BY CHARLES B. CORY.
Xenicopsoides subgenus nov.
Characters.—Similar to Xenicopsis Cabanis, but with much less graduated and relatively shorter tail (tail less than ⅚ of wing), relatively shorter tarsus and plain under parts. (Type Anabazenops variegaticeps Sclater).
This new subgenus includes the following: Anabazenops variegaticeps Sclater; Anabales temporalis Sclater; Philydor montanus Tschudi; Anabates striaticollis Sclater; Xenicopsis anxius Bangs and Philydor venezuelensis Hellmayr.
Euphilydor subgenus nov.
Characters.—Similar to Philydor Spix, but shape of bill different, the terminal half of under mandible (gonys) being decidedly elevated (nearly as in Xenicopsis) and the end of the culmen more curved. (Type Philydor lichtensteini Cabanis and Heine).
This group comprises the following forms: Philydor lichtensteini Cabanis and Heine; Anabates amaurotis Temminck and Anabates dimidiatus Pelzeln.
Synallaxis frontalis juæ subsp. nov.
Type from Jua, near Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil. Adult male, No. 45618, Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by R. H. Becker, September 2, 1913.
Characters.—Similar to S. f. frontalis Pelzeln, but differs chiefly in the brighter and more cinnamon rufous coloration of the crown, wings and tail. The primaries have the outer webs bright cinnamon rufous nearly to the tips, quite different than in S. f. frontalis.