94 Baii(/s — On Some Birdx from Santa Marta, Colombia. 



Lafresnaya gayi Bourc and Muls. 



Fonr specimens, thrqe males and one female, from Macotama, San 

 Mignel, and Paramo de Ohiruqua. 



Rhamphomicron dorsale Salv. and Godm. 



Four specimens. An adult female and two adult males were taken at Pa- 

 ramo de Chirnqna, at the edge of the snow, on Mar. 25 and Feb. 25, 1S99, 

 at an altitude of 15,000 feet. A young male taken at La Cowcepcion, 

 Feb. 16, 1899, at 3,000 feet, is much like the adult female, having a green 

 back and spotted underparts ; its tail, however, is like that of the adult 

 male, exce^jt that the ends of the feathers are decidedly tipped with 

 white. 



Anthocephala floriceps (Gould). 



Nine specimens, from Pueblo Yiejo (8,000 feet), Santa Cruz, La Con- 

 cepcion, San Francisco, and Chirua. Four are adult males, two adult 

 females, and three young males. The female has already been described 

 by Messrs. Salvin and Godnian. Itdifiers from the male in lacking the 

 crown patch, the top of the head being dull coppery green, much like the 

 color of the rump. The tail is colored alike in both sexes ; that of the 

 female, however, has the central rectrices narrower. The whole tail is a 

 little shorter and smaller than in the adult male. The young male is 

 similar to the adult female. 



Mr. Brown was especially on the lookout for the local species of hum- 

 mers, none of which, except Mdallura dixtricta (desciibed below) and 

 Panychlora rnssntai seem to be easy to get. Before he started on his sec- 

 ond trip he carefully studied the plates and descriptions of O.cypogon cy- 

 andhvmus and Ccunpylopterus 2)hainopeplas, so as to know the birds at once, 

 but during nearlj^ three months of active collecting he never saw a living 

 example of either species. 



Metallura distiicta* sp. nov. 



Sixteen specimens from Pueblo Viejo (8,000 feet), La Concepcion, San 

 Miguel, Paramo de Macotama, Macotama and Paramo de Ohiruqua. 



'Jyi'c, from San Miguel, Colombia; altitude, 7,500 feet. No. 6223, 9 

 adult, coll. of E. A. and 0. Bangs. Collected Feb. 6, 1899, by W. W. 

 Brown, Jr. 



Specific characters. — Adult cf with much the general appearance of 31. 

 smarayd'nueolUs, except that the rectrices are wider; the color of tiie tail 

 is more auri(;ular purple, less truly violet ; under tail-coverts baffy ; adult 

 9 differing from 9 of M. .vnnraydinicollis in being paler on throat and 

 breast, and of a more uniform color, and in being very much less spotted 

 with green below. 



Color. — Adult cf : Upper surface dark, shining grass green ; wings dark 

 purplish brown ; bend of wing rufous ; under surface shining grass green, 



*Districtus, busy, occuiiied. 



