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Simons secured an adult male on May 12, 1878, at Manaure, in the foot- 

 hills of the Eastern Andes, at an altitude of 2,700 feet. No recent col- 

 lector has met with the bird in the Santa Marta region proper. The record 

 is referred to this form on geographical grounds (compare Chapman. Bul- 

 letin American Museum of Natural History, XXXVI, 1917, 329), although 

 Mr. Ridgway, on page 336 of his great work, has inadvertently placed it 

 under R. piscivorus brevicarinatus. 



175. Ramphastos piscivorus brevicarinatus Gould. 



Rhamphastos carinatus (not of Swainson) Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1879, 

 206 (Manaure; range); 1880, 175 (Minca). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., XIII. 1900. 133 (Salvin and Godman's reference; crit.). 



Rhamphastos brevicarinatus Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIX, 1891, 126 

 (Manaure; crit.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1896, 

 553 (Manaure, in range). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 

 134 (Santa Marta). 157 (Pueblo Viejo). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., XIII, 1900, 133 (Bonda and Cacagualito). 



Ramphastos piscivorus brevicarinatus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 

 50, VI, 1914, 334 (Santa Marta localities and references; meas.). 



Additional records: La Concepcion (Brown). 



Eighteen specimens: Bonda, Cincinnati, Minca, La Tigrera, Funda- 

 cion, Don Diego, and Las Vegas. 



Not different from Costa Rican examples. 



This handsome large toucan is found in all parts of the Tropical 

 Zone, from sea-level up to about 5,000 feet, wherever the forest is suf- 

 ficiently dense. In the drier portion of the lowlands it keeps to the 

 woodland along the narrow valleys of the various streams. It is 

 rather shy, and not so abundant as some of the other species of this 

 family, probably for the reason that it is hunted a great deal for food 

 by the natives. It has a loud, rather mournful call-note, usually heard 

 in the evening or early morning. 



A set of two eggs, taken from a " nest in a large hollow tree," are 

 in the Smith collection, labeled Bonda, May 12. They are soiled white 

 in color, and measure 35 X 2 7-5- which seems small for the size of 

 the bird. 



Family PICID/E. Woodpeckers. 



176. Picumnus cinnamomeus cinnamomeus Wagler. 



Picumnus cinnamomeus Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., Ill, iii and iv. 1868, 27 

 ("Santa Marta"). — Hargitt. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, 527 

 ("Santa Marta" and Valle de Upar ; descr. ; references). — Allen, Bull. 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.. XIII, 1900, 137 (Bonda). 



