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SYNALLAXIS CINNAMOMEA BOLIVARI Hartert 



SynaUaxis terrcstris boHvari Hartekt, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 37, Mar. 6, 1917, 

 p. 31 (Silla de Caracas, Venezuela). 



On November 6 at 2,800 feet elevation on the north slo])e of the 

 mountains near Rancho Grande, I heard a liigh-pitehed, excited call 

 from a tangle of morning-glory and other low growth beside the road 

 and finally secured an adult male of this bird as it moved about under 

 heavy cover. 



SYNALLAXIS ALBESCENS OCCIPITALIS Madarasz 



SynaUaxis occijntaliii MadarXsz, Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Ilungarici, vol. 1» 

 pt. 2, Nov. 18, 1903, p. 463 (El Valle, 3,000 metres, Venezuela). 



On November 10 at 3,500 feet elevation near Rancho Grande I 

 heard the chattering call of this bird from high grass on an open bank 

 beside the highway, and after long watching I secured a female in 

 worn plumage. In identifying this specimen I have followed Zimmer ^° 

 who includes the area eastward to Caracas in the range of tliis form. 

 The crown and shoulder are dark in hue. 



SYNALLAXIS ALBESCENS TRINITATIS Zimmer 



SynaUaxis albesceas tHnitatis Zimmkr, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 819, Sept. 17, 1935, 

 p. 2 (Princestown, Island of Trinidad). 



On November 19 near El Sombrero I found those birds very com- 

 mon in high grass and Meeds near the Rio Guarico and collected a 

 male. All seen were in very worn plumage. Tliis bird compared 

 with the one from Rancho Grande has the crown and shoidder dis- 

 tinctly paler, the breast lighter, the Hanks distinctly paler, and the 

 sides of the head lighter gray. 



CERTHIAXIS CINNAMOMEA FUSCIFRONS (Madarasz) 



SynaUaxis fuscifrons Madakasz, Orn. Monatsb., vol. 21, Feb. 1913, p. 22 (Ara- 

 caoaca, Santa Marta District, Colombia). 



A female taken at El Sombrero, November 17, typical of this form 

 in having the entire forehead dull olive-gray, marks a southern ex- 

 tension of the range. Near the Meseta this bii'd flew to a small tree 

 with a little brush about its base growing on a slight hummock in a 

 shallow, very muddy lagoon, and proceeded to move leisurely with 

 constantly jerking tail first through the higher branches and then 

 lower down near the ground. It seemed entirely intent on its own 

 afi'airs, paymg no attention to the passing of other birds, disregarding 

 even hawks. It was equally oblivious to tlie sticks and stones that I 



'"AiBer. Mus. Nov., No. 861, June 22, 1936, w. 14, 18. 



