82 Recent Literature. Anke 
Jan. 
The annotations give references to previous Ecuadorian records for the 
species, and also the sex, date of collection and locality of the specimens, 
the color of the bill, etc., in life, with remarks on variations of plumage. 
This report on Dr. Festa’s work thus forms a most important contribu- 
tion to South American ornithology.— J. A. A. 
Bangs on Birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.! — 
This is Mr. Bangs’s fourth paper on the birds of this region, and relates 
to collections made by Mr. Wilmot W. Brown, Jr., from January to April, 
1899, at altitudes varying from 3,000 to 15,000 feet. The list includes 68 
species, of which 13 are described as new, namely: (1) Pharomachrus 
festatus, (2) Metallura districta, (3) Ochthodieta pernix, (4) Hapalocercus 
paulus, (5) Mytopatis montensis, (6) Prpreola auretpectus decora, (7) 
Sclerurus albigularis propinquus, (8) Conopophaga brownt, (9) Scyta- 
lopus latebricola, (10) Haplospiza nivarta, (11) Cinclus rivularis, (12) 
Troglodytes monticola, (13) Merula albtventris fusa. he list relates 
for the most part to species not previously taken by Mr. Brown, but 
additional specimens of some of the rarer forms are recorded. Thus an 
additional specimen of Mr. Bangs’s Leucurita phalerata (figured in ‘The 
Auk,’ XVI, 1899, plate ii), previously known to Mr. Bangs only from the 
type, is reported. This is doubtless not a rare species at favorable 
localities, the American Museum of Natural History having received five 
specimens in a collection made by Mr. H. H. Smith in the same general 
region. These specimens show that the tail is not always pure white, 
being considerably shaded with dusky in immature birds. — J. A. A. 
Pearson’s Preliminary List of Birds of Chapel Hill, N. C.A— As the 
title implies, this List is put forth as only an imperfect enumeration of 
the birds occurring at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The period of obser- 
vation is comparatively brief, and the species listed number only 132, but 
include only such as have been observed and positively identified. The 
annotations relate mainly to the seasons and manner of occurrence of the 
species noted. It is therefore a good list as far as it goes, but it is unfor- 
tunately marred by careless proofreading. — J. A. A. 
Kellogg’s List of Biting Lice (Mallophaga) taken from North Ameri- 
1On Some New or Rare Birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 
Colombia. By Outram Bangs. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, 1899, 
pp. 91-108. Nov.11, 1899. ~ 
* Preliminary List of the Birds of Chapel Hill, N. C., with brief notes on 
some of the species. By T. Gilbert Pearson. Journ. of the Elisha Mitchell 
Sci. Soc., Vol. XVI, part 1, 1899, pp. 33-SI.- 
