Todd-Carriker : Birds of Santa Marta Region^ Colombia. 367 



describes a nest collected by Mr. Smith at Bonda on April i6 as " sus- 

 pended against a small upright branch, to which it is fastened strongly 

 on one side at the top only. It has the form of an inverted, short- 

 necked retort, with the entrance at the bottom, on one side, produced 

 to form the neck of the retort. The exterior is composed of a thin 

 layer of stiff, fine, black vegetable fibers, by means of which and a 

 few coarse grass leaves it is bound on one side to the upright twig 

 that gives it support. The inner part or main body of the nest is 

 woven of coarser vegetable fibers of a different color, with much cot- 

 tony plant down woven in around the entrance. The small leaves are 

 attached to the exterior, being held in place by the horse-hair-like fibers 

 that compose the exterior. 



"... The eggs [two] are grayish white, nearly covered with 

 specks and blotches of very dark brown and lavender, the egg thus 

 greatly resembling those of the North American Oven-bird {Seiurus 

 aurocaphillus). The form of the eggs is. short ovate." 



325. Sublegatus glaber Sclater and Salvin. 



Sublegatus glaber Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 333 (Santa Marta). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 136 ("Santa Marta"). — ^Allen, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, igoo, 147 (Bonda). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. 50, IV, 1907, 421 (Santa Marta localities and references; meas.). 



Twelve specimens: Bonda, Don Diego, Mamatoco, Punto Caiman, 

 Dibulla, and Rio Hacha. 



Variation in this species mainly affects the color of the posterior 

 lower parts, which are much brighter yellow in fresh-plumaged birds 

 taken in September and October. 



In its local distribution this species is 'strictly littoral, not reaching 

 the foothills at all, nor has it been detected on the south side of the 

 Sierra Nevada. It is found chiefly in the fringe of woodland along 

 the streams, and in the more open forest, but is not a common bird. 



326. Phyllomyias griseicepS griseiceps (Sclater and Salvin). 

 Sublegatus incanescens (not Muscipeta incanescens Wied) Salvin and God- 

 man, Ibis, 1880, 124 (Minca; crit.). 



Sublegatus platyrhyn'chus (not Phyllomyias platyrhyncha Sclater and Salvin) 

 Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 1888, 158 (Minca; crit). — Bangs, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, i8g8, 136, in text ("Santa Marta", ex 

 Sclater; crit.). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 147 (Sal- 

 vin and Godman's reference). 

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