1900.] Allen, List of Birds from Santa Maria, Colombia. 123 



his large series of Elc&nea browni .and E. sororia, and to Mr. Ridg- 

 way for the loan of material for comparison in several of the 

 more difficult groups, and for his opinion on a few species sent 

 to him for examination, as noted below. I am also indebted 

 to Mr. Herbert H. Smith for the use of several hundred dupli- 

 cates from the Santa Marta collection of birds, the whole collec- 

 tion sent by him to New York having been utilized in the 

 preparation of the present paper. The number of specimens re- 

 corded under the different species thus includes the whole num- 

 ber sent. 



The principal localities, with their approximate altitudes, 

 visited by Simons and Brown, and by Smith's collectors, are for 

 convenience of reference here listed in alphabetical sequence : 



Agua Dulce,- coast region, near Santa Marta. 



Arehueca, near coast, 3 m. south of Cienaga. 



Atanques, alt. 2800 ft. (Simons) ; 4000 ft. (Salv. & Godm.) ; about 10 m. 

 north of Valle Dupar. 



Bonda, alt. 150-250 ft., on Rio Manzanares, 10 m. east of Santa Marta. 



Cacagualito, coast region, alt. 1500 ft. 



Chinchicua, Valley of, in Sierra Nevada, alt. 6500/1. 



Chinchicua, Pass of, alt. 11,000 ft. 



Chirua, in Sierra Nevada, alt. 4000 ft., Salv. & Godm.; 7000 ft., Bangs. 



Chiruqua, Paramo de, or Pass of, 11,000-15,000 ft. 



Concha, coast region, near Santa Marta. 



Cienaga, coast, 20 m. south of Santa Marta. 



El Libano, Sierra Nevada, alt. 6000 ft. 



El Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada, alt. 7000-7500 ft. 



El Mamon, Sierra Nevada, alt. 8000 ft. 



Guallabol, alt. 3000 ft. 



Jordan, coast, near Santa Marta. 



La Concepcion, alt. 3000 ft. 



Las Nubes, Sierra Nevada, alt. 5000 ft. 



Macotama, alt. 8000 ft. (Bangs). 



Macotama, Paramo de, or Pass of, 11,000-15,000 ft. 



Mamatoco, near sea-level, 10 m. from Santa Marta. - 



Manaure, alt. 2700 ft., 20 m. S. E. of Valle Dupar, at base of western slope 

 of Cordillera de los Andes. 



Marocaso, alt. 2000 ft., on Rio Rancheria, southern slope of the Sierra 

 Nevada. 



Masinga Vieja, alt. 300 ft., on the Rip Manzanares, about 6 m. east of 

 Bonda. 



Minca (misspelled Minea by Simons and by Salvin & Godman), alt. 2000 

 ft., about 15 m. from the coast at head of Rio Gairu. 



