140 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



of wild plantains in the middle of the marsh. On the occasion of the 

 writer's first visit to Fundacion, in August, 1913, only a few pairs were 

 found, with one nest under construction, but in October of 191 5 the 

 colony had increased to at least twenty pairs. Numerous nests were 

 found, some with newly hatched young, others with young nearly fully 

 fledged or about ready to fly. Five nests with eggs were found : one 

 with one egg, one with two, two with three, and one with six. The 

 nest is a rude platform of sticks, nearly flat, and very small for the 

 size of the bird, not exceeding twelve or fourteen inches in diameter. 

 The eggs are light greenish blue, like those of a heron. 



Family CICONIID^. Storks. 



20. Mycteria americana (Linnaeus). 



Two specimens : Cacagualito and Fundacion. 



A single immature Wood Ibis was shot in the forest on the banks 

 of the river above the town of Fundacion, August 15, 1913. Two 

 others were seen in a tract of woodland near the marsh, but could not 

 be secured. The Cacagualito specimen forwarded by Mr. Smith was 

 collected in May, 1898. 



Family ANATID^. Ducks, Geese, Swans. 



Merganetta colombiana Des Murs. 



Merganetta Columbiana Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXVII, 1895, 462 



(" Santa Marta "). 



There is an alleged Santa Marta specimen of this duck in the Salvin-Godman 

 collection, now in the British Museum, as above recorded. Dr. Chapman 

 speaks of the species as not uncommon in the Subtropical Zone of the Central 

 Andes, and it may very well be that its range includes the Santa Marta region 

 also, but pending the receipt of more definite information we think it wise to 

 keep the species on the hypothetical list. 



21. Dendrocygna. discolor Sclater and Salvin. 



Dendrocygna autumnalis (not Anas autumnalis Linnccus) Schlegel, Mus. 



Pays-Bas, VI, 1866, 92 ("Santa Marta"). 

 Dendrocygna discolor Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, 



375 (" Santa Marta "). 



Four specimens : Fundacion and Tierra Nueva. 

 The relationship of this form with D. autumnalis is so close as to 

 have induced some authors to consider them conspecific. Our speci- 



