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A few days later one was secured out of a small flock just above the vil- 

 lage of Macotama in the valley. They were discovered in a small 

 tract of shrubbery on the hillside, and after the first shot disappeared 

 and could not be located again. A third example was shot on April 17 

 on the Paramo de Chiruqua at about 15,200 feet, from a flock of 

 Phrygilus unicolor nivarins, and was apparently the only one there. 

 The last was taken in the Macotama Valley at about 9,000 feet on April 

 20, being the only one seen at that place. All four were males, but 

 only two were adult. 



492. Sporophila luctuosa (Lafresnaye). 



Spermophila luctuosa Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 122 (San Jose and San 

 Sebastian). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, 136 (San Sebastian). 

 Sporophila luctuosa Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, I, 1899, 79 (San 

 Sebastian and El Mamon). 



So far as known at present this species is confined in this region 

 to the south slopes of the Sierra Nevada, where it was found in 1879 

 by Simons, who refers to it as being " common in fields, grass, and 

 low brambles." Mr. Brown met with it in the same place (San Se- 

 bastian), and secured three specimens. These prove to be not quite 

 adult, having numerous brownish-tipped feathers on the back, breast, 

 and flanks, but they agree well with examples of the same age from 

 the interior of Colombia. 



493. Sporophila gutturalis (Lichtenstein). 



Sporophila gutturalis Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 179 

 (Palomina). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.. XIII, 1900, 166 (Cacagua- 

 lito and Onaca). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVI, 1917, 558 

 ("Santa Marta"; crit.). 



Sporophila luctuosa (not Spermophila luctuosa Lafresnaye) Allen, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 166, excl. syn. (Masinga Vieja). 



Additional records: San Francisco, La Concepcion, San Miguel. 

 Chirua (Brown). 



Twenty-nine specimens : Bonda, Cacagualito, Don Diego, Don Amo, 

 Cienaga, Mamatoco, Minca, Cincinnati, Fundacion, Dibulla, and 

 Pueblo Viejo. 



Besides the above, there have been examined in this connection good 

 series from various other sections of Colombia, and from Venezuela 

 and Trinidad. The range of individual and seasonal variation shown 

 is certainly excessive, and would suggest that the various alleged 



