224 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



feet, it is ordinarily not found above 1,000 feet. It was one of the 

 first species from this region to be described as new, the type being a 

 specimen received from Verreaux, which came into Sclater's hands 

 and was given a distinctive name in 1853. All the collectors who have 

 worked in this region have met with it here, and good series of speci- 

 mens are extant. According to the experience of the writer it fre- 

 quents the forest and heavier woodland, especially where there is 

 plenty of undergrowth, keeping near the ground. The birds are al- 

 ways found in pairs, and are very tame ; they feed on the ground a 

 good deal, digging into the earth for worms, etc. The nest is made in 

 a hole dug in the bank along a stream, but the writer has not seen the 

 eggs. 



Family ALCEDINID^E. Kingfishers. 



161. Chloroceryle aenea aenea (Pallas). 



Ceryle ccnea ccnea Carriker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VI, 191 o, 493 (Santa Marta 

 [region]). 



Five specimens : Don Diego, Punto Caiman, Trojas de Cataca, and 

 Dibulla. 



These appear to have the abdominal white patch more restricted, 

 and the white spots on the inner webs of the rectrices larger, than in 

 two males from French Guiana, but whether a series from the latter 

 locality would bear out these differences is an open question, 



A species which is strictly confined to the Tropical Zone lowlands, 

 and is fairly common along the innumerable waterways around the 

 Cienaga Grande, but always in the mangroves. One was taken at 

 Don Diego and another at Dibulla, both in the heavy forest along small 

 creeks. 



162. Chloroceryle inda (Linnaeus). 



Ceryle inda Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXI, 1905, 276 (Don Diego). 



Two specimens : Buritaca and Don Diego. 



Apparently the rarest of the family in this region. Mr. Smith is the 

 only collector who has met with it, securing only three specimens in 

 all, two at Don Diego, May 3, 1899, and one at Buritaca, September 

 18, 1899. All of these are females, not distinguishable from a series 

 from Panama and Dutch and French Guiana. 



