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curve above, and is crossed by the road running east from Bonda to 

 Cacagualito; most of the birds so labelled by Mr. Smith were shot 

 near this road, about three and one-half miles east of Bonda. The 

 Matajira is bordered by open, dry forest; the average altitude is about 

 450 feet. 



Mcndiguaca. — A point on the north coast at the mouth of the 

 stream of the same name (spelled " Mindehuaca " on the label), from 

 which Mr. Smith sent in a specimen of Falco columbarius dated May 

 I, 1899. 



Minca. — (Misspelled " Minea " by Salvin and Godman.) An old, 

 now abandoned sugar-plantation, southeast of Santa Marta, and situ- 

 ated on the Rio Gaira (but not near its head, as erroneously given in 

 Dr. Allen's list). It has an altitude of 2,200 feet where the road 

 crosses the river. With the exception of a small area in the valley, 

 it is all heavily timbered, while nearly all of the land, originally 

 planted to sugar-cane or cleared for pasture, has grown up into tall, 

 thick second-growth woodland. The region is well within the humid 

 belt and has many species of birds from both the higher and. lower 

 levels of the Tropical Zone, forming as it does a kind of neutral belt 

 between the semi-arid coast and foothills district and the humid cordil- 

 leras. The first reference to this locality dates back to i860, when 

 Sclater recorded a specimen of Oryzoborus ccthiops as coming from 

 there, the collector of which is not named. Simons appears to have 

 spent three months, from January to March inclusive, 1879, at this 

 point, while Mr. Smith's party worked there at intervals from late in 

 May until early in August, 1899, and on a few other occasions. 

 Collections were made here by the junior author in August, 191 1, and 

 again from June 16 to 28, 1913. 



Naranjo. — A locality mentioned by Mr. Smith in connection with 

 several species, and most likely situated on the Rio Piedras, below its 

 junction with the Jordan, this being the only place by that name in 

 this region known to the writer. The altitude is given as 500 feet. 



Ncguangc (or Ncnguangc). — A locality on the north coast, not far 

 from Playa Brava, in a region of low, open forest. The name ap- 

 pears on a few of Mr. Smith's labels under various dates. 



Onaca. — A coffee-plantation on the northwest slope of La Horqueta, 

 at an altitude of only 2,000 to 2,500 feet, worked by Mr. Smith's 

 party in November and December, 1898, and January, 1899, also 



