Todd-Carriker : Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 191 



Mr. Smith's collection contains one specimen, a young bird in the 

 barred ju venal dress, taken at Cacagualito on September 25, 1900. A 

 single female was taken by the writer at Don Diego, January 28, 1914, 

 in the heavy forest. Another individual, probably the mate of the one 

 secured, was seen here, but eluded capture. These constitute the first 

 Colombian records for this race, heretofore supposed to be confined to 

 Central America, from Nicaragua to Panama. There is apparently an 

 immense gap in the range of the species, before the typical form is 

 reached in Brazil. 



113. Oreopeleia montana (Linnaeus). 



Geotrygon montana Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 128 



(Bonda). 

 Oreopeleia montana Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, 478 



(Bonda, Don Diego, Don Amo, La Tigrera, and Las Vegas, in range; 

 ' Allen's reference). 



Five specimens : Don Amo, La Tigrera, Las Vegas, and Don Diego. 



No characters can be found for distinguishing these from specimens 

 coming from other parts of the extensive range of this species. 



A very rare bird, the local distribution of which is not exactly known. 

 It is doubtful if it goes above 3,000 feet, and it is probably more nu- 

 merous if anything at lower altitudes. At La Tigrera it was found in 

 the heavy woodland which fills the narrow valley of the Tamocal 

 Creek. One pair each were noted at Loma Larga and Valle de Upar, 

 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, during the writer's recent 

 visit to this part. Like the other members of this genus, it keeps on or 

 close to the ground, and is very shy. 



114. Leptotila verreauxi verreatixi Bonaparte. 



Leptotila verreauxi Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 178 (Minca). — Salvadoei, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXI, 1893, 548 (Minca).— Bangs, Proc. Biol. See. 

 Washington; XII, 1898, 132 ("Santa Marta ").;— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 128 (Bonda); XXI, 1905, 279 (Bonda; descr. nest 

 and eggs). 



Leptotila verreauxi verreauxi Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXI, 

 1912, 142, in text (Santa Marta [region]; crit.). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, 446 (Bonda, Don Diego, Santa Marta, and 

 "Sierra Nevada, at 2,000 feet," in range; references; meas.) .—^Chapman, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. .Hist., XXXVI, 1917, 211, in text (Santa Marta [re- 

 gion] ; crit.). 



Additional records: Santa Marta (Carriker). 

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