Foliop'Lila 



Polioptila nigriceps ante ocularis Hellmayr 



Types 



No. 18316, Collection - Berlin. V;ing W^.O, tail 

 49.0, exp. culmen 12.2, [d ad.], tarsus 17.5, 

 middle toe minus claw 9,2, Type . Locality 

 Bogota [Colombia] 



No. 18317. Collection - Berlin. Wing 48,5, tail 

 47.5, exp. ciiLmen 12.0, [$~ad. ], tarsus 17.3, 

 middle toe minus claw 8.7« Locality - Bogota 

 [ Colombia] . 



Mounted birds in fair condition. Plumage 

 slightly abraded. Male with whole head black from 

 nazal tufts back in a line belov/ eye k evidently 

 upper ha3_f of auriculars, a touch of \;hite on 

 anterior, lower comer of eyelid. 



Tail white on outer tail feathers 30 mm. on 

 outer web, 21 on inner; second for 30 on outer. web 

 17 on inner; third 17 on both webs but continuing 

 on outer as a narrow edging nearly to base; 4th v.'ith 

 a small terminal spot (2 mm) on outer web only. 

 Shafts wh -tish next to white areas. 



2 vdth head pattern as in d though gray 

 of crov;n^ greiy of head definitely darker than 

 back. A dusky post-ocular area or rather an 

 ill defined streak, extending back to posterior 

 edge of auriculars L including upper half of 

 auriculars. 



Examined by me at Berlin Sept. 2, 1933 • 



A. J. Van Rossem 



