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This warbler was recorded in the deciduous seasonal woods edge 

 both at Cantaura and Caicara from September through January. It 

 was generally seen in singles or pairs. The October specimen uttered 

 a twittering scolding note. It was one of a pair seen together. 



DENDEOICA PETECHIA RUFOPILEATA Ridgway 



Dendroica rufopileata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., vol. 7, 1884, p. 173 

 (Curajao, Dutch West Indies). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 cf , Barcelona, July 12, 1948; gonads very greatly enlarged; iris dark, bill blackj 

 feet pale tan; bird in constant song when taken. 



This specimen has been compared with the type and found to 

 agree very closely, but it has the orange-brick ventral stripes some- 

 what heavier and more produced caudally, with the upper back 

 slightly paler, more yellowish, less greenish. 



Hellmayr (Catalogue of the birds of the Americas, pt. 8, 1935, pp. 

 377-378) gives the range of this race of the golden warbler as the 

 ''islands off the north coast of Venezuela" and gives no race as occur- 

 ring on the mainland. However, Zimmer and Phelps (Amer. Mus. 

 Nov., No. 1270, 1944, p. 15) list specimens from several mainland 

 localities, including Puerto La Cruz, Anzodtegui. In their descrip- 

 tion of D. p. cienagae (loc. cit, p. 14) from La Cienaga, between 

 Ocumare de la Costa and Turiamo, state of Aragua, Venezuela, they 

 inform us that this race is similar to rufopileata, "but the stripes, in the 

 male, extend over the throat and chin, instead of being confined to the 

 breast." The present specimen has the chin and throat unstriped as 

 in the type of rufopileata, and it is in no way an intermediate between 

 the two races. 



This warbler was common in the sparse woods within a hundred 

 yards of the seashore at Barcelona. It was not recorded elsewhere. 

 The specimen collected was in full song. 



SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA RUTICILLA (Linnaeus) 



Motacilla ruticilla Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 186 (based 

 on "The Redstart" Catesby: Virginia). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 9 , Cantaura, April 13, 1946; gonads definitely enlarged; iris brown. 



Judged by the well-developed yellow alar speculum and the olive- 

 green color of the back, this example must be considered true ruticilla. 

 Both this form and tricolora occur together in winter in Venezuela. 



The bird collected was one of a flock of several females, the first 

 ones seen in the spring. No males were seen. Our specimen is in 

 rather worn feathering. 



