Is there a quick way I can fill two separate selections or maybe a clipping mask? See screenshot

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I'm having trouble triyng to make a layer of that white area above. My first thought was to try to make 2 selections (the one that's currently selected in the screenshot above) and use the magnetic lasso tool to create the second selection and shift + alt to fill the selection of that specific white area but I couldn't get that to work (I'm probably doing something wrong). How could I quickly create a fill or a clip mask of that thin white area above? I would like the space of the image to be empty/transparent. I would appreciate any sort of help. Thank you!

These are my layers btw 

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Update: I was able to make the 2 selections (somehow..) but now can't seem to get the fill to work 😞