Todd-Carriker: Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 329 



capa rufa of Boddaert, 1783, which has page priority over Pipra cinerea 

 of the same author, pertains to the female of the species which in later 

 literature has passed under the name Pachyrhamphus cvnereus, neces- 

 sitating a shift in the nomenclature. Santa Marta birds are prac- 

 tically indistinguishable from typical Cayenne specimens, but there is 

 considerable variation in the extent and intensity of the buffy rufous 

 shading of the under parts in the female. 



This species was not uncommon at Fundacion and Tucurinca, as 

 birds of this family go, seeming to prefer scattered trees and tall 

 shrubbery to the deeper forest. Only one specimen was taken at Don 

 Diego and one at Loma Larga, and none at all in the vicinity of Santa 

 Marta. 



279. Attila parvirostris Allen. 



Attila parvirostris Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 121, 153 

 (Minca [type-locality] and Valparaiso; orig. descr. ; type in coll. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist.). — Sharpe, Hand-List Birds, III, 1901, 168 (ref. orig. descr.; 

 range). — Dubois, Syn. Avium, II, 1903, 1074 ("Santa Marta," in range; 

 ref. orig. descr.). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 1907, 803 

 (diag. ; range; ref. orig. descr.). — Brabourne and Chubb, Birds S. Am., 

 I, 1912, 318 (ref. orig. descr.; range). 



Nine specimens: Minca, Agua Dulce, Don Diego, and Trojas de 

 Cataca. 



Scarcely any two of this series are alike, but the range of variation 

 in this species, although great, is paralleled in other species of the 

 genus. The type of the species, which has been examined in this 

 connection, has rather more greenish suffusion on the breast and sides 

 than any of the above, but it is certainly a mistake to describe the 

 species as "olivaceous" below. In the majority of the specimens the 

 lower throat and breast are more or less strongly washed with orange 

 citrine, but in one specimen (No. 42,208, Minca, June 16) these parts 

 are flammulated with buffy citrine, dusky, and white. Two other 

 specimens from Minca (June 16 and 21) are apparently young birds, 

 having very little buffy suffusion on the breast, white predominating. 

 They agree with the adults from the same locality, however, in the 

 color of the tail, which is antique brown, while in the Don Diego and 

 Trojas de Cataca skins the color is Brussels brown or raw umber 

 The latter were taken in October and January, whereas the Minca 

 specimens were all shot in June. Dr. Allen in describing this species 



