yellowish of under parts brighter, clearer yellow ; being less 

 marked with olivaceous on throat and breast, and having these markings more 

 yellowish, less dusky olive ; and in having the upper parts much paler and 

 greener — in the new form yellowish oil green, in true M. olivaceus dull olive 

 green. 



Measurements. — Adult male, type: wing, 68.; tail, 53.5; tarsus, 16.5; 

 exposed culmen, 12.5 mm. Adult female, topotype, no. 6758: wing, 61.; 

 tail, 49.; tarsus, 15.; exposed culmen, 12. mm. 



Myiopagis placens pallens subsp. nov. 



Myiopagis placens (d'Orb. and Lafr.), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Vol. XIII, p. 148. 



Type, from Santa Marta, Colombia, $ 2 adult, no. 5226, coll. of E. A. and 

 O. Bangs, collected Jan. 9, 1898, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Similar to M. placens accola Bangs, of Panama, Chiriqui and Costa Rica, 

 with which it agrees in having the greater coverts conspicuously edged with 



1 Galbinus — yellowish green. 



2 See foot-note on page 86. 



