102 Bangs — On Some Birds Jruin Santa Maria, Colombia. 



Remarks. — I have carefnllj^ examined Lafresnaye's type of Mendaxis 

 annlis, which is in fairly good condition. It is a very different bird from 

 tliat taken by Mr. Brown in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; is niucli 

 larger and has a very much longer tail. The colors are also different, but 

 as the specimen appears to be now somewhat faded by exposure to light, 

 it might only make confusion to mention these differences. It measures — 

 wing, 66; tail, 6.3.2; tarsus, 28. 



In the National Museum I examined specimens from Bogota of still 

 another form, which is probably S. micropterns (Scl.). This differs from 

 S. latebrtcola in being much darker throughout, the back blacker, the 

 underparts not nearly so gray, and the reddish brown of the flanks and 

 rump darker. 



Sycalis broTvni Bangs. 



Two specimens, one adult (female?), the other a young male, from 

 Palomina and La Concepcion. 



When identifying the specimens of this bird which Mr. Brown took 

 near Santa Marta, Mr. Kidgway and I were misled by Dr. Sharpe's rather 

 strange treatment of Sycalis citrina, which is placed in the fai'- removed 

 genus Pseudochloris. Consequently we overlooked that species. 



There is little doubt that the birds recorded in the ' British Museum 

 Catalogue' from Colombia are the same as my S. brovni. It is probable, 

 however, that S. broivni will prove subspecifically different from S. citrina 

 Pelzeln, the latter being based on birds from southern Brazil. It would 

 in fact be very strange if birds of this sort from localities so far apart as 

 southern Brazil and northern Colombia should not prove different. In 

 the lack of Brazilian specimens for actual comparison, I am forced to 

 leave the question in this unsatisfactory condition. 



Oryzoborus funereus Scl. 



Five specimens from Chirua and La Concepcion. 



Catamenia sp. ? 



One female from Paramo de Chiniqna, 15,000 feet, Feb. 27, 1899. 

 With but one female I am unable to identify the species positively. 

 It may prove to be undescribed or may possibly be C. analoides. 



Haplospiza nivaria * sp. nov. 



Thirteen specimens from Paramo de Chiruqua, 15,000 feet, Feb. and 

 Mar. 1899. 



Type, from Paramo de Chiruqua, Colombia; altitude, 15,000 feet. No. 

 6238, (^ adult, coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs. Collected Mar. 25, 1899, 

 by W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Specific characters. — Much larger than H. iinicolor ; (^ purer gray, less 

 olivaceous; back more streaked; bill relatively smaller. The feathers 



* Nivarius, (^f or l)clonging to snow. 



