Description of a new subspecies of <I>Stenopsis cayennensis</I> from Curacao

Vol. XV, ^{pp. 159-160} June 25, 1902

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES OF STENOP- SIS CAYENNEN'SIS FROM _CURAQAO.*

BY CHARLES W. RICHMOND.

The

Goatsucker described

below was

_presented to the

U.

S.

National

Museum _by

_Capt.

Wirt

_Robinson,

_U.

S. A.,

who

obtained it on the Island of Curagao, ⁱⁿ June, ^1900.

Birds of thegenus Stenopsis have been previously reported

from

_Curagao

by

^Messrs. Petersf

and

_IIartert,J butin eachcase the collector obtained only females,

which

Hartert

was

unable to separate

from

S. cayennensis. Capt. Robinson's specimen ^is a male, ⁱⁿ fresh plumage,

and may

^{bedescribed asfollows:}

Stenopsiscayennensis^insularis

new

subspecies.

7'2/pe.—Adult _male, No. _175,245, U. S. National Museum, _Curasao, June 30, 1900, Capt. Wirt Robinson, U. ^{S. A.} (collector's No. _1446).

Upper parts, pale drab _gray, somewhat _lighter on _head, all of the feathers _finely vermiculated with _buff, brown, or black; feathers of medianpart ^ofhead with broad black _centers, edged with pale cinna- mon; scapulars, black, the inner webs mottled with rufous, the outer

*Publishedbypermission^ofthe Secretary^oftheSmithsonian Institu- tion.

f.Tourn. ^fiirOrn., 1892, 87.

tibis, 1893, 319.

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160

Richmond —

Mev) _Subspecies

of

Stenopsis Cayennensis.

webswith_buff; feathersof

rump

^andupper tail-covertswith blackshaft streaks, thelatter with indications of black cross-bars; nape, pale ^cin- namon; wing-coverts and tertiaries similar in color to the back, the former _spotted with buff and _pale cinnamon; primary coverts, clove brown, withMarsbrownmarkings on ^{outer webs.} Chin, throat, abdo- men, andnarrowlineonforehead,white; lores, anarrow line over and undereye, ear-coverts, andsides ofneck, palecinnamon, with blackand white markings; ^apatch^offeathersonsidesof throat, cinnamon, tipped withblack; breastandsidesof body, palecinnamon, mixed with white and more or less barred and mottled with black; under wing-coverts, Marsbrown, mottled with black, the innermost _feathers,andaxillaries, white. Under tail-coverts, deep brownish_buff; middle tail feathers, drab_gray,with fine dusky vermiculations and crossed by about ^nine irregular blackishbars; nextthree pairs^offeathersmainly ^blackish on outerwebs and tips (basalthirdmottledwith_palecinnamonand_black), inner webs white, with an _oblique black bar near the middle ofthe feather; outer pair ^of feathers white, with an_obliqueblackbaronthe inner webs,and a small mottled patch^at tip. Outer primaries, clove brown, witha grayishshadeonouterwebsand tips; a broad white bar across the four outer feathers; inner primaries, clovebrown, with Mars brownmarkings on ^{the outer} webs; secondaries, blackish, with white

tips, tingedwith_palecinnamonon the innermost; outer webs mottled withMarsbrown.

Wing

^{feathersat base, white, mottledwith}pale ^cin- namon. _Wing, ¹³⁰

mm.;

tail, 113mm.; tarsus, 18

mm.;

culmen,

12mm.

This _subspecies isclosely relatedto S. cayennends,but issmallerand paler, of clearer color,with darker undertail-coverts.