106 Bangs — On Some Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. 



larger on the other feathers; tail brownish black; cheeks dark slate; 

 throat white ; breast, belly, and nnder tail-coverts dark slate, irregnlarly 

 mottled and varied with white. (In the type there is but little white, 

 mostly concealed, on under parts ; in a topotype there is i-ather more ; in 

 the specimen from Paramo de Chiruqua the center of breast and belly is 

 considerably mottled with white). Flanks and sides brownish slate; ' fi'ont 

 of tarsus light blue, behind dusky ; iris hazel; ' * bill black. 



Measurements. — Type, adult (J': Wing, 88; tail, 47 ; tarsus, o0.6; ex- 

 posed culmen, 12. Adult 9, No. 6050, from Paramo de Chiruqua: Wing, 

 82; tail, 44; tarsus, 29.4; exposed culmen, 12. 



Troglodytes monticola f sp. nov. 



Five specimens, adult male and female, and three young, from Paramo 

 de Chiruqua and Paramo de Macotama, from 11,000 to 15,000 feet. 



Type i\'o\w Paramo de Chiruqua, Colombia; altitude, 15,000 feet. No. 

 6066, 9 adult, coll. of E. A. and 0. Bangs. Collected Mar. 25, 1899, by 

 W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Specific characters. — With a distinct superciliary streak as in T. brunnei- 

 coUis of southern Mexico and 2'. rufociluitus of Guatemala. Larger than 

 either of these and differing much in color and markings. 



Color. — Adult 9 , type, in fresh plumage : Pileum and cervix rich russet > 

 back, rump, upjier tail-coverts, scapulars, tertials, and wing-coverts rus- 

 set, finely, but strongly, barred with dusky; primaries and secondaries 

 dusky, with dull yellowish-white notches along outer webs; tail dusky, 

 with irregular, wavy cross-bars (often broken) of dull grayish brown ; 

 conspicuous superciHary streak tawny-ochraceous; auriculars tawny, just 

 behind eye darker, almost dusky ; throat and jugulum ending in an even 

 line, dull tawny-ochraceous; breast, in the middle pinkish buff, toward 

 sides buff with dusky cross-bars; belly soiled white, with dusky cross- 

 bars; flanks and sides dull buff, with broad dusky cross-bars; under tail- 

 coverts white, with dusky cross-bars. 



An adult (^, No. 6017, from Paramo de Macotama,Mar. 11, 1899, is similar, 

 but is in worn plumage, the feathers being considerably abraded. The 

 color above is richer, bordering on hazel, and the cross bars on back are 

 less distinct; below it is more deeply colored, and the differences in shade 

 between throat, breast, and belly are less evident. All these differences 

 are probably due to wearing of the feathers. 



The young differ from adults in being less barred above and in having 

 the under parts Isabella color — a little darker on sides — freckled with 

 dusky. The new feathers appearing on the throat are like those of the 

 adult. 



Measurements. — Type, adult $ : Wing, 54 ; tail, 39.4 ; tarsus, 21 ; ex- 

 posed culmen, 11.8. Adult J*, No. 6067: Wing, 54; tail, 39.6; tarsus, 

 22; exposed culmen, 12. 2. J 



* Noted by Mr. Brown from a fresh specimen — the type, 

 t Monticola, a mountaineer, dweller in the mountains. 

 J The wings and tail of the male are somewhat worn, and therefore 

 these measurements are a little too short. 



