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95. Neoglottis melanoleuca (Gmelin). 



Totanus melanoleucus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 1896, 759 (Santa 

 Marta) . 



One specimen : Rio Hacha. 



A flock of about twelve birds of this species was seen along the 

 river at Rio Hacha on May 4, 1914, of which one was secured. This 

 is a date when the bulk of the species is well on its northward way. 



96. Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot). 



Tringa minutilla Allen, BiiU. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 126 (Cie- 

 naga). — Allek, Auk, XVII, 1900, 364 (Cienaga). 



Seven specimens : Cienaga, Don Diego, Punto Caiman, and Gaira. 



The Least Sandpiper is a common winter visitor, frequenting ■ 

 mainly the sea-beach and the shores of the Cienaga Grande, there be- 

 ing few other suitable feeding-grounds. It has been taken at Gaira 

 on September 11 (1913) by the writer, and at Cienaga on September 

 10, (1898) by Mr. Smith's collector. 



97. Pisobia maculata (Vieillot). 



Tringa maculata Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 126 (Cie- 

 naga). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 364 (Cienaga). 

 Pisobia maculata Cooke, Bull. Biol. Survey, No. 35, 1910, 35 (Allen's record). 



One specimen: Cienaga. 



For the Pectoral Sandpiper there are but two records from the 

 Santa Marta region, referring to single examples shot at Cienaga on 

 September 12 and 14, 1898, respectively. Probably it is only a tran- 

 sient here, wintering farther south. According to Cooke the Cienaga 

 record is the only one from' Colombia, or rather was at the time it 

 was published, since Dr. Chapman {Bulletin American Museum of 

 Natural History, XXXVI, 1917, 224) has recently recorded the species 

 from Quibdo, on the Atrato River. 



98. Tryngites subnificollis (Vieillot). 



Tryngites subruficollis Allen, Bull. Am.. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 125 

 (Cienaga). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 364 (Cienaga). — Cooke, Bull. Biol. 

 Survey, No. 35, 1910, 67 (Cienaga, ex Allen). 



Two specimens of this relatively rare sandpiper, shot by Mr. Smith's 

 collector at Cienaga, September 12 and 17, 18^, are the only records 

 for this region. The winter home of the species lies far to the south- 

 ward, so that these were doubtless transients only. . 



