358 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



amples of both sexes in which this feather is of normal shape and 

 size, while there are several females with the attenuation well de- 

 veloped. 



The normal range of this bird, at least on the San Lorenzo, seems 

 to be between 4,000 and 6,000 feet, so that it was a cause for surprise 

 to find a few at Don Diego, at sea-level. It was noted also at several 

 points in the Sierra Nevada, although no specimens were taken. It is 

 strictly confined to the heavy forest in its local habitat, keeping low 

 down among the undergrowth and small trees. 



315. Pipromorpha oleaginea parca (Bangs). 



Mionectes oleagineus (not Muscicapa oleaginea Lichtenstein) Bangs, Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 136 ("Santa Marta"). — Allen, Bull. 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 149 (Bonda, Minca, and Cacagualito). 

 Pipromorpha oleaginea parca Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 

 1907, 457 (Santa Marta localities and references; meas. ; crit.). — Chap- 

 man, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVI, 1917, 449 ("Santa Marta"; 

 cr it.). — Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XXXIV, 1921, 186 (Santa 

 Marta references and localities). 



Twenty-seven specimens: Bonda, Buritaca, Mamatoco, La Tigrera, 

 Las Vegas, Minca, and Don Diego. 



Pipromorpha oleaginea parca may readily be distinguished from the 

 typical form by the decidedly ochraceous buffy wash on the wings and 

 upper tail-coverts. The upper parts in general are paler green; the 

 tail is lighter brown, and the under parts paler ochraceous. Described 

 originally from Panama, its range is now known to include the lower 

 valleys of the Magdalena and Cauca Rivers in Colombia, as well as the 

 Santa Marta region. 



This species inhabits the humid lowlands and the foothills of the 

 more arid portion back of Santa Marta. It is strictly a Tropical Zone 

 form, and between 2,500 and 3,000 feet is merely a straggler. It was 

 abundant in the heavy forest at Don Diego, on the north coast. It 

 shuns the open woodland, preferring shady ravines near small rivulets, 

 and keeping low down. 



316. Myiozetetes similis columbianus Cabanis and Heine. 

 Mviosetetes texensis columbianus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 



1898, 136 ("Santa Marta"), 176 (Palomina). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., XIII, 1900, 146 (Bonda, Minca, Santa Marta, and Cacagualito). — 

 Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 1907, 449 (Santa Marta local- 

 ities and references). 



