BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 567 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
3 ad. @, Mandos (Flores Tramway), Amazonas, Brazil, September 26-30, 
1930. 
One of these specimens has somewhat less white on the axillaries 
than the other two, but all are nearer to the nominate than to the 
northern, black-axillaried race. 
VOLATINIA JACARINA SPLENDENS (Vieillot): Northern Blue-black Grassquit 
Fringilla splendens Vin1tuor, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. éd., vol. 12, 1817, 
p. 173 (based on ‘‘Moineau, de Cayenne’? Daubenton, Planches enlumi- 
nées . . ., pl. 224, fig. 3: Cayenne). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
4 ad. #, and 1 ad. 9, 1 im. 9, Sado Gabriel, Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, 
December 26, 1930-January 10, 1931. 
1 ad. @, 1 ad. 9, Cucuhy, Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, February 1, 1930, 
lim. &, Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, January 6, 1930. 
1 ad. o, 1 ad. 9, Soledad, Anzodtegui, Venezuela, June 11, 1931. 
The immature male differs from the females in having the pectoral 
streaks sharper, more blackish, less brownish. 
SICALIS COLOMBIANA COLOMBIANA Cabanis: Venezuelan Yellow Finch 
Sycalis colombiana CaBanis, Museum Heineanum, vol. 1, 1851, p. 147 (‘Porto 
Cabello,” errore; Ciudad Bolivar, Rfo Orinoco, Venezuela). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. @, Venezuela, Ciudad Bolfvar, June 10, 1931, 
The only specimen obtained by the expedition, taken at the type 
locality, is in worn plumage. 
SICALIS;FLAVEOLA FLAVEOLA (Linnaeus): Northern Yellow Finch 
fringilla flaveola Linnazvs, Systema naturae, ed. 12, 1766, p. 321 (Surinam), 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lad. o&, 2 ad. 9, Venezuela, Soledad, December 7, 11, 1929, June 12, 1931, 
1 ad. 9, Venezuela, Ciudad Bolivar, June 9, 1931. 
There is no appreciable difference between the sexes, but the male 
seems to have the orange on the forehead and forepart of the crown 
slightly brighter and more extensive than the females, 
CORYPHOSPINGUS PILEATUS BREVICAUDUS Cory: Short-tailed Pileated Finch 
Coryphospingus pileatus brevicaudus Cory, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Orn. Ser., 
vol. 1, 1916, p. 346 (Margarita Island, off Venezuela). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 ad. o, Venezuela, Soledad, Anzodtegui, December 11, 1929, 
lad. o&, Venezuela, Laguna Icacal, near Ciudad Bolfvar, December 8, 1929. 
5 ad. o', 5ad. 9, Venezuela, Ciudad Bolivar, June 8, 9, 11, 1931. 
The June specimens are in very worn plumage, the December birds 
much less so. 
