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gion, in range). — Cooke, Bull. Biol. Survey, No. 18, 1904, 106 (Santa Marta 

 localities and references). 



Additional records: San Miguel, January (Brown). 



One specimen : Don Diego. 



There are only four records for this species in South America, all 

 from the Santa Marta region. Two were taken by Mr. Brown (one 

 near Santa Marta, the other at San Miguel) ; another at Bonda, No- 

 vember 8, 1898, by one of Mr. Smith's collectors; and a fourth ex- 

 ample by the writer at Don Diego, January 31, 1914. From these 

 records it will be seen how rare this species is in comparison with S. 

 noveboracensis. 



418. Seiurus aurocapillus aurocapillus (Linnaeus). 



Seiurus aurocapillus Cooke, Bull. Biol. Survey, No. 18, 1904, 99 (Bonda). 



One specimen : Bonda. 



This individual, secured by one of Mr. Smith's collectors on Octo- 

 ber 4, 1899, constitutes the only record for this region, and, in fact, 

 the only South American record for the species, which ordinarily 

 does not pass to the southward of Costa Rica during the winter 

 months. 



419. Oporornis Philadelphia (Wilson). 



Geothlypis Philadelphia Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, 1899, 105 

 (Chirua and La Concepcion; plum.). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XIII, 1900, 176 (Bangs' reference). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 366 (Chirua 

 and La Concepcion, ex Bangs). — Cooke, Bull. Biol. Survey, No. 18, 1904, 

 112 (Santa Marta localities and references). 



Two specimens : Cincinnati and Dibulla. 



The Mourning Warbler, as remarked by Cooke, is apparently par- 

 tial to the highlands in its winter habitat. Mr. Brown took ten speci- 

 mens at La Concepcion and Chirua between February 12 and March 

 2 5- 1899. "Most of these birds are moulting, and the series covers 

 practically the complete spring moult." The writer took one at Cin- 

 cinnati on April 11, 1912 (a late migration date), in a small marshy 

 tract of land on the mountainside, overgrown with wild cane and 

 weeds. A second example was shot on the coast at Dibulla on Febru- 

 ary 22, in the long grass beside a lagoon. In this specimen the black 

 throat and ashy head are being acquired by moult, which has been al- 

 most completed. This warbler is not a common bird, and its secretive 

 habits render it more than usually inconspicuous. 



