164 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



62. Ibycter americanus (Boddaert). 

 One specimen : Tucurinca. 



A single specimen of this hawk, heretofore unrecorded from the 

 Santa Marta region, was taken at Tucurinca, September 17, 191 5, in 

 the dense forest of the alluvial plain. Others were heard here but not 

 secured. Evidently the bird is confined in this region to the swampy 

 forest of the Tropical Zone contiguous to the Cienaga Grande and the 

 Magdalena River. 



Family PANDIONID^. Ospreys. 



63. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmelin). 



One specimen : Bonda. 



The date is October 17, 1899. Whether the species is resident all 

 the year round or merely a winter visitor from farther north does not 

 appear. 



Family TINAMID^. Tinamous. 



64. Tinamus major ruficeps Sclater and Salvin. 



Tinamus ruficeps Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 124 (Cacagua- 



lito). 

 Tinamus major ruficeps Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVI. 1917, 



187 ("Santa Marta"; crit.). 



Six specimens : Valparaiso, La Tigrera, Las Vegas, and Pueblo 

 Viejo. 



Unquestionably this form is very close to T. major major of French 

 Guiana, of which we have one topotypical specimen. The present 

 series is quite uniform, and is barely separable from another from 

 eastern Venezuela, with which latter our French Guiana example 

 agrees. T. major castaneiceps, the range of which it touches on the 

 west, is very different, however. For a further discussion of the 

 various races of this group Dr. Chapman's paper, above cited, should 

 be consulted. 



This, the largest tinamou of the region, is found throughout the 

 Tropical Zone, ranging from sea-level up to 5,000 feet. It is seem- 

 ingly as much at home in one place as another, provided heavy forest 

 is present. It is strictly a ground bird, feeding and spending most of 

 its time on the ground, but probably roosting in trees, as it would 

 scarcely survive long if it were to spend the night on or near the 

 ground. It is a very shy bird, flushing suddenly and darting off 



