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another race. In this connection we have carefully compared ten adults 

 from Costa Rica with five from Colombia and can find no way in which 

 they differ. 



Our Perico female is not at all small, in all measurements being similar 

 to females from Colombia and Costa Rica, and we believe the subspecies 

 transandinus Berl. and Stolz. cannot be maintained. This was Hellmayr's 

 opinion, also. 



Pyrocephalus rubineus heterurus Berl. & Stolz. Eight specimens, 

 one immature male and adults of both sexes, Paita, Sullana, Huan- 

 cabamba, and Bellavista, July, August and September. 



A very conspicuous and abundant bird in all of the lowlands. 



Empidochanes poecilurus peruanus Berl. & Stolzm. Two adults, 

 cf and 9 , Charapi and Perico, September. 



Myiobius villosus Scl. One adult female, Perico, September 12. 



Myiobius cinnamomeus cinnamomeus (d'Orb. & Lafr.). One 

 adult female, Tabaconas, August 29. 



Myiochanes fumigatus ardesiacus (Lafr.). Two adult males, 

 Tabaconas, August 29 and September 2. 



Myiochanes punensis (Lawr.). Three adults, two males and a female, 

 Huancabamba, August. 



Myiophobus fasciatus saturatus Berl. & Stolzm. Three specimens, 

 one immature female, and adult male and female, Huancabamba, 

 August. 



Sayornis nigricans angustirostris Berl. & Stolzm. One adult 

 male, Perico, September 13. 



Our skin agrees in all color characters with Berlepsch and Stolzmann's 

 description of the central Peruvian form. Its bill, however, is not smaller 

 than is usual in examples of S. n. cineracea (Lafr.) from Venezuela and 

 eastern Colombia. Berlepsch and Stolzmann in one of their papers 

 (Ornis, Vol. XIII, p. 85) speak of a specimen with a larger bill than the 

 type, and in another article refer a bird with a small bill from Ecuador to 

 this form. The size of the bill would therefore seem to be somewhat 

 variable, and we have little hesitation in allotting our specimen to this 

 subspecies. 



Myiarchus tyrannulus chlorepiscius Berl. & Leverkiihn. Two 

 adult males, Bellavista, September. 



Myiarchus ferox phseocephalus Scl. Four adults, both sexes, 

 Bellavista and Perico, September. 



Myiarchus cephalotes Tacz. Two adults, male and female, Taba- 

 conas, September. 



Myiarchus atriceps Cab. Two adults, male and female, Tabaconas, 

 September. 



Myiarchus semirufus Scl. One adult female, Sullana, July 30. 



Tyrannus melancholicus melancholicus Vieill. Six adults, both 

 sexes, Tabaconas, Huancabamba, and Bellavista, August and September. 



It was a rare exception to find a bird in several life zones. Nevertheless 



