Todd-Carriker: Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 383 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., XIV, 1888, 72 ("Santa Marta"). — Salvin and God- 

 man, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1888, 13 ("Santa Marta," in range). — 

 Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 135 ("Santa Marta"). — 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 150 (Bonda). — Sharpe, 

 Hand-List Birds, III, 1901, 103 (range). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., XXI, 1905, 286 (Bonda; descr. nest and eggs). — Ridgway, Bull. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 1907, 366 (Bonda and "Santa Marta," in range; 

 references). — Brabourne and Chubb, Birds S. Am.. I, 1912, 273 (ref. 

 orig. descr.; range). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVI, 1917, 

 438 (" Santa Marta "). 



Sixteen specimens : Bonda, La Tigrera, Tierra Nueva, Don Diego, 

 Fundacion, and Loma Larga. 



The type-specimen of this species, described by Sclater in 1855, was 

 a specimen received from Verreaux, and supposed to have come from 

 the vicinity of Santa Marta. Since then it has been traced northward 

 to Costa Rica, and southward to Ecuador. In the region under con- 

 sideration it is restricted in the main to the lowlands, ranging from 

 Fundacion around to Don Diego, and probably as far east as Dibulla, 

 although not actually detected there. A single bird, however, was 

 shot as high up as Loma Larga, at 2,500 feet. It is more abundant in 

 the more humid parts of the lowlands, but is not common anywhere. 

 It is more partial to the forest than the other species of Todirostnmi, 

 and keeps well up in the trees, where it moves around a good deal, 

 and is easily detected when present by its loud characteristic note. 

 Mr. Smith sent in one nest from Bonda, collected June 6, and described 

 by Dr. Allen as a "globular nest, with the upper surface firmly at- 

 tached to a twig, and the entrance on one side at the bottom, forming 

 a slightly projecting neck. It is composed of rather fine grass-like 

 plant fibers, a considerable layer of which is carried over the top of 

 the twig which gives the nest its support. The whole material of the 

 nest is soft, of a yellowish brown color, interwoven with which is more 

 or less whitish plant down, which is mixed to a considerable extent 

 with the soft fibrous material that constitutes the lining. . . . Tbe 

 [single] egg is regularly ovate, clear white, with a few yellowish 

 brown or rust-colored specks over the larger end." 



345. Todirostrum cinereum cinereum (Linnaeus). 



Todirostrum cinereum Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, 83 (" Santa 

 Marta";. — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 207 ("Santa Marta"). — 

 Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV. 1888, 69 ("Santa Marta"). — Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 150 (Cienaga). 

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