BIRDS OF NORTHERi^f VENEZUELA WETMORE 231 



TODIROSTRUM SYLVIA GRISEOLUM Todd 



Todiiostrum schistaceiceps griseolum Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26, 

 Aug. 8, 1913, p. 170 (El Hacha, Bolfvar Railroad, Estado Lara, Venezuela). 



A male was taken in dense scrub at La Trilla at an elevation of 250 

 feet inland from Ocumare de la Costa on October 23. The several 

 species of small fiat-billed flycatchers with grayish breasts, yellowish 

 flanks, and more or less greenish backs found in this area make field 

 observations difficult. The present race has the bill entirely black, 

 the head darker, and the back and the wdng feathers unmodified. 



TODIROSTRUM CINEREUM CINEREUM (Linnaeus) 



Todus cinereus Linnaeus, Systema natvu-ae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 178 (Surinam). 



Two females were taken at Maracay October 21, and 12 miles south 

 of El Sombrero on November 13. Several v/ere seen at Ocumare de la 

 Costa on October 28 and 30. They were found in dense brush or 

 scrub, or in tangles of branches and vines, sometimes 30 feet from the 

 ground, where they often moved about actively, more like warblers 

 than flycatchers. 



EUSCARTHMORMS IMPIGER (Sclater and Salvin) 



Euscarthmus impiger Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, IS68, p. 171, 

 pi. 13, fig. 1 (near Caracas, Venezuela). 



At Ocumare de la Costa a female was taken on October 27, and others 

 were seen on October 28 and 31. They were observed at Maracay on 

 November 1 1 , and two more were taken at El Sombrero on November 

 13 and 19, the last locahty being a definite extension of the previously 

 known range. It is probable that in common with certain other 

 species they range down through the belt of thorn scrub to the region 

 of savannas. The iris in a female was pale yellow. These birds hopped 

 among the branches like little vireos, moving deliberately and pausing 

 to look quietly about with tail hanging straight down. Sometimes one 

 darted out to seize an insect on the wing. The light-colored eye was 

 always noticeable. 



ATALOTRICCUS PILARIS VENEZUELENSIS RJdgway 



Aialotriccus pilaris venezuelensis Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 19, 

 Sept. 6, 1906, p. 115 (San Antonio, Estado Monagas, Venezuela). 



A female taken at Maracay on October 21 hopped quickly about in 

 vines and branches 20 feet from the ground. On November 19 I 

 secured a male near El Sombrero as it moved slowly near the ground in 

 dry scrub. Neither of these birds shows any approach to the dark- 

 headed race griseiceps of farther south, back and crown being uniform 

 clear green. Specimens in the American Museum of Natural History 

 from the hills of Quebrada Seca, the Santa Ana Valley, and Rinc6n of 

 San Antonio, in northeastern Venezuela (from the area from which the 

 race venezuelensis was described), have the crown very slightly darker 



