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(2990) Conopias cinchoneti ( Tsch.). 

 Tyrannus cinchoneti Tsch., Faun. Per., 1844-5, p. 151, pi. viii, fig. 2 (Peru). 



A not common species in the Subtropical Zone of all three ranges. In 

 default of material, our birds have not been compared with specimens from 

 Peru. 



La Frijolera, 1; Rio Lima, 1; Miraflores, 1; Aguadita, 1. 



(2991) Pitangus sulphuratus rufipennis (Lafr.). 



Saurophagus rufipennis Lafr., Rev. Zool., 1851, p. 471 (Caracas, Venezuela). 

 Pitangus rufipennis Wtatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 333 (Cienaga; BarranquiUa). 

 Pitangus derhianus rufipennis Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 146 

 (Bonda; Santa Marta; VaUe Dupar). 



Specimens from the Magdalena Valley average somewhat darker than 

 those from the coast of Colombia and Venezuela but are clearly to be re- 

 ferred to rufipennis. 



La Playa, 2; Calamar, 4; Honda, 2; Chicoral, 1; w. slope below An- 

 dalucia (alt. 3000 ft.), 1. 



(2992) Pitangus sulphuratus subsp. 

 Lanius sulphuratus Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 1766, p. 137 (Cayenne). 



Two specimens of Pitangus sulphuratus from Villa vicencio, at the east- 

 ern base of the Andes, do not agree exactly with any described form of 

 this variable species. They are intermediate between true sulphuratus 

 and rufipennis and thus are near trinitatis, from which indeed they differ 

 only in having the rufous and fuscous areas of wings and particularly tail 

 more sharply defined. The character is obvious enough, and, if constant, 

 would warrant the 'separation of the Villa vicencio bird. A specimen from 

 Maripa on the lower Orinoco and another from the Orinoco delta agree 

 with the two from Villavicencio, while three from Trinidad are alike in 

 their ill-defined tail-pattern. ^ 



Villavicencio, 2. • 



2992a. Pitangus sulphuratus caucensis Chapm. 



Pitangus sulphuratus caw^nsis Chapm., BuU. A. M, N. H., XXXIII, 1914, p. 179 

 (Call, Col.). 



Char, subsp. — In the extent of rufous markings most nearly resembling P. a. 

 rufipennis; in general color nearer P. s. sulphuratus. 



