Todd-Carriker: Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 155 



for a hawk, according to the experience of the writer. Simons, how- 

 ever, says that it is " common in the forest, but hard to shoot, as it is 

 very wary and not easily seen among the foliage. In the throat of the 

 Santa- Marta specimen I found a large green lizard; they are also 

 very fond of snakes. In the stomach of the specimen from Minca I 

 found fourteen scorpions." 



Mr. Smith sent in two nests, each with one egg, collected at Bonda, 

 April 13 and 18. "The nests are rudely constructed of sticks, placed 

 in the fork of a branch, and are rather small for the size of the bird. 

 The two eggs vary greatly in color. The ground color is a rather 

 dull grayish white, specked and blotched with pale chocolate, sparsely 

 over the small end, more thickly about the middle, while the large end 

 in one is palely washed and mottled with chocolate over the greater 

 part of the surface; in the other, the large end is more heavily washed 

 with a much darker shade of chocolate and heavily streaked with lines 

 of dark umber. They measure 42.5 X 35 an d 42 X 34> the eggs being 

 oval." 



In addition to the localities above specified, this hawk was observed 

 at Arroya de Arenas, Badillo, and Valencia, in the valley southeast of 

 the Sierra Nevada, in July and August, 1920. 



47. Busarellus nigricollis (Latham). 



Busarellus nigricollis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 130 

 (Bonda). 



Additional records: Fundacion (Univ. Mich. Exp.). 



Five specimens: Bonda, Mamatoco, and Trojas de Cataca. 



Here, as elsewhere throughout its range, this hawk is partial to 

 swampy places or the vicinity of water. One was shot on the shore 

 of the Cienaga Grande, and another near a small marsh in a pasture. 

 Mr. Smith sent in five specimens, all from Bonda. 



48. Urubitornis solitarius (Tschudi). 



Geranoettts melanoleucus (not Spizaetns melanolcucus Vieillot) Allen, Bull. 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 130 (Agua Dulce). 



One specimen (exact locality unknown). 



Unfortunately the label of this specimen (sent in by Mr. Carriker) 

 has been lost and the exact locality and date of capture are unknown. 

 Together with the Agua Dulce bird received from Mr. Smith, it was 

 forwarded to Dr. Charles W. Richmond of the U. S. National Museum 



