126 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



San Sebastian. — More properly San Sebastian de Rabago, which 

 is "a beautiful little Indian village, of 700 inhabitants, surrounded by 

 a wall, and lies in a valley on the banks of the Rio de la Fundacion, 

 6,700 feet above sea-level. With a climate cool enough to grow wheat 

 arid other products of temperate regions, and unlimited water power, 

 it will some day more than likely become an important place 

 through immigration, as it is well adapted for Europeans." Simons 

 apparently did more collecting here than at any other point in the 

 southern part of the Sierra Nevada, visiting it repeatedly during 1878 

 and 1879, and securing among other Subtropical Zone species the types 

 of Pcecilothraiipis melanogenys and Buarremon melanocephalus, de- 

 scribed by Salvin and Godman, and of Synallaxis fuscorufa, described 

 by Sclater in 1882. Mr. Brown made San Sebastian his headquarters 

 for about six weeks in 1899, from the end of June until the first part 

 of August. He describes the village as " situated on a level plateau 

 or plain with mountains on either side. Through this plain flows the 

 San Sebastian River, along which there are wdods, with woods also on 

 some of the slopes and ridges. There is also considerable scrubby 

 growth near the village, where I collected several species of humming- 

 birds, as well as Giant Thrushes and other interesting birds and mam- 

 mals. But on the whole the country is open and covered with grass, 

 affording excellent pasture for cattle, goats, and sheep. I spent six 

 weeks or more at San Sebastian, but was greatly handicapped by the 

 lateness of the season, the birds being in poor plumage." The only 

 novelty obtained by Mr. Brown on this trip was a new species of 

 hummingbird, Acestrura astreans. 



Santa Cruz. — A tiny Indian hamlet on the left bank of the Rio Maco- 

 tama (as one ascends); midway between Pueblo Viejo and San Miguel, 

 with an altitude of approximately 3,000 feet (not 8,000 feet, as er- 

 roneously stated in Dr. Allen's list of localities). Numerous speci- 

 mens collected by Mr. Brown in the spring of 1899 bear labels with 

 this locality on them. 



Santa Marta. — A city of about ten thousand inhabitants, the capital 

 of the Department of Magdalena, beautifully situated on one of the 

 finest bays along the coast, and with the best harbor in Colombia, 

 easy of access, well sheltered, and deep enough for the largest vessels 

 afloat. The immediate vicinity is a semi-arid region, with little rain- 

 fall as a rule, where irrigation is the only sure method of raising any 



