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than the back. The two birds that I secured seem to represent a 

 transition stage from the bird of the region mentioned to the Colombian 

 form A. p. i^ilaris, which is duller green above. 



POGONOTRICCUS OPHTHALMICUS Taczanowski 



Pogonotricciip: ophthalmicus Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, June 1874, 

 p. 135 (Amable-Maria, Montana de Vitoc, Dept. Jvinfn, Peru). 



Near Rancho Grande a female was taken November 2 at 3,900 

 feet, and a male November 5 at 3,700 feet. Both were hopping 

 about among vines in dense forest. While these birds from Vene- 

 zuela are listed as the same as those from Peru I doubt very much 

 that this is true, without having material for ftefinite comparison. 

 Measurements of the two from Rancho Grande are as follows: Male, 

 wing 59.7, tail 54.3, culmen from base 10.6, tarsus 16 mm.; female, 

 wing 54.7, tail 49.6, culmen from base 10.8, tarsus 14.7 mm. 



CAPSIEMPIS FLAVEOLA CERULA Wetmore 



Capsiempis flaveola cerula Wetmobe, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 98, No. 4, 

 1939, p. 6 (Independencia, Ociimare de la Costa, Estado Aragua, Venezuela). 



Near Ocamare de la Costa these birds were fairly common, speci- 

 mens being taken on October 23, 28, and 31. They were found in 

 growths of scrub, sometimes in more open localities, and sometimes 

 in the denser growth. They move alertly among the leaves like 

 vireos or titmice. On October 23 I saw a female collecting nesting 

 material. 



These specunens from Ocumare de la Costa with a considerable 

 series from the Orinoco region serve to sepai'ate the Venezuelan birds 

 as a distinct race, a matter that has been suspected by other workers. 

 The new form differs from Caq^siempis flaveola flareola in having the 

 lores and the feathers behind the nostril distinctly whitish and the 

 throat whiter. Skins from the Orinoco Valley vary slightly toward 

 the typical form but still are distinct. Capsiempis flaveola leucophrys 

 has the throat much more extensively white, the underparts didler 

 yellow, the back duller green and is larger in size. The race cerula 

 ranges throughout Venezuela so far as is known at present. 



INEZIA SUBFLAVA CAUDATA (Salvin) 



Capsiempif- caudata Salvin, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 7, 1897, p. 16 (Ourumee, 

 British Guiana). 



On Novemijor 11 I secured one of these interesting birds in dense 

 scrub near El Sombrero. Another was seen on November 18, and on 

 November 20 I shot two in low woods along the Rio Guarico. They 

 were found moving through branches low down near the ground. 

 This seems to be a northern record for the species. 



From specimens from the upper Orinoco and the Casiquiare, which 

 I have called /. s. subflava, these differ in lighter, more brownish 



