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233. Automolus ruflpectus Bangs. 



Automolus rufipectus Bangs, Proc.' Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 158 

 (Pueblo Viejo; orig. descr. ; type now in coll. Mus. Comp. Z06I. ; meas. ; 

 crit.) ; XIII, 1899, 99 (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 3,000-7,500 ft.). — 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, XIII, igoo, 121, 158 (Bangs' reference). 

 — Dupois, Syn. Avium, I, 1900, 194 (Santa Marta [region], in range; 

 ref. orig. descr.). — Sharpe, Hand-List Birds, III, 1901, 68 (ref. orig. 

 descr.; range). — Hellmayr, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, XV, 1905, 55, in text 

 (crit.). — RiDGViTAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 1911, 213 (diag. ; range; 

 references). — Brabourne and Chubb, Birds S. Am., I, 1912, 241 (ref. 

 orig. descr. ; range) . 



Additional records: La Concepcion, San Antonio (Brown). 



Seventeen specimens : Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Agua Dulce, Pueblo 

 Viejo, Chirua, and Heights of Chirua. 



This series bears out the characters ascribed to this species by the 

 original describer. In immature dress, illustrated by specimens dated 

 March 6, 7, and April 12, the throat and upper breast are slightly 

 squamate from the narrow brown edgings of the feathers. No. 42,232, 

 June 17, is moulting both remiges and rectrices; No. 42,557, July 22, 

 is just completing the postnuptial moult of the remiges, and is in fine 

 fresh plumage. 



In the Sierra Nevada this Automolus ranges from 2,000 to 6,000 

 feet (7,500 feet, according to Mr. Brown), and in the San Lorenzo be- 

 tween 3,000 and 5,000 feet, or from the upper Tropical into the Sub- 

 tropical Zone. It is partial to the heavy forest or thick second-growth, 

 and is fond of dark tangles and ravines. It does little climbing, but 

 keeps hopping about on or near the ground. It was perhaps most 

 numerous at Pueblo Viejo in the thick scrub, but cannot be considered 

 a common bird anywhere. 



234. Xenicopsis montanus anzius Bangs. 



Anabazenops striaticoUis (not Anabates striaticollis Sclater) Bangs, Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, 1899, 99 (Chirua, San Miguel, and La Con- 

 cepcion. — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 158 (Onaca, Val- 

 paraiso, El Libano, and Las Nubes). 



Xenicopsis anxius Bangs, Proc. New England Z06I. Club, III, 1902, 83 

 Chirua; orig. descr.; type now in Mus. Comp. Z06I. ; crit.). — Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXI, 1965, 278 (ref. orig. descr.; syn.). — 

 RiDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, V, 1911, 207 (diag.; range; ref, 

 orig. descr.). — Coky, Auk, XXXVI, 1919, 273 (crit.). 



Anabasenops anxius Dubois, Syn. Avium, II, 1903, 1072 (ref. orig. descr.). 



