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extend far into Colombia since De Schauensee has reported typical 

 nitidiis from the Rio Jurado on the Pacific slope of northern Choco, 

 and Carriker secured that subspecies at Nazaret, in western Cordoba, 

 beyond the Rio Sinu. 

 Pigeon Hawk, Falco columbarius bendirei Swann : 



A male taken by Carriker February 26, 1946, at Manancanaca in 

 the higher levels (3,600 meters) of the Sierra Nevada de Santa 

 Marta is a well-marked adult of this migrant from western North 

 America. The race bendirei has not been reported previously in 

 South America. In this connection another specimen, a female that 

 W. M. Perrygo and I secured April 15, 1946, at Jaque, Darien, only 

 40 kilometers from the Colombian boundary, is also of interest as 

 the only record at present for Panama. 

 Banded Wood-Quail, Rhynchortyx cinctus cinctus (Salvin) : 



A series taken by Carriker at Socorro and Quebrada Salvajin, 

 Cordoba, near the Rio Sinu, at Taraza, in northern Antioquia, near 

 the Rio Cauca, and at Volador in southern Bolivar, represents the 

 typical race, hitherto unknown outside Panama. Rhynchortyx cinctus 

 aiistralis Griscom, described from the Comarca de San Bias, on the 

 Caribbean coast of eastern Panama, with additional material proves 

 not separable from typical cinctus, as the characters on which it was 

 based are those of individual variation. 

 House Wren, Troglodytes acdon inquietus Baird: 



Male and female taken January 5 and 7, 1950, by Carriker at 

 Acandi, Choco, on the western side of the broad entrance of the 

 Gulf of Uraba, are good examples of this race, which is the form 

 found throughout most of Panama. The occurrence at Acandi is not 

 surprising since this subspecies has been recorded east in the Comarca 

 de San Bias to Puerto Obaldia near the Colombian frontier. Carriker 

 secured another male inquietus February 9, 1950, at Necocli, on the 

 eastern shore of the Gulf of Uraba (called also Gulf of Darien), 

 north of Turbo, and collected two house wrens April 28 in the same 

 year farther south at Villa Artiaga in northwestern Antioquia that 

 are intermediate toward Troglodytes aedon striolatus, but nearer to 

 inquietus. It appears, therefore, that the form typical of most of 

 Panama extends around the head of the Gulf. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Brodkorb, Pierce. 



1944. Geographical variation in the black vulture. Pap. Michigan Acad. 

 Sci., Arts, Letters, vol. 29 (1943), pp. 115-121, fig. 1. 



