Todd-Carriker: Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 379 



" The eggs, usually two or three to the set, have the ground-color 

 creamy white, with a few small scattered, roundish spots of dark 

 chocolate, varying from reddish-brown to blackish-brown, clustered 

 mostly about the larger end. The eggs are rather pointed ovate, and 

 measure in the average about 14 X 7-5" 



In connection with a nest of this species received by the Carnegie 

 Museum Mr. Smith sends the following interesting note : " After my 

 collections were sent I found that this bird generally if not always 

 makes its nest within a foot or two of the nest of a small yellow wasp. 

 I had not noticed this before, as I was not personally working on the 

 nest collection near Bonda, but I have now verified the fact in a 

 number of cases, and it is well known to the hunters. The wasp, a 

 common species of the dry forest region, appears to fly at night as 

 well as during the day ; at any rate, it is sometimes attracted by lights 

 and I have often seen it when out 'mothing' at night. If this is the 

 case the vicinity of the wasp's nest must be a decided protection against 

 the nocturnal opossum rats. As far as I have observed the bird builds 

 on a twig farther out on a branch which holds the wasps' nest, and 

 consequently a small animal to reach the bird's nest would have to pass 

 directly over that of the wasps. The wasps do not appear to be in 

 any way dependent on the birds, as their nests are often found alone." 



340. Craspedoprion aequinoctialis flavus Chapman. 



Rhynchocyclus aquinoctialis (not Cyclorhynchus irquinoctialis Sclater) Allen, 



Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 146' (Onaca). 

 Craspedoprion <rquinoctialis Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 



1907. 387 (Onaca, in range). 

 Craspedoprion irquinoctialis flavus Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



XXXIII, 1914, 175 (Onaca; orig. descr. ; type in coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.). 



— Apolixar Maria. Bol. Soc. Cien. Nat. Inst. La Salle, II, 19 14, 247 (ref. 



orig. descr.). 



Eight specimens : Mamatoco, La Tigrera, Las Vegas, Minca, Pueblo 

 Viejo, and Don Diego. 



The two specimens forwarded by Mr. Smith, both collected at 

 Onaca. were referred by Dr. Allen to " Rhynchocylus" cequinoctialis 

 (Sclater). a species described from the Rio Napo, eastern Ecuador. 

 L T pon comparison with specimens coming from the same faunal region 

 as the type these two birds proved to be recognizably distinct, being 

 more brightly colored throughout, and were accordingly given a tri- 



