Aug. 1922. Game Birds — Osgood & Conover. 23 



is a very extensive shallow lagoon or cienega filled with water plants 

 and bordered by rushes and mangroves. The surrounding country is 

 arid or semi-arid. Sea level. 



Lagunillas, Merida. A village on the Rio Chama about 20 miles 

 west of Merida. A small lagoon nearby furnishes a habitat for water 

 birds. Conditions are arid and tropical. Specimens from this locality 

 have been sent to various museums by Briceno Gabaldon and Sons. 

 Elevation 3200 ft. 



Merida. The city of Merida is situated on a mesa between the 

 Rio Chama and one of its smaller tributaries, the Rio Albaregas, In 

 the river valleys conditions are tropical or subtropical, but mountains 

 rise abruptly on either side and temperate forests are accessible within 

 a few hours travel. Elevation 4960 ft. 



Rio Mucujon, March 20-29, 1920. A small stream rising in the 

 Culata or northern Sierra and emptying into the Rio Chama just 

 above the city of Merida. Collections were made principally in a tem- 

 perate zone forest at about 9000 ft. altitude on the side of the Paramo 

 San Antonio. Excursions upward were made to an elevation of 

 12300 ft. 



Orope, March 1^13, ipo8. A station near the Rio Zulia about 35 

 miles south of Encontrados. It is in the heart of the humid tropical 

 forest where its conditions are developed to the highest degree. Visited 

 by Dr. Dearborn in 1908. 



Paramo de Tama, February lo-March 6, ipio. A mountain mass at 

 the head of the Tachira River on the boundary between Colombia and 

 Venezuela. It supports a magnificent temperate zone forest, but al- 

 though the summit of the prinfcipal peak is without timber, a paramo 

 fauna finds but precarious foothold. Collections are mostly from an 

 altitude of about 8000 ft. 



Paramo Tamhor, April 14-19, 1920. A mountain near the western 

 end of the Culata or northern Sierra. It lies nearly west of Merida 

 and just northwest of the village of Jaji. Collections are from its 

 northeastern slopes near the headwaters of a western branch of the 

 Rio Guachi at a hacienda known as La Carbonera. Temperate forest 

 and open cleared meadows prevail. Altitude 7000 ft. 



Colon, Tachira, November 6-24, 1913. A village, more fully called 

 San Juan de Colon, in the subtropical region overlooking the Mara- 

 caibo plain. Altitude 2300 ft. Collections were made here by M. P. 

 Anderson in 191 3. 



