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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES AND CON- 

 SPECIES OF NEOTEOPICAL BIEDS. 



By Hans Graf von Berlepsch. 



1. Heleodytes harterti sp. 11. 



H. H. albibrurmeo (Lawr.) ex Panama similis sed major, alis 

 caudaque imprimis longioribus, dorso alis caudaque nigTO- 

 brunneis, fere nigris, nee pallide brunneis, tectricibus sub- 

 caudalibus nigro-bruimeo maculatis nee vittatis. 



Al. 89-88, caud. 86-84, culm. 2U, tars. 26£ mm. 



Habitat: St. José, Rio Dagua (Colombia oca). 



Typus : in Mus. H. v. B. S ad. St. José, Rio Dagua, 

 22nd November 1896. [G. Hopke leg.] 



This well-characterized new form is dedicated to Dr. Ernst 

 Hartert, of Tring. It is the southern representative of H. 

 albibrunneus Lawr., of Panama, from which it differs in being 

 larger, with longer wings and tail, and by the back and the 

 upper surface of the wings and tail being much blacker, not 

 so brownish, also by the pattern of the under tail-coverts, 

 which are spotted instead of being banded with black. 

 There are three specimens in the Mus. Berlepsch (two adults 

 and one young* bird), which were collected by the late Gustav 

 Hopke. 



2. Basileuterus bivittatus chlorophrys subsp. 11. 



B. B. bivittatus chrysogaster (Tsch.) dicto ex Peruvia 

 maxime affinis sed coloribus multo obscurioribus : dorso 

 obscurius olivaceo, regione superciliari obscure viridi nee 

 flavescenti-viridi, corpore subtus obscure olivaceo-viridi nee 

 flavo- viridi distiiiguendus. 



Al. 60-56, caud. 49-41, culm. 1(H, tars. 19^-18* mm. 



Habitat : Quito (Ecuadoria occ.) . 



Typus : in Mus. H. v. B. : av. ad. ex Quito-collections 

 (fide Schlüter). 



The form of Basileuterus bivittatus inhabiting the environs 

 of Quito comes nearest to the Peruvian form, viz. B. bivittatus 

 chrysogaster (Tsch.), but is easily distinguishable by its much 



