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nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' Union does not recog- 

 nize secondary homonyms, a change that might be accepted in the 

 International Code for reasons that will be obvious, on a little reflec- 

 tion to those interested in such matters. 



SEIURUS NOVEBOBACENSIS NOVEBOBACENSIS (Ginelln) : Northern Water-thnish 



Motacilla noveboracensis Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 958 

 (New York). 

 On October 23 at La Trilla, elevation 250 feet, inland from Ocumare 

 de la Costa, I saw and heard several water-thrushes along the rapidly 

 running Rio Ocumare. An adult female taken was very thin in flesh, 

 so that I assumed that it was a recently arrived migrant. It measures 

 as follows: Wing 73.4, tail 48.7, culmen from base 14.4, tarsus 22.0 mm. 

 On October 29 two were seen near the lagoon at Independencia. Near 

 El Sombrero I saw one in low, wet woods near the Rio Guarico on 

 November 20, and on November 21 shot an adult female at Hato 

 Paya, 18 miles northwest. This bird measures as follows: Wing 73.5, 

 tail 48.5, culmen from base 14.4, tarsus 20.2 mm. Both specimens 

 taken are decidedly yellow below and definitely olive rather than 

 grayish above; this coloration with the measurements identifies 

 them as the eastern form. 



OPOROBNIS AGBLIS ( WUson) : Connecticut Warbler 



Sylvia agilis Wilson, American ornithology, vol. 5, 1812, p. 64, pi. 39, fig. 4 

 (Connecticut). 



On October 23 I collected an adult male at an elevation of 250 feet 

 near La Trilla, inland from Ocumare de la Costa, as it hunted among 

 weeds near the ground in the shade of a spreading tree. The bird 

 was thin and in poor flesh, so that I assumed that it was a recently 

 arrived migrant. 



SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA (Linnaeus): American Redstart 



Motacilla Ruticilla Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 186 

 (Virginia). 



This migrant from the north was recorded as follows: Caracas, 

 October 17; Maracay, October 21 (specimen) and November 11; 

 Ocumare de la Costa, October 23 (specimen from La Trilla), 29, and 

 30 (seen at sea level) ; El Sombrero, near the Rio Guarico, November 

 20. 



MYIOBOBUS MINIATUS PALLIDIVENTRIS (Chapman) 



Setophaga verlicalis pallidiventris Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 12, 

 1899, p. 153 (Quebrada Seca, near San Antonio, northeastern Venezuela). 



Near Rancho Grande these alert, active birds were common, so 

 that I secured three specimens on November 5 and 8. They were 



