On Some Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. L33 



Pionus sordidus (Linn.) 



•_' specimens. -', 9- At an altitude of 5000 ft. Mr. Brown took, Feb. 

 12 and 13, 1898, a pair of this rare parrot, known before only from Vene- 

 zuela. These birds agree exactly in measurements, color of bill and gen- 

 eral coloration with the descriptions of P. sordidus. An actual comparison 

 of specimens, however, might well show the Santa Marta examples to 

 represent a different race. 



Crotophaga sulcirostris Sw. 



2 specimens, (f c?. 



Piaya cayana mehleri (Bonap.) 



7 specimens, r? d\ 9 ?• 



Momotus subrufescens Scl. 



23 specimens, c? (J 1 , 9 9- Topotypes. 



Ceryle torquata (Linn.) 

 2 specimens, 9 9- 



Ceryle amazona (Lath.) 



1 specimen, 9- 



Ceryle americana (Gmel.) 



2 specimens, 9 9- 



Bucco iuficollis (Waul. ) 



8 specimens, ^J 1 J, ? $. 



Malacoptila mystacalis (Lafr.) 

 2 specimens, <j\ 9- 



Galbula ruficauda pallens subsp. nov. 



17 specimens, cf cT, 9 9- 



Type from Santa Marta, Colombia, No. 5073, coll. of E. A. and O. 

 Bangs, tf adult. Collected Dec. 27, 1897, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Subspecifie cliaraeters. — Size of true G. ruficauda; bill longer; sexes very 

 different, the female being much paler below than the male ; colors above 

 about as in true G. ruficauda ; below, in cj\ throat white, slightly washed 

 with pale orange rufous; belly and sides, back of green pectoral band, 

 orange rufous ; in $, throat white, extensively washed with orange buff; 

 belly and sides, back of green pectoral band, orange buff 



Size. — 5\ wing, 85.6; tail, 122; exposed culmen, 56. 9, wing, 84; tail, 

 111 ; exposed culmen, 58. 



Remarks. — There is but a very slight individual variation in size, length 



