98 Bangs — Oa Some Birds from Santa Marta, Colomhia. 



belt has been prett}' thorouj^hl y worked by Mr. Brown at many diflferent 

 points, and I feel sure he would have taken Myiopatis if it occurred there. 



Tyranniscus nigricapillus (Lafr.). 



Two females, one from La Concepcion INlar. 11, 1899, tlie other from 

 ChiruaFeb. 13, 1899. 



Nuttallornis borealis (Swains.). 

 One female from La Concepcion Mar. 8, 1899. 



Pipreola aureipectus decora* subsp. nov. 



Two specimens, male and female, from Chirna. 



Type, from Chirua,Colombia; altitude, 7,000 feet. No. 6173, r? adult, coll. 

 of E. A. and O. Bangs. Collected Feb. 12. 1899, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Subspeci fie characters. — Much smaller than true P. atireipectnx, with much 

 shorter tail. Similar in color and markings to true P. aureipectus, except 

 that the (^ has a broad band of yellow on each side, extending from the 

 yellow throat across side of neck behind auriculars ; in the $ this band 

 shows as a row of yellow spots. 



Measurements.— Type, adult c^: Wing, 88 ; tail, 64; tarsus, 23 ; exposed 

 culinen, 12. Adult 9, to]iotype No. 6147: Wing, 84; tail 64; tarsus, 

 21.4; exposed cuhnen, 11.8. 



Remarks. — I have examined Lafresnaye's types, consisting of three 

 specimens, two males and one female, in splendid condition. They are, 

 all three, nnich larger than the Chirua bird, their wing measurements 

 being as follows: No. 2166,* c? adult, 92; No. 2167,* J^ adult, 94; No. 

 2168, t $ adult, 92. The tail and tarsus also give larger measurements. 

 In the two Lafresnaye males there are a few concealed yellow spots on 

 the sides of the neck, where in the new form there is a broad yellow 

 band. In the female there is no trace of yellow spots on the sides of the 

 neck. Otherwise the colors and markings are about the same in /'. aurei- 

 pectus decora and in true P. aureipectus. 



Heliochera rubrocristata (D'Orb. and Lafr.). 



Ten specimens, all from Paramo de Chiruqua and Paramo de IMaco- 

 tama, at altitudes ranging from 11,000 to 15,000 feet. 



Cinclodes fuscus albidiventris (Scl.). 



Two males from Paramo de Chiruqua, 15,000 feet. The.se two speci- 

 mens, without doubt, belong to the form called alhidirentris by Sclater, 

 which is a valid subspecies, quite diiferent in color from the more south- 



*Decorus, adorned, ornamented. 



t Specimens in Lafresnaye collection in Boston Society of Natural 

 History. 



