On Some Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. 139 



Icterus auricapillus Cassin. 

 9 specimens, <j* J\ 9 $. 



Icterus galbula (Linn.) 

 1 specimen, <j\ Winter resident. 



Chrysomitris mexicana (Sw.) 

 1 specimen, $ adult. Perfectly typical of this form. 



Chrysomitris columbiana (Lafr.) 



1 specimen, $ adult. Perfectly typical of this form. 



Volatinia jacarini splendens (Vieill.) 



2 specimens, tf and $ . 



Sycalis browni sp. nov. 



2 specimens, $ and 9 young. 



Type from Santa Marta, Colombia, No. 5359, tf adult, coll. of E. A. 

 and O. Bangs. Collected Feb. 2, 1898, by W. W. Brown, Jr. Altitude 

 5000 ft. 



Specific characters. tf adult, size very small ; bill slender and small ; 

 much white on two outer pairs of tail feathers; wings dusky, edged with 

 greenish yellow ; tail dusky, outer feather with the inner web white for 

 its terminal half, second feather with the inner web white for its terminal 

 third ; nape and interscapulum dull olive green with dusky markings on 

 shafts of feathers; crown patch shining chrome yellow; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts wax yellow ; under parts, from chin to under tail coverts, dull 

 gamboge yellow, slightly more olivaceous on flanks. 



Size. cT adult, wing, 66.4; tail, 44; exposed culmen, 7.8. 



Remarks. Mr. Brown took at an altitude of 5000 ft. the type of this 

 species, and at 3000 ft., Feb. 19, 1898, a young female in nestling plumage. 

 This new Sycalis, which I have named for Mr. Brown, is not closely re 

 lated to any known species, its very small delicate bill, small size, the 

 great amount of white in its tail feathers, and its peculiar coloring dis 

 tinguishing it from all others. 



Cyanocompsa concreta sanctae-martae subsp. nov. 



5 specimens, c? d\ 9 



Type from Santa Marta, Colombia, No. 5361, J 1 adult, coll. of E. A. 

 and O. Bangs. Collected Feb. 2, 1898, by W. W. Brown, Jr. Altitude 

 3000 feet. 



Siibspecific characters. Similar to C. concreta cyanescens, but adult male 

 still more decidedly blue, the general color dull grayish blue (interme- 



31 BIOL. Soc. WASH., Vor,. XII, 1898 



