540 Cory, Three new South American Birds. [oct. 



than the first. The distance from the secondaries to the tip of the 

 longest primary also appears to be comparatively much shorter 

 than the length of the tarsus, but the condition of some of the 

 specimens was such that reliable conclusions could not be drawn, 

 and more material would have to be examined to determine the 

 exact interrelationship of these forms. 



In selecting as type B. a. cceruleigulctris rather than the earlier 

 form, B. a. arccei, I have been influenced by the condition of the 

 material at hand. The only specimen of an otherwise fine speci- 

 men of B. arccei before me has a slightly imperfect tail, which, 

 however, appears to be rounded instead of forked. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SOUTH AMERICAN 



BIRDS. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



Automolus leucophthalmus bangsi subsp. now 



Type from Sao Amaro, a few miles from the city of Bahia, eastern Bahia, 

 Brazil. Adult female, No. 50573, Field Museum of Natural History. 

 Collected by R. H. Becker, October 9, 1913. 



Description. — Similar to the type of Automolus leucophthalmus leuco- 

 phthalmus (Wied) (type examined) from the interior of southern Bahia, but 

 differs in having the upper parts more brownish rufous, rump and tail 

 decidedly darker (more rusty chestnut and less rufous), and sides of body 

 and flanks more tinged with olivaceous. 



Measurements. — Wing, 89; tail, S5; bill, 20 mm. 



Remarks. — Six specimens examined from the coast region of 

 Bahia. 



Xiphocolaptes bahise sp. nov. 



Type from Macaco Secco, near Andarahy, central Bahia, Brazil. Adult 

 male, No. 50698, Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by R. H. 

 Becker, October 20, 1913. 



