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The specimen shows the characters assigned by Zimmer *^ in 

 his review of this species. The two outer primaries are much nar- 

 rowed at the tip, the narrowed portion being from 2.0 to 2.7 mm. wide 

 and 13.0 to 13.4 mm. long, set off by an abrupt, deep notch from the 

 rest of the feather. The third primary has the narrowed portion 4.5 

 to 5.0 mm. wide and 15 mm. long, the basal notch not deeply incised. 

 The fourth feather is not modified. The breast is pure white and the 

 back light gray with an indication of a narrow white collar on the 

 hindneck. 



TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS DOMINICENSIS (Gmelln) 



Lanius dominicensis Gmblin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 302 (His- 

 paniola) . 



At Ocumare de la Costa one was taken on October 30, and another 

 was observed the day before. Near El Sombrero a second specimen 

 was collected on November 18, and one was seen on the sixteenth. 



TYRANNUS MELANCHOLICIIS CHLORONOTUS Berlepsch 



Tyrannus chloronotus Berlepbch, Ornis, vol. 14, 1907, p. 474 (Teinax, Yucatan). 



Three males were taken at Ocmnare de la Costa on October 23 and 

 27 and at El .Sombrero on November IS. The birds were common and 

 were seen in the grounds of the American Legation at Caracas on 

 October 17, at Maracay on October 21 and November 11, and along the 

 highway from Maracay to El Sombrero on November 12 and 21. 



EMPIDONOMUS VARIUS SEPTENTRIONALIS Todd 



Empidonomus varius sepfentrionalis Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 29, 

 June 6, 1916, p. 96 (El Trompillo, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela). 



At El Sombrero on November 1 8 I found one in the dry scrub wliere 

 it rested on open perches. 



MYIODYNASTES CHRYSOCEPHALUS INTERMEDIUS Chapman 



Myiodynasies chrysocephalus inter medius Chapman, Bull. Amcr. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 31, July 23, 1912, p. 1.52 (Las Nubes, 5,000 feet, Sierra Nevada de Santa 

 Marta, Colombia). 



Three males were secured in heavy forest near Rancho Grande at 

 elevations ranging from 3,000 to 4,000 feet, where they were found at 

 the edge of an open trail, or in small openings made by a falling tree. 

 They seemed to be true forest birds, reminding me in their choice of 

 haunt of the TuhrMrchus ^^ ith which I had been familiar in Haiti and 

 Puerto Rico. The birds are probably commoner than these few 

 observations indicate since they perch quietly in the smaller trees and 

 in the dense growth are easily overlooked. 



«' Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 962, 1937, pp. 4-7. 



