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rectrices, while there is a tendency for the red of the crown to be 

 separated from that of the nape by a grayish brown band. Many ex- 

 amples are practically indistinguishable, however, and it is doubtful if 

 terricolor ought to be granted recognition. Specimens from the in- 

 terior of Colombia (neglectus), so far as we can see, present no special 

 peculiarities. 



This is the common woodpecker' of the Tropical Zone lowlands. It 

 is found over the whole of the low country surrounding the Sierra 

 Nevada, but is rarely seen over i,ooo feet above the sea. It prefers 

 the more arid parts, especially where there is plenty of the giant cac- 

 tus, in which it often digs its nest. Wyatt recorded it in the mimosa 

 thicket near Santa Marta in 1870, and Simons secured specimens here 

 and at Valle de Upar during his trip. Mr. Smith sent in a section of 

 a tree-trunk containing a nest, together with one egg, secured at Mama- 

 toco, on April 10. It was observed at Fonseca and Valencia by the 

 writer in the summer of 1920. 



Tripsurus pucherani pucherani (Malherbe). 



Zebrapicus pucherani Malherbe, Mon. Picidees, II, 1862, 227 (" Santa Marta,'' 



in range). 



The only authority for the inclusion of this species in the present list is 

 that above quoted. Malherbe gives no particulars, and it is very doubtful if 

 this Pacific Coast form ever ranges so far to the eastward as such a record 

 would imply. 



Family TROGONID^. Trogons. 



186. Chrysotrogon caligatus coluinbianus Chapman. 



Trogon caligatus (not of Gould) Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 174 (Minca; 

 crit). — Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVII, 1892, 465 (Minca). — 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 135 (Cacagualito and Minca). 



Chrysotrogon caligatus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50. "V, 1911, 786 

 (Minca and Cacagualito, in range; references). 



Chrysotrogon caligatus columbianus Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 XXXIII, 1914, 607 ("Santa Marta''; meas. ; crit.); XXX"VI, 1917, 317 

 ("Santa Marta"; crit.). — Cory, Field Mus. Z06I. Series, XIII, 1919, 330 

 ("Santa Marta,'' in range). 



Nine specimens : Bonda, Cincinnati, and Fundacion. 



The adult males of this series agree with others, from Colombia in 

 having the purplish blue sheen of the nape extended over the, posterior 

 part of the crown, and the pectoral band of the same color apparently 



