Todd-Carriker : Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 271 



however, being very common. Passing a couple of days in San Jose 

 in August, I found they had disappeared.' " 



218. Anthoscenus longirostris longirostris (Vieillot). 



Floricola longirostris Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 135 



("Santa Marta"). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 139 



(Bonda and Cacagualito). 

 Anthoscenus longirostris steivartce Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



XXXYI, 1917, 311 ("Santa Marta"; crit.). — Simon, Cat. Fam. Trochil- 



idse, 1921, 392 (" Santa Marta," in range). 



One specimen : Dibulla. 



This specimen, an adult male, differs from Venezuelan and Costa 

 Rican skins in the rich coppery bronze color of the upper tail-coverts, 

 the middle rectrices also being strongly tinged with this color, while 

 the lateral rectrices are not green at the base, as is usual. The coppery 

 bronze of the nape is also more intense. These characters are all 

 probably attributable to high plumage. 



A single specimen was taken at Dibulla, feeding about the blossoms 

 of the shade-trees in the cacao plantation. Mr. Smith took only four 

 specimens in all, at Bonda and Cacagualito, while Mr. Brown secured 

 but one, which is labelled as having been collected at an altitude of 

 6,000 feet above Santa Marta. Probably there is some mistake about 

 this, as the species is not known to range as a rule beyond the lowlands 

 of the Tropical Zone. 



219. Threnetes ruckeri (?) subsp. 

 One specimen : Don Diego. 



This example agrees with two others from the State of Santander, 

 Colombia, in the pale coloration of the under surface in general, with 

 the cinnamon area more restricted, and in the greener, less bronzy up- 

 per parts, as compared with Costa Rican specimens. The Colombian 

 birds are clearly entitled to subspecific recognition, but the matter of 

 naming them is complicated by the uncertainty regarding the proper 

 application of the name ruckeri. We agree with Mr. Hellmayr {Pro- 

 ceedings Zoological Soticty of London, 191 1, 1177, note) that Bour- 

 cier's description can scarcely apply to the species at present known 

 under this name. Furthermore, Panama birds differ somewhat from 

 those from Costa Rica, so that until we know more about the char- 

 acters of the type-specimen of ruckeri it would be unsafe to make any 

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