On Some Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. 133 



Fionas sordidus (Linn.) 



2 specimens, J\ 9- At an altitude of 5000 ft. Mr. Brown took, Feb. 

 12 and 13, 1898, a pair of this rare parrot, known before only from Vene 

 zuela. These birds agree exactly in measurements, color of bill and gen 

 eral coloration with the descriptions of P. sordidus. An actual comparison 

 of specimens, however, might well show the Santa Marta examples to 

 represent a different race. 



Crotophaga sulcirostris Sw. 

 2 specimens, $ d\ 



Piaya cayana mehleri (Bonap.) 



7 specimens, $ tf, 9 9 



Momotus subrufescens Scl. 

 23 specimens, cf d* ? 9- Topotypes. 



Ceryle torquata (Linn.) 



2 specimens, 9 9 . 



Ceryle amazona (Lath.) 



1 specimen, 9- 



Ceryle americana (Gmel.) 



2 specimens, 9 9- 



Bucco ruficollis (Wagl.) 



8 specimens, c? cf> 9 9- 



Malacoptila mystacalis (Lafr.) 

 2 specimens, cf , 9- 



Galbula ruficauda pallens subsp. nov. 



17 specimens, cT cT, 9 ? 



2Vpc from Santa Marta, Colombia, No. 5073, coll. of E. A. and O. 

 Bangs. cT adult. Collected Dec. 27, 1897, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Subspecific characters. Size of true G. ruficauda; bill longer; sexes very 

 different, the female being much paler below than the male ; colors above 

 about as in true G. ruficauda; below, in ^, throat white, slightly washed 

 with pale orange rufous; belly and sides, back of green pectoral band, 

 orange rufous ; in 9 > throat white, extensively washed with orange buff; 

 belly and sides, back of green pectoral band, orange buff. 



Size. (j\ wing, 85.6 ; tail, 122 ; exposed culmen, 56. 9 > wni gj 84 ; tail, 

 111 ; exposed culmen, 58. 



Remarks. There is but a very slight individual variation in size, length 



