Automolus cinnamomeigula Hellmayr, 1905a: 55

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Automolus cinnamomeigula Hellmayr, 1905a: 55 (“ Bogota ” make).

Now Automolus rubiginosus cinnamomeigula Hellmayr ,

1905. See Peters, 1951: 136, and Vaurie, 1980: 296.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 524305 , unsexed, a trade skin obtained in Bogota, Colombia, and purchased from Mons. Mantou in Paris in March 1904. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Chapman (1917: 411) proposed La Morelia, Río Bodaquera, Caquetá, Colombia, as the type locality, but Hartert (1922: 387–388) gave his reasons for not accepting this proposal.

Automolus rubiginosus venezuelanus Zimmer and Phelps

Automolus rubiginosus venezuelanus Zimmer and Phelps, 1947: 4 (Mt. Auyan-tepui, State of Bolivar, Venezuela; altitude 460 meters).

Now Automolus rubiginosus venezuelanus Zimmer and Phelps, 1947 . See Ridgely and Tudor, 1994: 169.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 323697 , adult female, collect-

ed at the 460-m camp on Auyan-tepui, 05°55′N,

62°32′W, Bolivar, Venezuela, on 5 March 1938, by

William H. Phelps, Jr. (no. 2045), on the Phelps

Venezuela Expedition.

Automolus rubiginosus moderatus Zimmer Automolus rubiginosus moderatus Zimmer, 1935a: 18 ( Río Seco , west of Moyobamba, Perú; altitude 3000 feet).

Now Automolus rubiginosus moderatus Zimmer, 1935 . See Peters, 1951: 137.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 234721 , adult male, collected at Río Seco , ca. 06°09′S, 77°15′W, 3000 ft, ca. 30 mi W of Moyabamba (= Moyobamba), San Martín, Peru, on 17 July 1925, by Harry Watkins (no. 9422).

Automolus roraimae duidae Chapman Automolus roraimae duidae Chapman, 1939: 9 (Mt.

Duida, Venezuela, alt. 4200 ft.).

Now Automolus roraimae duidae Chapman, 1939 . See

Ridgely and Tudor, 1994: 164–165.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 271083 , male, collected 1 mi N of Laterite Valley, 4200 ft, Cerro Duida , Amazonas, Venezuela, on 24 February 1929, by Alfonso and Ramón Olalla, on the Tyler Duida Expedition.

COMMENTS: This species is known in many publications as A. albigularis . Hellmayr (1917: 199) proposed roraimae as a new name for Philydor albigularis Salvin and Godman, 1884 , preoccupied. Vaurie (1980: 297) did not accept that P. albigularis was preoccupied by Philydor albogularis Spix, 1824 , both described in the genus Philydor and now in the genus Automolus . However, Eugene Eisenmann (in Vaurie, 1980: 342), in notes added after Vaurie’s death, showed that the two names are primary homonyms under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and that Hellmayr was correct in providing a new name. Most subsequent authors have followed this interpretation.

The location of Laterite Valley does not seem to have previously been pinpointed. According to the unpublished itinerary of the Olallas, they were in “Cerros de Savana” 18–28 February 1929. During this time, they visited Laterite Valley on 19 and 22–27 February, and on 23–24 February they were 1 mi north of Laterite Valley. At 4200 ft, this is slightly below the summit of the Savana Hills at 4500 ft (= Savanna Hills, ca. 03°25′N, 65°38′W; Paynter, 1982: 188).

Tate and Hitchcock (1930: 44) noted that on the southern scarp of Mt. Duida they named a transverse ridge Savana Hills “because of its savana-like appearance.... At Savana Hills the prevailing unstable humus gives way to firm ground formed of mixed sand and iron laterites.”