190 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



The present form was discriminated by Mr. Bangs after comparing 

 his Santa Marta specimens with four " Bogota " skins in the collection 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Unfortunately 

 only one of these four skins turned out to be adult, as shown upon re- 

 examination, so that it became desirable to make comparison with fresh 

 material. Thanks to the courtesy of the authorities of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, this has recently been made possible. It 

 appears that the Santa Marta bird is an easily recognized race of O. 

 linearis, differing from the typical form in its generally paler color 

 above and more uniform and more vinaceous-tinged under parts. In 

 infusca the whole pileum is paler than in linearis, being cinnamon 

 rather than walnut brown, and the occiput in particular is decidedly 

 paler gray; the purplish wash on the upper back is paler also; the lower 

 back and wings are more brownish, less reddish ; and the tail is paler. 

 The anterior under parts, which in fully adult linearis are more or less 

 washed with gray, are tinged with orange cinnamon in infusca. Inci- 

 dentally the fact is revealed that the character upon which Count Sal- 

 vadori relies to separate the Venezuelan bird is conspicuously incon- 

 stant. Venezuelan specimens (including several from the Merida 

 region) average a trifle more olivaceous on the lower back and wings 

 than those from the interior of Colombia, but the difference is too slight 

 to take into account. 



A young bird (No. 42,125, June 2) is barred with black both above 

 and below, except where the first winter plumage has come in, and the 

 general coloration is darker and duller. 



One of the species which is characteristic of the Subtropical Zone, 

 being found more or less commonly at all points on the San Lorenzo, 

 between 4,500 and 7,000 feet. It occurs also in the Sierra Nevada, 

 where it ranges somewhat lower, between 2,000 and 6,000 feet. It is 

 solitary in its habits, and usually stays on or near the ground, perching 

 on a low limb when disturbed. It is very shy, and must be hunted with 

 great caution, because as a rule if it sees the hunter first it is off like a 

 woodcock through the forest, and a successful shot on the wing is next 

 to impossible. 



112. Oreopeleia violacea albiventer (Lawrence). 



Oreopeleia violacea albiventer Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 

 1916, 484 (Cacagualito and Don Diego, in range; meas.). 



Two specimens : Cacagualito and Don Diego. 



