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A common species in the forests of the Temperate Zone of all three 

 ranges. We have no topotypical (Bolivian) specimens, but an adequate 

 series from Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela shows no racial difference. 



Paramillo, 6; Coast range w. of Popayan (alt. 10,340 ft.), 1; Valle de 

 las Pappas, 5; Laguneta, 6; Santa Isabel, 2; El Pinon, 2. 



(3303) Heliochera rufaxilla (Tsch.). 



Ampelis rufaxilla Tsch., Aroh. filr Naturg., I, 1844, p. 270 (Peru). 

 Heliochera rufaxilla Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 520 (Sta. Elena). 



Our three specimens are from the Subtropical Zone of the Western 

 and Central Andes. I have no Peruvian specimens for comparison. 

 San Antonio, 1; Cerro Munchique, 2; Sta. Elena, 2. 



(3310) Querula purpurata {Mull.). 



Muscicapa purpurata P. L. S. Mull., Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, p. 169 (Cayenne). 

 Querula cruentata Cass., Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila., 1860, p. 143 (Turbo) ; Scl. & 

 Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 520 (Pocune; Remedies). 



Querula purpurata Hellm., P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1148 (NoanamA). 



This wide-ranging species of the Tropical Zone was found in the heavy 

 forests of the Pacific coast, Magdalena Valley and Amazonian region. 



Salaqui, Choco, 3; Alto Bonito, 1; Novita, 3; Buenaventura, 3; San 

 Jose, 4; Barbacoas, 6; Puerto Valdivia, 4; Puerto Berrio, 1; La Morelia, 4. 



(3312) Pyroderus scutatus granadensis Lafr. 



Pyroderus granadensis Lafe., Rev. Zool., 1846, p. 277 (Colombia); Wtatt, Ibis, 

 1871, p. 334 (Canute). 



Inhabits the Subtropical Zone of the Eastern Andes and also the eastern 

 slope of the Central Andes, at least at the head of the Magdalena. 

 La Palma, 1; San Agustin, 1; near Fusugasuga, 1. 



(3313a) Pyroderus scutatus occidentalis Chapm. 



Pyroderus scutatus occidentalis Chapm., BuU. A. M. N. H., XXXIII, 1914, p. 631 

 (San Antonio, Col.). 



Pyroderus orenocensis Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 520 (Concordia; Frontino; 

 Sta. Elena). 



Not uncommon in the Subtropical Zone of the Western Andes and west- 

 ern slope of the Central Andes. In describing this form, I have discussed 

 at some length the distribution of the remaining members of the group. 



