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stead}- pecking at the trunk of a tree, a noise tliat I attributed at first 

 to some woodpecker. On November 1 1 I collected two from several 

 seen climbing over the trunks of trees in an open grove at La Provi- 

 dencia near Maracay, and on November 12 I shot one in open scrub 

 near Parapara, Estado Guarico. Others were seen at El Sombrero on 

 November 18 and 20 and at Hato Paya on November 21. 



LEPIDOCOLAPTES LACHRYMIGER LAFKESNAYI (Cabanisand Heine) 



Thripobrotus Lajresnmji Cabanis and Heine, Museum Heineanum, vol. 2, 1859, 

 p. 38 (Caracas, Venezuela). 



A female was taken November 8 at an elevation of 4,000 feet above 

 Rancho Grande in heavy forest. It measures as follows: Wing 94.2, 

 tail 80.3, culmen from base 27.0, tarsus 19.3 mm. 



From L. s. littomlis of the lowlands this bird is distinguished by 

 slightly larger size and b.y spotted rather than streaked crown. 



CAMPYLORHAMPHUS TROCHILIROSTRIS VENEZUELENSIS (Chapman) 



Xiphorhynchus venezuelensis Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, 1889, 

 p. 156 (Venezuela). 



Near El Sombrero on November 18 I collected a female in a stand 

 of good-sized trees bordering a shallow raA^ne near La Meseta. Two 

 days later I recorded another in low, wet woods near the KIo Guarico. 

 The specimen secured measures as follows: Wing 94.7, tail 89.7, 

 culmen from base 73.4, tarsus 23 mm. 



SITTASOMUS GRISEICAPILLUS GRISELfS Jardine 



Sittasomiis griseus Jardine, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 19, 1847, p. 82 (Tobago). 



On November 2 at 3,700 feet elevation in the Cordillera de la Costa 

 above Rancho Grande I shot a male from a little flock of forest birds 

 traveling in company. Another was seen on November 6, like the 

 first one creeping over a tree trunk. Without comparative material 

 at hand I have identified this bird in accordance with Ilellmayr's 

 treatment.^^ 



DENDROCINCLA FULIGINOSA MERULOIDES (Lafresnaye) 



Dendrocops incruloides Lafresnaye, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1851, p. 467 (near Cumand, 

 Venezuela) .^^ 



The only one secured was a male, taken on November 6 at 3,000 

 feet elevation near Rancho Grande. It was climbing rather slowly 

 over the trunk of a tree in heavy forest. Zimmer ^^ includes this 

 form as a race of fuliginosa. 



»' Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. sor., vol. 13, pt. 4, W2.'i, pp. 35ft- 3R0. 



''According to Hellmayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 13, pt. 4, 1925, p. 366. 



» Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 728, 1934, p. 18. 



