TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGES 



Title-page i-ii 



Table of Contents iii-vi 



List of Plates vi 



List of Figures in Text vii 



Form new to Science viii 



Errata et Corrigenda viii 



Foreword. By W. J. Holland i-^ 



The Birds of the Santa Marta Region of Colombia: A Study in 

 Altitudinal Distribution. By W. E. Clyde Todd and M. A. 



Carriker, Jr 3-582 



Introduction -. 3 



Geography and Physiography 6 



Geographical Limits 6 



Mountain System 7 



Rivers 8 



Lakes and Swamps 10 



Geological History 10 



Climate n 



Rainfall and Humidity u 



Snow • II 



Temperature 12 



Population and Resources 13 



Ecological Conditions 14 



Caribbean Lowlands 14 



Foothills 14 



Western Littoral and Foothills IS 



The Jidiagdalena Delta 16 



Savannas 16 



Mountain Forests 17 



Paramos 20 



Historical Review of Santa Marta Ornithology 21 



Early Collections 21 



Records of Joad and Wyatt 22 



The Simons Expedition 22 



iii 



