Todd-Carriker ; Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 133 



They were evidently breeding here, as the old .female had eggs the 

 size of No. 4 or 5 shot in the ovary. The, female differs conspicuously 

 from the same sex of I. exilis in having the under surface plain, and 

 the upper parts strongly tinged with vinaceous. The young bird, 

 however, is streaked below, although not so heavily as the other 

 species, and the back is mottled with dusky centers and buffy edgings 

 to the feathers. The species has an extensive range in tropical South 

 America, reaching Paraguay on the south and Trinidad and Guiana on 

 the east. 



$. Ardea herodias subsp. 



One specimen : Bonda. 



The specimen in question is dated November i6, 1898. It is a young 

 bird, indistinguishable from northern examples in the same stage. 

 Our available material is not sufficient to justify any discussion of the 

 status of the supposed form lessonii, revived by Dr. Oberholser {Pro- 

 ceedings U. S. National Museum, XLIII, 1912, 555) for the Great 

 Blue Heron of Mexico, Central America, and northern South Amer- 

 ica, beyond observing that a fine adult from Costa Rica is indistin- 

 guishable from specimens from the eastern United States. 



This heron has been noted by the writer at Punto Caiman and else- 

 where about the Cienaga Grande,^* but not anywhere around Santa 

 Marta or along the coast to the eastward. It is hot abundant, and is 

 moreover very shy, flushing at long distances. 



6. Doriponus agami (Gmelin). 



Ardea agami Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 178 (Santa Marta). 



Agamia agami Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXVI, 1898, 135 (Santa 



Marta) .^Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 125 (Mamatoco and 



Bonda). 



One specimen: Bonda. 



A species with a wide distribution in Central and South America, 

 and which has been recorded from our region on several occasions, as 

 above. Two individuals were noted near Punto Caiman on one oc- 

 casion by the junior author. 



24 There is a possibility that some of these records may refer to the allied 

 species, Ardea cocoi. — W. E. C. T. 



