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ter's type did not actually come from Santa Marta at all, in which case 

 the form in question would require a new name. 



The series studied in this connection entirely confirms the distinct- 

 ness of the Santa Marta and Venezuelan races respectively. Males 

 from the former region agree with those from Costa Rica in being 

 uniform neutral gray below, but an occasional individual in very high 

 plumage may show some black shading on these parts. Now, it is only 

 necessary to suppose that Sclater's type happened to be a bird in this 

 high plumage, which is practically indistinguishable from the general 

 run of specimens from Trinidad and Venezuela. It is true that among 

 the birds from the latter region there are some with gray under parts, 

 but almost invariably such light-colored examples show evidences of 

 immaturity. Santa Marta and Costa Rican females are decidedly 

 yellow below as compared with females from Trinidad and Venezuela, 

 which are duller colored. In this view of the case the name cinerei- 

 ventris can be retained for the Santa Marta form. ' The proper name 

 which the Trinidad and Venezuelan form should bear is uncertain: 

 Messrs. Bangs and Penard, in their recent critical review of the races 

 of this species, provisionally adopt for it the name tristis of Kaup. 



The series includes two birds in juvenal dress, with short wings and 

 tail, taken at Bonda on October 21, 1899. 



Simons secured two specimens of this bird in the vicinity of Santa 

 Marta, and no less than twenty-four specimens were sent in by Mr. 

 Smith, all from Bonda and Cienaga. Apparently Mr. Brown did not 

 meet with it at all, and barring a single female shot at Mamatoco on' 

 September 7, 191 1, the writer failed to find it until his last trip to the 

 Fundacion region in 191 5. First a female was taken at Tucurinca, 

 and afterwards two adult males, a young male, and a female at Funda- 

 cion. The birds frequent the more open forest, where they keep 

 rather high up in the trees. It is of course strictly a species of the 

 Tropical Zone. 



Dr. Allen describes two nests received from Mr. Smith, collected 

 May 20 and June i respectively, as "very massive, placed in a stout 

 upright fork of a shrub or tree, and composed of dry brown grass, 

 plant stems, strips of barks, etc., mixed with much yellowish plant 

 down. They are very deep, open at the top, with the nest cavity ex- 

 tending nearly to the bottom of the nest, which may have a depth 

 (vertical length) of 9 or 10 -inches, with the cavity extending to within 



