BIRDS OF NORTHERN VENEZUELA — WETMORE 241 



The specimens taken at Rancho Grande are slightly grayer on the 

 breast than one from El Lim6n, near Caracas. 



Family MIMIDAE 



MIMUS GILVUS MELANOPTERUS Lawrence 



Mimus melanopterus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 5, May 

 1849, p. 35, pi. 2 (Venezuela). 



At Ocumare de la Costa from October 22 to 31 these large, light- 

 colored mockingbirds were common through the dry scrub and in 

 scattered trees over the open play a back of the lagoon. As I ap- 

 proached them in this open area they retreated to little thorny trees 

 to hide. They sang, sometimes from the tops of houses, with lei- 

 surely effort, without great energy. Two were taken on October 25 

 and 26. Along the highway from Maracay to El Sombrero on No- 

 vember 12 and 21 mockers were fairly common, and at El Sombrero 

 I noted them daily from November 13 to 21. Two were shot here 

 on November 14. 



Family TURDIDAE 



TUKDUS FUMIGATUS AQUILONALIS (Cherrie) 



PlanesHcus fumigatus aquilonalis Cherrie, Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts Sci., Sci. 

 Bull., vol. 1, June 30, 1909, p. 387 (Heights of Aripo, Trinidad). 



On October 23 at an elevation of 250 feet near La Trilla, inland 

 from Ocumare de la Costa, I shot one of these brown-breasted 

 thrushes from a shaded perch where it had flown from a fruit-bearing 

 tree. 



TURDUS LEUCOMELAS ALBIVENTER SpU 



Turdus alhivenier Spix, Avium species novae . . . Brasiliam, vol. 1, 1824, p. 70, pi. 

 69, fig. 2 (Pard, Brazil) .56 



On November 17 near El Sombrero I shot an immature female 

 from a little group of three or four that flew up from near the ground 

 to shaded perches in the tops of tall trees. The others disappeared 

 instantly at the discharge of my gun. 



This northern race is given as epphipialis by Hellmayr," but with 

 only limited material at hand for comparison, it appears to me that 

 Todd *^ is correct in calling it albiventer. 



I* The original description gives "Minas Gera6s et Parse," which is restricted to Par& by Hellmayr, Abb. 

 Kon. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Kl. II, vol. 22, 1906, p. 618. 

 »' Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 13, pt. 7, 1934. p. 401. 

 »' Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 44, June 29, 19S1, p. 52. 



