Reccntlij publlslied Ormthuloglcal JJ^orks. 667 



Troglodytes sohtitialis paUidipectus, Thryopldlus nigricapilhis 

 connectens, Cinnicertlna olivascens infasciata, Planesticus 

 fuscobrunneus, Vireosylca chivi cauca, Basilr.uterus richanl- 

 soni, Spiniis nJyricauda, Ammodrunius savaunarum caucte, 

 Myospiza manhnbe Columbiana, Atlapetes jiaviceps, Cya))o- 

 compsa cyanea caacce, Dlylossa cryptorliis, D. gloriosissiina, 

 Sporothraupis cyanocephala margarita, aiul Cldorospiiigus 

 albitempora yiigriceps. 



A good map sliewin;^' the routes of the Collectors in 

 Western Colombia is added. 



Mr. Chapman has iu preparation a detailed report upon 

 the Birds, "^with special reference to their distribution as it 

 is controlled by altitude. '^ This will be of great interest. 

 We hope also that on the same occasion he will explain the 

 ditfercnce between his " species '' and subspecies ! 



92. Clyde-Tudd on new South- American Birds, 



[Descriptions of seventeen new Neotropical Birds. By W. E. Clytle- 

 Todd. Ann. Carnegie Mus. viii. No. 2, 1912.] 



Tiie Carnegie ^tuseuni at Pittsburg, U.S.A., has recently 

 acquired more than six thousand specimens o£ birds from 

 South America, collected in various localities in Venezuela, 

 Colombia, and Eastern Bolivia, and all apparently labelled 

 with exact dates and localities. Mr. Clyde-Todd projjoses 

 to publish full lists of them, as rapidly as circumstances 

 permit, accompanied by field-notes and critical observations. 

 In the present paper he describes seventeen new forms, 

 namely : — Arremonops tucuensis (Venezuela) ; Spermophila 

 haplGchruma (Santa jNlarta) ; Sultator orenocensis rufescens 

 (Colombia); Tangara guttata trinitatis (Venezuela); Tan- 

 gara guttata eusticta (Costa Rica) ; Schistochlamys atra 

 aterrima (Venezuela) ; Compsothlypis pitiayami e/egans 

 (Venezuela); Pheugopedius macrvrus anuectens (Venezuela); 

 Troglodytes solitarius (Venezuela); Craspedoprion intermedius 

 (Venezuela) ; Myiobius modestiis (A'enezuela) ; Myioc/ianes 

 ardesiacus polioptilus (Venezuela) ; Myiudynastes chryso- 

 cephalus cinerascens (Venezuela) ; Mucheturnis rixusa jlavi- 



