302 Mr. C. Chubb on new 



differ also in being darker and inclining to cinnamon-rufous, 

 not ochraceous, on the abdomen, under tail-coverts, and 

 under ■wing-coverts. 



Wing 61 mm. 



Hab. Lower Amazon Valley. 



The type is an adult bird, but not sexed, and was collected 

 by the late A. R. Wallace at Para in May 1849, and is now 

 in the British Museum, Salvin-Godman Collection. 



Pipromorpha oleaginea hanxwelli, subsp. n. 



Two examples from East Peru and one from East Ecuador 

 differ from the typical form in being paler green on the upper 

 parts and darker orange-rufous even than P. o. ivallacei on 

 the under surface. 



Wing 63 mm. 



Hab. Eastern Peru and Eastern Ecuador. 



The type is an adult male which was collected at Pebas, 

 E. Peru, by the late J. Hauxwell in July 1886, and is now in 

 the British Museum, Salvin-Godman Collection. 



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 Pipromorpha oleaginea chapmani, subsp. n. 



Pipromorpha oleaginea oleaginea (nee Licht.), Chapman, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist, xxxvi. p. 49 (1917). 



Of Colombian birds there are six in the British Museum. 

 These are slightly darker than the typical species, from 

 Bahia, on the upper surface, darker also on the throat and 

 fore neck, and more orange-rufous, instead of pale ocbraceous, 

 on the breast, abdomen, and under wing-coverts. 



Wing 65 mm. 



Hab. U.S., Colombia. 



The type, which is a fully adult bird, was collected by 

 T. H. Wheeler at Villavicencio to Medina, Llanos of River 

 Meta, at an altitude of 800-1500 fett, is now in the British 

 Museum, Salvin-Godman Collection. 



Pipromorpha oleaginea tobagoensis, subsp. n. 



Mionectes oleagineus (nee Licht.), Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. 

 p. 112, part. (1888). 



The Tobago bird is altogether darker than P. o. oleaginea 

 on the upper parts, including the head, back, flight-quills, 

 and tail-feathers. The throat and fore neck much darker, 



