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This diminutive species was taken only in the lower foothills back 

 of Santa Marta, and in the lowlands around Dibulla and Don Diego, 

 being most numerous at the latter place, but rare everywhere. It fre- 

 quents open woodland and shrubbery. 



331. Tyranniscus nigrocapillus flavimentum Chapman. 



Tyranniscus nigricapillus (not Tyrannulus nigrocapillus Lafresnaye) Bangs, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, 1899, 98 (La Concepcion and Chirua). — ' 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, XIII, 1900, 148 (El Libano and San 

 Lorenzo). 



Tyranniscus nigricapillus flavimentum Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XXXI, 1912, 154 (San Lorenzo; orig. descr. ; type in coll. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist.). — ApoLiNAE Maria, Bol. Soc. Cien. Nat. Inst. La Salle, II, 1914, 246 

 (ref. orig. descr.). 



Ten specimens : San Lorenzo, San Miguel, Cerro de Caracas, and 

 Heights of Chirua. 



A well-marked form, as shown by an independent comparison of 

 this fresh material. 



Four specimens were taken on the San Lorenzo, in the heavy forest, 

 between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. It is a rare bird there, or at least seldom 

 seen, perhaps from its habit of keeping high up in the trees. Mr. 

 Smith's collectors got but four specimens here. In the Sierra Nevada 

 it proved to be equally scarce, only six specimens in all being taken, 

 and it seems that Mr. Brown did not succeed in getting more than two. 

 It ranges somewhat higher here, running up to 9,000 feet on the 

 Cerro de Caracas. It is thus a species characteristic of the Subtrop- 

 ical Zone in this region. 



332. Tyranniscus chrysops minimus Chapman. 



Tyranniscus chrysops (not Tyrannulus chrysops Sclater) Salvin and God- 

 man, Ibis, 1880, 124 (Minca). — von Beklepsch, Journ. f. Orn., XXXII, 

 1884, 301 ("Santa Marta ")•— Sclater, Cat. Bj*ds Brit. Mus., XIV, 1888, 

 135 (Minca and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, XII, 1898, 175 (Palomina). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 XIII, 1900, 148 (Minca). 



Tyranniscus chrysops minimus Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXI, 

 1912, 153 (Minca; orig. descr.; type in coll. Am. Mus. Nat Hist, meas. ; 

 crit.) ; XXXVI, 1917, 454, in text (Santa Marta region; range). — Apolinah 

 Maria, Bol. Soc. Cien. Nat. Inst. La Salle, II, 1914, 246 (ref. orig. descr.). 



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

 Nine specimens: Minca, Don Diego, Pueblo Viejo, and Chirua. 



