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TANAGBA TRINITATIS (Strickland) 



Euphonia trinitatis Strickland, Jardine's Contr. Orn., pt. 2, 1851, p. 72 (Island 

 of Trinidad). 



At El Sombrero I shot a male on November 19 ; a small species found 

 usually in pairs, and seen ordinarily near the clumps of mistletoe whose 

 berries form its food. Until more information is available I prefer to 

 list this as a distinct species rather than as a race of chloroticaJ'' 



TANAGRA LANnROSTRIS CRASSIROSTRIS (Sclater) 



Euphonia crassirostris Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866 (Jan. 26, 1857), 

 p. 277 (Bogotd) . 



The only one seen was an immature male, barely grown, taken 

 from the top of a medium-sized tree at 700 feet elevation above the 

 Rio Cumboto, inland from Ocumare de la Costa, on October 24. My 

 attention was attracted to this bird by its high-pitched whistle, 

 common to many euphonias. The specimen has no trace of the adult 

 plumage. 



CHLOROPHONIA FRONT AUS FRONTALIS (Sclater) 



Euphonia frontalis Sclater, Jardine's Contr. Orn., pt. 3, 1851, p. 89 (Caracas, 

 Venezuela) . 



An adult male was taken from a tall tree at the edge of the forest 

 near Rancho Grande at an elevation of 3,700 feet on November 4. 

 The alimentary tract resembled that of Tanagra"^^ and was filled with 

 seeds of mistletoe. Until futher information is available it seems to 

 me desirable to retain this bkd as a species distinct from Chlorophonia 

 cyanea, rather than unite the two groups as is done by HeUmayr.^® 



Family FRINGILLIDAE 



SALTATOR ORENOCENSIS ORENOCENSIS Lafresnaye 



Saltator Orenocensis Lafresnaye, Rev. ZooL, vol. 9, Aug. 1846, p. 274 (mouth 

 of Orinoco). 



This beautifully marked bird was first seen on November 12 to the 

 south of Parapara, Estado Guarico, where I shot one from the top of 

 a low tree at the border of dense scrub. Several were found near El 

 Sombrero in dense thorn scrub on November 18 and 19, and on the 

 first of these days I secured another. In color these two agree with 

 specimens from Ciudad Bolivar and Soledad on the Orinoco, except 

 that the bills average heavier in the sldns that I secured. Only one 

 specimen from the Orinoco in a series of eight is equal to them in this 



" See Hellmayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 13, pt. 9, 1936, p. 37. 



" See Wetmore, A., Development of the stomach in the euphonias. Auk, 1914, pp. 458-461. 



" Field Mus. Nat. Hist.. Zool. ser. ,voI. 13. pt. 9, 1936, pp. 6-11. 



