244 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM Vol.87 



The specimens from Ocumare de la Costa and Maracay are typical 

 of luteola in dark dorsal coloration, deep yeUow of underparts and 

 rump, and large white spot on the outer primaries. The skin from 

 El Sombrero is distinctly grayer above but otherwise is similar. It 

 indicates the beginning of an approach to guianensis. 



Family COMPSOTHLYPIDAE 



MNIOTTLTA VARIA qLinnacns): Black and White Warbler 



Motacilla varia Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 333 (His- 

 paniola). 



At Rancho Grande on November 3 I shot an adult female in heavy 

 forest at 3,700 feet elevation. The bird was not fat but was in good 

 condition. On November 8 at 4,000 feet I collected an adult male 

 from a flock of small forest-inhabiting birds. The men with me 

 examined it as a curiosity and considered it the most interesting of 

 the many strange birds that I took this day, an interest that increased 

 when I told them that it was a migrant from my own country. 



COMPSOTHLYPIS PITIAYUMI ELEGANS Todd 



Compsothlypis pitiayumi elegans Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 8, May 20, 1912, 

 p. 204 (Anzoategui, Estado Lara, Venezuela). 



On October 24 I shot one in rain forest at 700 feet elevation above 

 the Rio Cumboto southwest of Ocumare de la Costa, where the bird 

 was found in the higher branches of the trees. On November 13 

 I took one in dense scrub 12 mUes south of El Sombrero and recorded 

 another near the town on November 18. 



DENDROICA AKSTIVA AESTIVA (Gmelin) 



Motacilla aesiiva Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 996 (Canada). 

 One seen at Caracas in the grounds of the American Legation, 

 October 17, an adult male taken at Maracay, October 21, from a 

 tall tree in open forest at the border of a plantation, and one seen on 

 November 19 and an adult female taken on November 20 near the 

 Rio Guarico at El Sombrero constitute the records made for this 

 northern migrant. 



DENDROICA CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS (GmeHn): Black-throated Blue Warbler 



Motacilla caerulescens Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 960 

 (Hispaniola). 



At Ocumare de la Costa on October 27 I watched a female for some 

 time in a sea-grape tree growing on the beach. The light was excep- 

 tionally good, and the warbler most of the time only a few feet away 

 so that I could easily see that it was distinctly light colored. In 

 view of this, though the bird was not taken I venture to record it as 



