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XIPHORHYNCHUS TRIANGULARIS HYLODROMUS Wetmore 



Xiphorhynchus triangularis hylodromus Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 98, No. 4, Mar. 10, 1939, p. 2 (4,500 feet elevation above Rancho Grande, 

 Estado Aragua, Venezuela). 



Near Rancho Grande these birds were fairly common in heavy 

 forest, two being taken on November 3 and 5 at 3,700 feet elevation 

 and two on November 8 at 4,500 feet. They were seen climbing over 

 the stems of large creepers, or the trunks of trees, probing in crevices 

 with the bill. The two last mentioned were calling loudly and seemed 

 to be mated. 



Heilmayr and Seilern,^^ in discussing a small series of this bird from 

 the Cumbre de Valencia, remarked on a slight difference m the color 

 of the back when their birds were compared with those of Bogotd. 

 The four skins obtained at Rancho Grande indicate other distinctions 

 that set off a well-marked race, distinguished from the typical form 

 by brighter olive-brown color above, with the secondaries darker, less 

 reddish brown, the under surface lighter, more greenish olive and more 

 abundantly spotted, the spots being lighter colored. The throat is 

 decidedlj' lighter, with the dark marginal lines on the feathers reduced 

 in width. The present form is now known from Rancho Grande and 

 the Cumbre de Valencia. 



XIPHORHYNCHUS NANUS DEMONSTRATUS Hartert and Goodson 



Xiphorhynchus nanus demonstratna Hartert and Goodson, Nov. Zool., vol. 24, 

 1917, p. 419 (San Esteban Valley, Venezuela). 



Specimens were taken at Maracay on October 21 and at Ocumare de 

 la Costa on October 28. A tliird was secured at an elevation of 3,600 

 feet in El Portachuelo above Rancho Grande on November 7. The 

 birds were seen climbing about in trees, sometimes among the higher 

 branches and sometimes near the base. The one taken at Rancho 

 Grande gave a loud, whistled song. The bird last mentioned, which 

 comes from heavy rain forest, is distinctly brighter colored, with the 

 spots and streakings lighter than the other two from lowland areas. 

 While Heilmayr gives this form and nanus as races of guttatus, they 

 differ so in duller color and slenderer bill that I prefer to consider 

 them specifically distinct. 



LEPIDOCOLAPTES SOULEYETII LITTORALIS (Hartert and Goodson) 



Picolaptes albolineatus litloralis Hartert and Goodson, Nov. Zool., vol. 24, 1917, 

 p. 417 (Quebrada Seca, "Estado Bermudez," Venezuela). 



On October 24 I saw several in the lower edge of the rain forest at 

 an elevation of 700 feet in the valley of the Rio Cumboto west of 

 Ocumare de la Costa. My attention was attracted to one by its 



5« Arch. Naturg., vol. 78, 1«12, p. 110. 



