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threw at it in an attempt to frighten it to another situation where I 

 could secure it, even when these missiles struck within a foot or two. 

 Finally it flew with quickly undulating flight to a tree on the shore 

 when I shot it. 



CKANIOLEUCA SUBCRISTATA (Sclater) 



Synallaxis subcristata Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, p. 20, pi. 4, fig. 1 

 (near Caracas, Venezuela). 



The only one seen was taken in the valley of the Rio Cumboto at 

 400 feet elevation near Ocumare de la Costa, October 31, as it climbed 

 actively about a tangle of vines at the edge of dense scrub. The 

 dusky streaking on the crown is so indistinct as to be barely made out, 

 and there is no suggestion of a superciliary streak. 



PHACELLODOMUS RUFIFRONS INORNATUS Ridgway 



Phacellodomus inornaius Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 10, July 2, 1887' 

 p. 152 (Caracas, Venezuela). 



The nest of sticks of this bird, pendant at the end of a branch, met 

 my eye as I entered the grounds of the Agricultural School, at La 

 Providencia near Maracay, on October 21, my first day afield in 

 Venezuela, and these same structures were seen constantly as I trav- 

 eled through the country. They were noted at Ocumare de la Costa, 

 where I collected a bird on October 31, at Parapara (specimen) and 

 Ortiz on November 12, and near El Sombrero from November 13 to 

 21 (specimen November 16). Two skins were secured at Maracay 

 on October 21. The birds frequented tangles of brush and vines, 

 usually in pairs or little groups of half a dozen, and often chattered 

 and scolded about their nests. 



XENICOPSOroES MONT ANUS VENEZUELANUS (Hellmayr) 



Philydor venezuelanus Hellmatr, Rev. Frang. Orn., vol. 2, Apr. 7, 1911, p. 49 

 (Cumbre de Valencia, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela). 



Near Rancho Grande these birds were fairly common. On Novem- 

 ber 4 two were seen and one taken in dense brush at the edge of the 

 forest, where they appeared near at hand to utter low, querulous 

 notes. The following day I collected a pair at an elevation of 3,700 

 feet as they clambered about among twigs and leaves. One was seen 

 in a display in which it circled with spread wings among the trees while 

 it called excitedly in a liigh-pitched tone. Another was taken on 

 November 10 near this same point while it moved rather slowly 

 through low growth in heavy forest. 



PHILYDOR RUFUS COLUMBIANUS Cabanis and Heine 



Philydor columhianus Cabanis and Heine, Museum Heineanum, pt. 2, 1859, p. 

 29 (Cumbre de Valencia). 



The three taken include two females collected at 3,700 and 3,900 

 feet elevation near Rancho Grande, November 2 and 4, and a male 



