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the hindneck, rusty buff, enclosing a crown-patch of rich chocolate; 

 forehead, lores, chin, and sides of head sooty black; throat washed 

 with sooty; sides of the head densely feathered. 



In the adult the iris is " carmine; feet bright salmon red; bill black; 

 bare skin of sides of head bright cobalt blue." The series includes 

 several young birds (July 13-21), distinguished by their smaller size, 

 duller colors, and incompletely feathered throats. 



This species is characteristic of the Subtropical Zone of this region, 

 to which it is confined, being largely abundant on the San Lorenzo 

 as well as in the Sierra Nevada between 5,500 and 9,000 feet, wher- 

 ever forest is present. Curiously enough, Mr. Brown failed to meet 

 with it, while Mr. Smith's collectors secured a good series. Unlike the 

 species of Penelope, it feeds .much on the ground, from which it is 

 more apt to be flushed than from the trees. It has a peculiar rattling, 

 clucking call-note, very different from that of Penelope. When dis- 

 turbed it more often endeavors to escape by concealment than by flight. 



72. Ortalis garrula (Humboldt). 



Ortalida garrula Gray, List Spec. Birds Brit. Mus.,. V, 1867, 12 ("New 



Granada-"). — 'Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, " 1870," 1871, 



539 (" Santa Marta "). 

 Ortalis garrula Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.. XXII, 1893, 515 (" Santa 



Marta"). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 126 (Bonda). 



Additional records: Donjaca (Carriker). 



Eight specimens: Mamatoco, Fundacion, and Trojas de Cataca. 



Considerable variation is shown in this series, some specimens being 

 more rufescent, others more grayish, in general coloration. Novem- 

 ber birds are not so purely white below. 



A species characteristic of the littoral Tropical Zone, fairly com- 

 mon in the lowlands from Santa Marta southward along the coast to 

 the Cienaga Grande, going inland as far at least as Fundacion. It is 

 clearly a form of the lower Magdalena basin, as indicated by the avail- 

 able extralimital records. Invariably it keeps to the thickest and most 

 impenetrable cover, preferring open woodland where there is a dense 

 undergrowth of scrub and vines. It is very hard to shoot on account 

 of its shyness and the character of its haunts. 



Three eggs sent in by Mr. Smith are labelled Bonda, April 12. 

 They are pale creamy white in color, the shell with a conspicuous 

 granular texture, and average 60 X 4° mm - 



