NOVITATBS ZOOLOOTCAB XXVII. 1920. 475 



649. Monticola rufocineiea sclateri Hart. = Monticola rufocinerea sclateri. 

 Monticola rufocinerea sclateri Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1917. p. 459 (Yemen and South Arabia). 

 Type : ^ ad., WasU, Yemen, 4,000 feet, 4.iii. 1913. G. W. Bury leg. 



650. Monticola cyanus tianscaspicus Hart. = Monticola soUtarius transcaspicus. 



Monticola cyanus transcaspicus Hartert, Bull. B..0. Club, xxiii. p. 43 (1909 — Tedjen, Sirax, Ashabad 

 in Transcaspia). 



Type : cj ad., Sirax, 120 versts south of Tedjen, Transcaspia, 21.iii.l905 

 (probably Russian date). Bought from Schliiter. 



Distribution and characters require further study. The genus Monticola 

 (whether the Rock-Thrush and the Blue Rock^-Thrush are united or separated 

 generically) stands distinctly between the Chats {Oenanthe) and Thrushes (Turdus), 

 but nearer the former. 



651. Turdus colombianus Hart. & Hellm. = Turdus [ohsoletus ?) colomhianus. 

 Turdus colomhianus Hartert & Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 492 (1901 — Cali, Western Colombia), 



Type : (?, Cali, 18. ix. 1894. W. H. F. Rosenberg leg. No. 1. 

 I am by no means sure that this is a subspecies of obsoletus, though Chapman 

 (Distr. Bird-life, Colombia, p. 536) says it must be. 



652. Tardus obsoletus parambanus subsp. nov. 



Type : ? ad., Paramba, N.W. Ecuador, 3,500 feet, 23.vii. 1899. R. Miketta 

 leg. No. 477. 



We have one male and two females from Paramba, collected in January, 

 July, and August ; also a male form from near Jimenez, W. Colombia, 2,900 feet, 

 collected by Merwjm G. Palmer, seems to belong to this form, and not to 

 colombianus ! 



These birds are closely allied to T. o. obsoletus from Costa Rica and Panama, 

 but the upperside is of a still deeper brown, the outer edges of the primaries are 

 darker, and the undersurface darker brown. Wings : ^, 120, 122 ; $ (worn), 

 about 118 mm. 



I am incHned to think that obsoletus, parambanus, perhaps also colombianus, 

 nigrirostris, and hauxwelli are subspecies of fumigatus. 



653. Turdus fumigatus caparo subsp. nov. 



Type : ^, Caparo, Trinidad, 12.iv.l902. E. Andre leg. 



As already noticed by Hellmayr, Novitates Zoologicab, 1906, p. 4, Trinidad 

 specimens (one dozen compared with an equal number of Amazonian examples) 

 are much lighter and paler above and below than Brazilian ones, and there is 

 therefore no reason not to separate them ; many less recognizable subspecies 

 have been named recently from South America. Especially noticeable is the 

 paler, less rufescent upperside, and the lighter breast and sides. The skin from 

 Duaca mentioned by Hellmayr and two from the Orinoco are much nearer to 

 caparo, but seem to me to be intermediate. 



