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Phathornis siriigularis striigularis Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 

 V, 191 1, 327 (La Concepcion, in range; Bangs' reference). 



Two specimens : Don Diego and Chirua. 



Agreeing well with specimens from the interior of Colombia. In 

 the male of this species the throat and breast are noticeably darker, 

 with the stripes more distinct, than in the female. 



In addition to the localities above specified, the writer has seen this 

 species in the foothills back of Santa Marta as well as in the valley 

 above Bonda, towards Don Amo, and in the valley below Las Vegas, 

 but it is very scarce and most difficult to secure. It keeps in the heavy 

 forest, always near the ground and amongst thick undergrowth. 

 Often a bird will' suddenly come up to within a yard of one's face and 

 hover for a few seconds, then dart off and disappear, not to return. 

 The species evidently ranges over the lowlands and lower foothills of 

 the mountains on the north and west slopes, from sea-level up to 

 3,000 feet. 



222. Phaethomis anthophilus anthophilus (Bourcier and Mulsant). 

 Phwthornis anthophilus Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibri, 1854, 14 (" Santa 



Marta," in range). — Reichenbach, Troch. Enuni., 1855, 12 (" Santa Marta," 

 in range). — Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 171 (Valle de Upar and Valen- 

 cia). — Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 275 (Valle de Upar and 

 Valencia). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 135 (" Santa 

 Marta"). — ^Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., -XIII, 1900, 13S (Salvin and 

 Godman's and Bangs' references); XXI, 1905, 276 (Don Diego; Salvin 

 and Godman's and Bangs' records). — Hellmaye and von Seilern, Arch. 

 f. Naturg., LXXVIII, 1912, 137 ("Santa Marta,'' in range). 



Ten specimens : Buritaca, Don Amo, Don Diego, La Tigrera, Tro- 

 jas de Cataca, Tucurinca, and Loma Larga. 



A species which is distributed over the whole of the littoral Tropical 

 Zone, extending around to the low country on the south side of the 

 Sierra Nevada. Simons says that he found it " in the forest on 

 flowers ; rare and very shy,'' which accords with the experience of the 

 writer. Like all of this genus it is accustomed to keep low down in 

 the forest, near the ground. It was most abundant at Don Diego, 

 where it was feeding from the flowers of the wild plantain. 



223. Phaethomis longirostris susurrus Bangs. • 



Phathornis longirostris (not Ornismya longirostris Delattre; Salvin and 

 Elliot, Ibis, 1873,' 5 ("Santa Marta"; crit.). — von Berlepsch, Journ. 



