Vol. XII, pp. 157-160 August 10. 1898 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



ON SOME BIRDS FROM PUEBLO VIEJO, COLOMBIA. 



BY OUTRAM BANGS. 



Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., has just sent to the Bangs collection 

 the results of about two weeks' collecting at the village of Pueblo 

 Viejo, in the high Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. 

 The number of birds obtained was rather small, as his time was 

 principally occupied in collecting mammals, which were found 

 in much greater numbers than at the lower altitudes previously 

 worked. All the birds here recorded, with the exception of one 

 Hemiprocne zonaris, were taken at Pueblo Viejo, at about 8000 

 feet altitude, in the latter part of March, 1898. 



I am deeply indebted to Dr. Chas. W. Richmond, of the 

 United States National Museum, for his great kindness in look- 

 ing over the birds and comparing them with skins in the Na- 

 tional Museum collection. Indeed, without his valuable assist- 

 ance I should have been unable to identify many of the species. 



(Note. — All measurements are in millimeters.) 



Porzana albigularis (Lawr.). 

 One adult, unsexed, taken Mar. 28, 1898. 



Geotrygon linearis (Pre v. & Knip). 

 One adult male, Mar. 28, 1898. 



Syrnium virgatum Cassin. 



One female, just emerging from immature plumage, Mar. 21, 1898. 



Ramphastos brevicarinatus Gould. 

 ( )ne specimen. 



:i4— Bioi,. Soc. Wash., Vol. XII, 1898 (157) 



