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mens above listed are a most interesting series. Several specimens in 

 Juvenal plumage (June 19 and 26) may readily be distinguished by the 

 looser character of their plumage, by their shorter bills, and by the 

 tendency of the bufify shaft-streaks of the pileum, throat, and breast 

 to be indented by dusky spots, giving a partially barred effect. These 

 shaft-streaks, too, are wider and more deeply bufify than in the adult. 

 Some of the adults are decidedly brownish in general coloration, while 

 others are more olivaceous. Some of the latter are scarcely distin- 

 guishable from the Venezuelan skins except by the somewhat longer 

 bill, which is a very constant feature. As a series, however, the Santa 

 Marta birds average more finely streaked below, with less spotting pos- 

 teriorly. X. fortis was described from a specimen of unknown locality^ 

 but supposed to be from Cartagena or Santa Marta. Heine's descrip- 

 tion and comparisons apply so well to the present series that we feel 

 little doubt as to the correctness of his guess with reference to the 

 source of his type. While by no means a strongly marked form, it 

 may be allowed recognition. Further west along the coast of Colom- 

 bia it is replaced by another and very distinct form, X. procerus ros- 

 tratus Todd {Proceedings Biological Society of Washington, XXX, 

 1917, 5 ), easily recognized by its larger bill, rich rufescent coloration, 

 and more heavily streaked under parts. 



A not uncommon species in the forested parts of the Subtropical 

 Zone, between the altitude of 5,000 and 9,000 feet. It is usually met 

 with in pairs or family groups, but seldom in the company of other 

 wandering species. It is especially fond of hunting among the brome- 

 lias, where there are always insects, salamanders, frogs and frogs' eggs 

 to be found. 



230. Dendroplex picirostris picirostris Lafresnaye. 



Dendroplex picirostris Lafresnaye, Rev. Z06I., X, 1847, 76 (Rio Hacha; 

 orig. descr. ; type now in coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia). — Sclater, 

 Cat. Am. Birds, 1861, 165 ("Santa Marta")- — Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 115, 

 331 (Santa Marta). — Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Avium Neotrop., 1873, 

 68 (range). — Giebel, Thes. Orn., II, 187s, 35 (ref. orig. descr.; syn.). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 171 (Santa Marta). — Sclater, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., XV, 1890, 139 (Santa Marta). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, XII, 1898, 138 ("Santa Marta"). — Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1899, 51 (crit. on type). — Allen, Bull. 'Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 XIII, 1901, 157 (Bonda) ; XXI, 1905, 288 (Bonda; descr, nest and eggs). 

 — Brabourne and Chubb, Birds S. Am., I, 1912, 252 (ref. orig. descr.; 

 range). 



