320 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



U. S. of Colombia, between the sea-level and an altitude 

 of 8000 feet, on the Sierra Nevada, from May 4th, 1898, 

 to Sept. 7th, 1899. Mr. Jesup purchased this collection, 

 and presented it to the American Museum of Natural 

 History. Mr. Allen now gives us an account of it, inserting 

 in their places other species previously recorded from this 

 locality. 



The principal existing authorities on this attractive Avi- 

 fauna are Messrs. Salvin and Godman (Ibis, 1879-80), and 

 Mr. Bangs, several of whose papers we have lately noticed. 

 Mr. Allen's present list includes the names of 388 species, 

 of which the following 8 are described as new : — 



Odontophorus atrifrons. 

 Myinbius assimilis. 

 Oclitliceca jesupi. 

 olivacea. 



Attila pai'virostiis. 



rufipectus. 



Myiotherula sanctaj-iiiartfe. 

 Hylophilus bruimeus. 



On the general relation of the birds of Santa Marta 

 Mr. Allen writes as follow s : — 



" In respect to the faunal relationships of the Santa Marta 

 region, it may be said that while many wide-ranging species 

 common to a large part of tropical America are found here, 

 many of them are represented by geographical forms peculiar 

 to this region, while iu the higher parts of the Sierra Nevada 

 there occur many distinct species quite unlike their nearest 

 congeners found elsewhere, and belonging for the most part 

 to genera not found iu the adjoining low coast-region, but 

 which occur in the Cordilleras of other parts of northern 

 South America. Also it may be noted that many of the 

 species in the list which are abundant at the lower levels, 

 are not recorded from points above 5000 to 6000 feet. 



'^'It is further evident that the avifauna of the Bogota 

 region is very different from that of the Santa Marta district, 

 and also that the home of many ' Colombian ' species is to 

 be looked for elsewhere than in Eastern Colombia. Indeed, 

 a very different set of birds was met with by Wyatt in ' the 

 eastern Cordillera of the State of Santander,' in the Bucara- 

 manga district, midway between Santa Marta and Bogota." 



