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brown as in the female ; in the wings the outer four primaries are 

 brownish black, edged with olive, the succeeding five are black as in 

 the adult male. In the left wing the outermost secondary is black, 

 the next two are brown, then a black one and the remainder brown ; 

 in the right wing the primaries are as in the left one. but the outer 

 five secondaries are brown while the remainder are black. The 

 crown is chiefly olive-grey with scattering orange-red feathers ; the 

 lateral and anterior border of buff is quite distinct. 



Tachyphonus cristatus intercedens Berlepsch. 



TachypJwniis intercedens Berlepsch, Ibis. 1880. p. 113. 



T[acIiyplionns] cristatus intercedens Hellmayr Novit. Zool. XII. 1905. 



275- 



The type of this species, according to Hellmayr (1. c). is of the 



"Orinoco" make, and the Orinoco Delta is included by that writer in 



the habitat of this race. 



Tachyphonus surinamus surinamus (Linnaeus). 

 Turdiis surinamus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. I. 1766. p. 297. 

 Tachyphonus surinamus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 22. 

 T{achyphonns^ s[nrtnamus^ surinamus Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. XIII. 



1906. p. 358 (Guanoco, Orinoco Delta). 



This species has been recorded from Guanoco in the Orinoco 

 Delta, and also from various points on the Caura River by Berlepsch 

 and Hartert. 



There are two specimens in the American Museum collected by 

 Klages at Suapure, one in September, the other in November. They 

 agree exactly with Cayenne examples. 



Hemithraupis flavicollis aurigularis Cherrie. 

 Nemosia flavicollis Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXII. 1818. p. 491 ; Berlepsch & 



Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. 22. (Suapure and Nicare, Caura 



River, Orinoco region). 

 N{emosia] flavicollis flavicollis Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. XIV. 1907. p. 



351 (Suapure and Nicare, Caura River). 

 Hemithraupis flavicollis Sharpe. Hand List, V. 1909. p. 597. 

 Hemithraupis flavicollis aurigularis Cherrie, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



(Suapure, Caura River. Orinoco region). 



In the American Museum collection are specimens collected by 

 Klages at Suapure on the Caura River in February, September and 

 November. 



