1 900.] Allen, List of Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. 153 



Wash. XIII, 1899, 98 (Paramo de Chiruqua and Paramo de Macotama, n,ooo 

 to 15,000 feet).] 



207. Attila parvirostris, sp. nov. 



Type, No. 72656, Minca, June 5, 1899; coll. H. H. Smith. 



Above ferrugineous brown, front and lores whitish ; narrow blackish shaft- 

 lines on forehead only ; rump ochraceous yellow ; tail bright ferrugineous ; 

 wings blackish, the primaries slightly edged with pale rufous, the secondaries 

 and median and greater coverts broadly edged with deep rufous, forming two 

 conspicuous wing-bars on the coverts ; inner wing-coverts and axillars pale 

 ochraceous, as are the inner edges of the secondaries, fading to pale buffy white 

 on the basal portion of the primaries ; chin and throat whitish ; breast and sides 

 of abdomen olivaceous, the feathers broadly centered with dusky and edged 

 with greenish yellow ; middle of abdomen white faintly tinged with yellow ; 

 flanks ochraceous ; crissum and under tail-coverts pale yellow ; bill, in the type, 

 deep black ; feet horn color. Wing, 85 mm. ; tail, 70 ; tarsus, 22 ; culmen, 21. 



In general coloration this species is a miniature of A. citreopygius, 

 but besides being very much smaller it lacks the strong black 

 striations on the head and throat of that species, and has a more 

 olivaceous breast. The difference in size is striking, the bill of 

 A. citreopygius being twice as large as that of A. parvirostris, while 

 the length of the wing in A. citreopygius is 93 mm. as against 85 

 mm. in A. parvirostris. It is also much smaller than A. sclateri, 

 and differs from it strikingly in color. 



In addition to the type from Minca, I refer doubtfully to this 

 species two specimens from Valparaiso, taken March 10 and 17, 

 which differ in having the bill horn color, and in having very 

 little olivaceous below, the breast in one specimen being gray 

 slightly tinged with olivaceous, and in the other gray with a 

 brownish tinge ; the tail in both is dusky rufous brown instead of 

 ferrugineous. The difference may be seasonal, but I suspect it is 

 specific ; it seems, however, better to await further material before 

 deciding. 



208. Attila rufipectus, sp. nov. 



Type, and only specimen, No. 71183, Las Nubes. altitude 5000 feet, Dec. I, 

 1898 ; coll. H. H. Smith. 



Above dark ferrugineous brown ; front and superciliaries pale cinnamon 

 rufous, with narrow blackish shaft-streaks formed by the black bristly feather 

 tips ; rump ochraceous ; wings blackish, the median and greater coverts and the 

 secondaries edged with dull brownish ferrugineous ; inner coverts, axillars, and 

 inner border of secondaries buffy ochraceous, fading to pale rufous on the basal 



