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dencia. Near Ocuniare de la Costa on October 28 and 30 they were 

 common about berry-bearing shiiibs in dense scrub where they kept 

 carefulh^ under cover. Three were taken there. Near El Sombrero 

 they were seen on various occasions, and one was taken on Novem- 

 ber 13. 



Lomiberg *^ who identified Thunberg's type said that it was marked 

 as from Brazil. Hellmayr *^ has designated Rio de Janeiro as the 

 type locality. 



SUBLEGATUS MODESTUS GLABER Sclater and Salvin 



Sublegatus glaber Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 171, 

 pi. 13, fig. 2, and text figure (Caracas, Venezuela). 



One was taken at Ocumare de la Costa on October 27 and another 

 at El Sombrero on November 18. The birds were found in growths 

 of scrub where they moved about in the branches of low trees. 



While in the original description Sclater indicates only "in Vene^ 

 zuela" as a locality, on page 168 in a table in which "the exact locali- 

 ties are added when they are stated on the specimens," the bird is 

 listed from "Caracas." Specimens from Aruba, Bonaire, Curagao, 

 and Margarita at first glance appear paler, grayer above than others, 

 but while many of the mainland birds appear darker numerous speci- 

 mens can be found from Venezuela that match the island skins exactly. 



PHAEOMYIAS MUBINA INCOMTA (Cabanisand Heine) 



Eloinea incomta Cabanis and Heine, Museum Heineanum, pt. 2, 1859, p. 59 

 (Cartagena, Colombia). 



The four specimens obtained were secured at Maracay, October 21, 

 Ocumare de la Costa, October 28, and El Sombrero, November 17 

 and 19. The birds were found in thorn scrub, or other thickets, 

 sometimes where the growth was fairly open and again in the denser 

 areas. They were usually rather low dow^l and moved slowly through 

 the branches. The light line, partly concealed by overlying feathers, 

 running along the side of the head beliind the eye is a distinctive mark 

 with the bird in the hand. The bird from Ocumare is partially 

 albinistic with a few yellowish-white feathers scattered over the back. 



CAMPTOSTOMA OBSOLETUM NAPAEUM (Ridgway) 



Ornithion napneum Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 10, Aug. 6, 1888, p. 520 

 (Diamantina, near Santarem, Brazil). 



The only one seen, a female, was taken near El Sombrero, Novem- 

 ^^^ ^^' ^s it worked about a clump of a parasitic plant in a small 



" IMs, 1903, pp. 241-242. 



M Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. s«r., vol. 13, pt. 5, 1927, p. 402. 



