Seven new birds from Paraguay

VOL. XIV, pp. 187-188

DECEMBER

12, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

SEVEN NEW BIRDS FROM PARAGUAY.

BY HARRY

C.

OBERHOLSER.

A

small collection of birds

from _{Sapucay, Paraguay,}

col lected

by Mr. William

^T.

^Foster

^forthe

United

States

National

Museum

contains the

following apparently new

_species,

de

scriptions of

which, through

the courtesy of the authorities of the

National Museum,

^are

^here

published. Fulldetails ofthese

together with

^{various other critical notes will}

appear

^{in a}

paper

now

in course of preparation.

Anabazenops

^acritus sp. nov.

Similar toAnabazenops oleagineus but decidedly darker, particularly below; the^color throughout greenish ^olive instead of olive brown;the throat

more

yellowish; thelightareasofthelowersurface

more

greenish.

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

icastus subsp. nov.

Similar to Leptopogon amaurocephalus ^trutis, but _larger; lesspurely yellow below;

crown

rather

more

brownish; the wing-bandspale ochra- ceous; insteadof clearyellow.

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New Birds from Paraguay.

Arremon

callistus _sp. nov.

Similar to

Arremon

_{polionotus but upper} parts darker; wings with hardly

any

indication of a greenishyellow

humeral

_{patch; edge}of

wing

atbend, white; black_jugular

band

wider.

Cyanocompsa

^sterea sp. nov.

Resembling Cyanocompsa

cyanea but^bill

much

smaller; blue of fore

head

lesspurplish; female

much

darker, lessrufescent brown.

Thamnophilus ^ochrus

sp. nov.

Resembles

Thamnophilus caerulescens, but the female is very

much

palerboth above

and

_below, with the breast pale grayish ochraceous, themiddleof

abdomen

buffy white, and all the superior wing-coverts black_tippedwith white.

Basileuterus leucoblepharus calus subsp. nov.

SimilartoBasileuterus leucoblepharusleucoblepharus, butflanks grayish;

crissum verypale yellowish; ^sides

and

breast heavilyshaded with slate gray; back

and rump

^lessyellowish^olivegreen.

Picolaptes tenuirostris

apolhetus

subsp. nov.

Similar to Picolaptes tenuirostris tenuirostris but

much

smaller; the shaft streaksonback decidedly^narrower.