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163. Chloroceryle americana americana (Gmelin). 



Ceryle americana Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 174 (Minca). — Shahpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVII. 1892, 131 ("Santa Marta" and Minca). — 

 Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 133 ("Santa Marta")- — 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, XIII, 1900, 136 (Bonda and Cienaga). 



Ceryle americana septentrionalis (not of Sharpe) Careikee, Ann. Carnegie 

 Mus., VI, 1910, 492 (Santa Marta [region] ; crit.). 



Chloroceryle americana [subsp.] Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 

 1914, 432, footnote (Santa Marta [region]; meas.). 



Twenty-one specimens : Bonda, Don Diego, Minca, Mamatoco, Tro- 

 jas de Cataca, Fundacion, and Santa Marta. 



According to Mr. Ridgway " birds from Venezuela and Colombia are 

 recognizably different from the Guiana form,'' and probably deserve 

 to be named. At the present writing only three specimens of topo- 

 typical americana from French Guiana are available. The single male 

 is certainly not distinguishable in any way from Colombian males, but 

 oddly enough the two females show a character not evident in the other 

 sex, namely, the practically unspotted condition of the outer webs of 

 the remiges. Not one of the Colombian females approaches these two 

 examples in this respect, all being prominently spotted with white on 

 the wings. But until the constancy of this character can be demon- 

 strated by a larger series we are unwilling to take the responsibility of 

 making a formal separation. 



This kingfisher is a bird of the Tropical Zone, ranging over the 

 whole of the lowlands and up into the foothills to at least 2,000 feet, 

 along the streams. 



164. Chloroceryle amazona (Latham). 



Alcedo amazona Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, III,' 1874, 2 ("Santa Marta"). 

 Ceryle amazona Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 133 (" Santa 

 Marta"). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, XIII, 1900, 136 (Bonda). 



Six specimens : Bonda, Mamatoco, Dibulla, Fundacion, and Santa 

 Marta. 



We are unable to discover any geographical differences in a series 

 of this species coming from various parts of its range. Nos. 43,039, 

 September 5, and 44,780, February 27, are young males, with the rufous 

 pectoral band merely indicated. 



This species is found throughout the Tropical Zone lowlands along 

 all streams of sufficient size. 



