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below, with a faint tinge of buffy yellow. This is the first record 

 for the Santa Marta region, although its occurrence here was to have 

 been expected, since its range is known to include the Caribbean 

 coast district of Colombia west of the mouth of the Magdalena River. 



428. Dendroica aestiva sestiva (Gmelin). 



Dendrocca astiva Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 117 (Minca). — Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 644 (Minca). 



Dendroica astiva Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 143 ("Santa 

 Marta "). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 177 (Bonda). — 

 Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 366 (Bonda).— Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 50, II, 1902, 508 (" Santa Marta," in range). — Cooke, Bull. Biol. Survey, 

 No. 18, 1904, 52 (Santa Marta localities and references). 



Twenty-five specimens : Bonda, Mamatoco, Gaira, Punto Caiman, 

 Rio Hacha, and Dibulla. 



No. 41,782 (April 14) is a male in very high plumage, very heavily 

 streaked below, and even with the crown and back streaked with 

 orange chestnut. It is evidently a freak, as it cannot be matched in 

 an extensive series. 



A common winter resident throughout the whole of the lowlands 

 and lower foothills, but rare above the coastal plain. It frequents 

 shrubbery, open ground with scattering bushes, the low growth along 

 the banks of streams and the sea-beach, etc. — the same kind of covert 

 in general to which it is so partial in the breeding season. Most of 

 the specimens secured were shot in September and April, the earliest 

 date being September 11, the latest May 1. Mr. Smith's collectors, 

 however, secured specimens as early in the fall as August 27. In ad- 

 dition to the specimens listed by Dr. Allen, as above, there are some 

 sent in by Mr. Smith from Cienaga. 



429. Compsothlypis pitiayumi elegans Todd. 



Parula pitiayumi (not Sylvia pitiayumi Vieillot) Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 

 1880, 117 (Minca). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 643 (Minca). 



Compsothlypis pitiayumi pacifica (not Parula pitiayumi pacifica von Berlepsch) 

 Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 143 ("Santa Marta"), 

 180 (Palomina). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 178 (Onaca 

 and Valparaiso). 



Compsothlypis pitiayumi elegans Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VIII, 1912, 204 

 (Santa Marta region; crit). 



Additional records: La Concepcion, San Miguel (Brown). 



