On Some Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. 139 



Icterus auricapillus Cassin. 

 9 specimens, f cf , 9 9- 



Icterus galbula (Linn.) 

 1 specimen, <j\ Winter resident. 



Chrysomitris mexicana (Sw.) 

 1 specimen, rf adult. Perfectly typical of this form. 



Chrysomitris columbiana (Lafr. ) 



1 specimen, tf adult. Perfectly typical of this form. 



Volatinia jacarini splendens (Vieill.) 



2 specimens, rf and 9 . 



Sycalis browni sp. nov. 



2 specimens, $ and 9 young. 



Type from Santa Marta, Colombia, No. 5359, J 1 adult, coll. of E. A. 

 and O. Bangs. Collected Feb. 2, 1898, by W. W. Brown, Jr. Altitude 

 5000 ft. 



Specific characters. — rf adult, size very small ; bill slender and small ; 

 much white on two outer pairs of tail feathers ; wings dusky, edged with 

 greenish yellow ; tail dusky, outer feather with the inner web white for 

 its terminal half, second feather with the inner web white for its terminal 

 third ; nape and interscapulum dull olive green with dusky markings on 

 shafts of feathers; crown patch shining chrome yellow; rump and upper 

 tail-<overts wax yellow ; under parts, from chin to under tail coverts, dull 

 gamboge yellow, slightly more olivaceous on flanks. 



Size. — rf adult, wing, 00.4 ; tail, 44 ; exposed culmen, 7.8. 



Remarks. — Mr. Brown took at an altitude of 5000 ft. the type of this 

 species, and at 3000 ft., Feb. 19, 1898, a young female in nestling plumage. 

 This new Sycalis, which I have named for Mr. Brown, is not closely re- 

 lated to any known species, its very small delicate bill, small size, the 

 great amount of white in its tail feathers, and its peculiar coloring dis- 

 tinguishing it from all others. 



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Cyanocompsa concreta sanctae-martae subsp. nov. 



5 specimens, d" d\ 9 • 



Type from Santa Marta, Colombia, No. 5301, tf adult, coll. of E. A. 

 and O. Bangs. Collected Feb. 2, 1898, by W. W. Brown, Jr. Altitude 

 3000 feet. 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to C. concreta cyanescens, but adult male 

 still more decidedly blue, the general color dull grayish blue (interme- 



31 — Biol. Sue. Wash., Vol. XII, 1898 



