BIEDS OF NORTHERN VENEZUELA ^WETMORE 221 



(lark-gray coloration made them difficult to see. Two of the birds are 

 immature, one with indistinctly streaked throat suggesting the mark- 

 ings of the female, the other with tiny spots of dull white on the 

 throat and tlie sides of the head. An adult with the throat plain has a 

 concealed shoulder marking of white that is lacking in the j^oungest of 

 the other two and only fainth' indicated in the other. 



DYSITHAMNUS MENTALIS CUMBREANUS Hellmayr and Seilerii 



Dysithaninus mentalis cvmbi-eanus Hellmayr and Seilern, Verb. Orn. Ges. 

 Bayern, vol. 12, 1915, p. 203 (Las Quiguas, San Esteban Valle.v, Estado 

 Carabobo, Venezuela). 



At Rancho Grande on November 2 and 8 I collected six of these little 

 birds at elevations of 3,900 and 4,000 feet. Thej ranged in little 

 groups through medium or high levels in heavy forest. They made 

 a regular part of little roving bands of forest birds and hopped and 

 flitted actively, ordinarily behind the cover of leaves. At a distant 

 glance they often suggested warblers. 



MYRMOTHERULA SCHISTICOLOR SANCTAE-MARTAE Allen 



Myrmothenila sanctae-marlae Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 13, Aug. 

 25, 1906, p. 160 (V^alparaiso, Santa Marta region, Colombia). 



The four taken near Rancho Grande on November 3, 5, and 6 were 

 obtained at elevations of 3,700 nnd 3,800 feet in heavy forest. They 

 are tinj^ birds that ranged in tlense brush or in masses of creepers, 

 feeding actively and nervously through the twigs. The series includes 

 one immature male that is paler colored thaji the adult, that lacks the 

 white tips on the wing coverts, and that has the black throat patch 

 only faintl}' indicated. 



NEORHOPIAS GRISEA INTERMEDIA (Cabanis) 



Formicivora intermedia Cabanls, Arch. Naturg., 1847, p. 225 (Aragua,^^ Vene- 

 zuela). 



In the region around Ocumare de la Costa where five specimens wei e 

 collected these small birds were common from October 23 to 31, several 

 were seen near Maracay on November 1 1, and one v/ns taken at Para- 

 para on November 12. Near El Sombrero thcj'^ were common. They 

 were found in dense scrubs and in growths of weeds and vines near the 

 ground, ordinaril}^ not going higher than the lower limbs of the trees. 

 Near Maracay the.y were noted in brush-growai pastures, and at El 

 Sombrero I found them in low woods near the river as well as in the 

 drier scrubs. Many were seen at Hato Paya. At a little distance the 

 males often appear entirely black except for the flash of white in the 

 wing bars. The notes are a trilling chatter. 



De«gnated hy Helli>iayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 13, pt. 3, 1924, p. 187. 

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