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(4466) Cassidix oryzivora violea Bangs. 



Cassidix oryzivora violea Bangs, Proc. N. E. Zool. Club, II, 1900, p. 11 (La Con- 

 cepcion, Santa Marta, Col.); Hellm., P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1122 (N6vita; Pueblo Rico). 



Cassidix oryzivora Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 510 (Concordia; Antioquia; 

 Eemedios); Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 163 (Valparaiso; Manaure; 

 Pueblo Viejo; Palomina). 



My material does not strongly support tliis race, which however has been 

 pronounced as vahd by Ridgway and Hellmayr. In a series of ten fully 

 adult males the most purple one, having no trace of bronze wash, is from 

 Suapure in the lower Orinoco valley, while specimens from the Magdalena 

 Valley and Choco show considerable bronze. 



Colombian males are larger than those from elsewhere, but, as the 

 appended table shows, this does not hold good for the females. If therefore 

 violea is a valid form I can see no reason for not referring to it our specimens 

 from east of the Andes, although this region is generally included in the 

 range of true oryzivora. 



Novita, 2; Noanama, 2; La Manuelita, 2; Miraflores, 1; Guengiie, 

 I; LaPalma, 1; Malena, 2; Buena Vista, 1 ; Barrigon, I; Florencia, 1. 



