THE AUK: 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



vol. xvi. April, 1899. No. 2. 



THE HUMMINGBIRDS OF THE SANTA MARTA 

 REGION OF COLOMBIA. 



BY OUTRAM BANGS. 

 Plate II 



Ever since Messrs. Salvin and Godman published the results 

 of their study of the collections of birds made by F. Simons in 

 the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the eyes of many American 

 ornithologists and mammalogists have been turned in the direction 

 of that " isolated mass of mountains, whose snowy peaks, visible 

 from far out on the Caribbean Sea, form so striking a feature in 

 the scenery of the northern coast of South America." 1 



In December, 1897, Mr. Wilmot W. Brown, Jr., an experienced 

 and skilful field collector, started for an indefinitely long trip in 

 this region in the interests of the Bangs Collection. In the 

 summer of 1898 his trip was broken up by his having to return 

 to Boston on account of sickness in his family, but he is now 

 back again at work in the Santa Marta region. 



Mr. Brown is peculiarly adapted by nature for out-door work 

 in the tropics and throughout his trip in this unhealthy region 

 never had a sick day. 



1 Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1879, P- I 9^>- 



