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Cassidix oryzivora violea, subsp. nov., from La Concepcion, Sierra 

 Nevada de Santa Marta. 



1900. Allen, Joel A. List of Birds Collected in the District of Santa Marta, 

 Colombia, by Mr. Herbert H. Smith. — Bulletin American Museum 

 of Natural History, XIII, August 25, 1900, pp. 117-183. Additions 

 and Corrections, September 17, 1900, pp. 183—184. Review, Ibis, 

 1901, 319-320. 



The most important and complete paper on the birds of this re- 

 gion which has appeared up to date. It is based primarily on the 

 collection of 2,834 specimens (with the addition of " several hun- 

 dred duplicates ") made under the direction of Mr. Herbert H. 

 Smith between May 4, 1898, and September 7, 1899, at various sta- 

 tions between sea-level and 8,000 feet. The following quotation 

 from the introduction will indicate the scope and character of the 

 paper: "The Smith Collection of birds numbers 304 species, and 

 includes all but 84 hitherto recorded from this small area. As a 

 matter of interest and convenience to future workers in this field 

 I have interpolated in brackets the species not obtained by Mr. 

 Smith's collectors, and as a matter of geographical interest have 

 deemed it best to give a complete summary of our present knowl- 

 edge of the distribution of the species definitely known from the 

 district under consideration, and have therefore cited the previous 

 records as given by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and <Mr. Outram 

 Bangs." Three hundred and eighty-eight species are here treated, 

 with an indication of the localities and dates for those represented 

 in the Smith collection, while in a supplementary note one other 

 species is added and one subtracted, leaving the total the same. 

 Nine new forms are here described]: Odontophorus atrifrons, 

 Myiobius assimilis, Octhccca jesupi, Octhaca olivacea. Attila par- 

 virostris, Attila rufipectus, Grallaria bangsi, Myrmotherula sancta- 

 martcc, and Hylophilus brunneus. Of these the last two are the 

 same, and there are several other instances where the same species 

 appears under two different names. No account is taken in this 

 paper of the various odd records for sundry Santa Marta forms 

 which appeared prior to 1879. A brief bibliography and a list of 

 Mr. Smith's collecting stations are included in the introduction. 

 For a further analysis of this valuable contribution to the subject 

 see the author's remarks on pages 37-38. 



1900. Bangs, Outram. List of Birds Collected by W. W. Brown, Jr., at 

 Loma del Leon, Panama. — Proceedings New England Zoological 

 Club, II, September 20, 1900, 13-34. 



Critical remarks on Melanerpes wagleri sancta-marta (page 18), 

 and a reference to Phanicothraupis fuscicauda erythrolama as a 

 Santa Marta species (page 30). 



1900. Allen, Joel A. North American Birds collected at Santa Marta, 

 Colombia. — Auk, XVII. October, 1900, 363-367. 



