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: 324 BULLETIN 133, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM and a male killed March 24 on an arid brush-grown flat 15 miles west of Timuyan in the same Province. An adult male shot December 24, 1920, near Victorica, Pampa, in an open forest of calden and algarroba, is distinctly intermediate between curatu^ and pata- gonicus, and marks a point near the dividing line between the two. The abdomen in this intermediate skin is very faintly yellowish, and the back only faintly darker than in patagonicus. It might, with equal propriety be identified with either of the forms concerned. The geographic races at present known for the species panilus are indicated below SPIZITORNIS PARULUS PARULUS (Kittlitz). Muscicapa Paridus Kittlitz, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, vol. 1, 1831, p. 190. (Concepcion and Valparaiso, Chile.) Above dark, wing bars absent or faint, auricular dark patch sharply defined. Central Chile. Skins from Bariloche, Rio Negro, while not typi- cal, have been assigned to this race.^^ SPIZITORNIS PARULUS AEQUATORIALIS (Berlepsch and Taczanowski) Anaeretes parulus aequatorkilis Beklepsch and Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884, p. 296. (Cechce, western Ecuador.) Similar to pamlus, but breast more heavilj^ streaked, darker above, crown with white markings restricted. Ecuador and Peru. SPIZITORNIS PARULUS CURATUS Wetmore and Peters. Spizitornis parulus curatus Wetmore and Petees, Auk, 1924, p. 145. (Rio Colorado, Gobernacion de Rio Negro, Argentina.) Similar to parulus, but paler above, with two distinct wing bars, dark auricular patch less sharply defined and upper breast whiter, less yellowish. Eastern Rio Negro through Pampa to Cordoba and the foothills of the Andes in Mendoza. Eastern Chubut? SPIZITORNIS PARULUS PATAGONICUS Hellmayr. Splsitornis parulus patagonicus Hellmayr, Arch. f. Naturg., vol. 85, November, 1920, p. 51. (Neuquen, Gobernacion de Neuquen, Argentina.) Similar to curatus but paler above with abdomen white. Eastern Neuquen and northwestern Rio Negro, intergrading with curatus in central Pampa. " See Wetmore and Peters, Auk, 1924, p. 145. .

U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 133 PL. I! Valley of Rio Blanco, with Sierra del Plata in the Background Above Potra-illos, Mendoza, March 18, 1921 A Muddy Channel, or Cienaga, Haunt of Painted Snipe (Nycti- CRYPHES SEMI-COLLARIS) AND JACKSNIPE (CAPELLA PARAGUAIAE) Near Tunuyan, Mendoza, March 28, 1921

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324 BULLETIN 133, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM<br />

and a male killed March 24 on an arid brush-grown flat 15 miles west<br />

of Timuyan in the same Province. An adult male shot December<br />

24, 1920, near Victorica, Pampa, in an open forest of calden and<br />

algarroba, is distinctly intermediate between curatu^ and pata-<br />

gonicus, and marks a point near the dividing line between the two.<br />

The abdomen in this intermediate skin is very faintly yellowish,<br />

and the back only faintly darker than in patagonicus. It might, with<br />

equal propriety be identified with either of the forms concerned.<br />

The geographic races at present known for the species panilus<br />

are indicated below<br />

SPIZITORNIS PARULUS PARULUS (Kittlitz).<br />

Muscicapa Paridus Kittlitz, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, vol. 1,<br />

1831, p. 190. (Concepcion and Valparaiso, Chile.)<br />

Above dark, wing bars absent or faint, auricular dark patch<br />

sharply defined.<br />

Central Chile. Skins from Bariloche, Rio Negro, while not typi-<br />

cal, have been as<strong>si</strong>gned to this race.^^<br />

SPIZITORNIS PARULUS AEQUATORIALIS (Berlepsch and Taczanowski)<br />

Anaeretes parulus aequatorkilis Beklepsch and Taczanowski, Proc. Zool.<br />

Soc. London, 1884, p. 296. (Cechce, western Ecuador.)<br />

Similar to pamlus, but breast more heavilj^ streaked, darker above,<br />

crown with white markings restricted.<br />

Ecuador and Peru.<br />

SPIZITORNIS PARULUS CURATUS Wetmore and Peters.<br />

Spizitornis parulus curatus Wetmore and Petees, Auk, 1924, p. 145. (Rio<br />

Colorado, Gobernacion de Rio Negro, Argentina.)<br />

Similar to parulus, but paler above, with two distinct wing bars,<br />

dark auricular patch less sharply defined and upper breast whiter,<br />

less yellowish.<br />

Eastern Rio Negro through Pampa to Cordoba and the foothills<br />

of the Andes in Mendoza. Eastern Chubut?<br />

SPIZITORNIS PARULUS PATAGONICUS Hellmayr.<br />

Spl<strong>si</strong>tornis parulus patagonicus Hellmayr, Arch. f. Naturg., vol. 85, November,<br />

1920, p. 51. (Neuquen, Gobernacion de Neuquen, Argentina.)<br />

Similar to curatus but paler above with abdomen white.<br />

Eastern Neuquen and northwestern Rio Negro, intergrading with<br />

curatus in central Pampa.<br />

" See Wetmore and Peters, Auk, 1924, p. 145.<br />

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