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by Simons from Minca, and by Mr. Brown from Pueblo Viejo, both 

 these localities lying at an altitude of about 2,000 feet. Mr. Smith 

 sent in a few specimens from Bonda and Las Nubes (5,000 feet), 

 while it was taken by the writer at Chirua (3,500 feet), on March 10 

 and II. The earliest fall date represented by a specimen is Septem- 

 ber 6, 1898. Mr. Brown's Pueblo Viejo specimen was shot March 

 20, 1898. 



436. Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert). 



Protonotaria citrea Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1861, 26 ("Santa Marta"). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1880, 11 1 ("Santa Marta," 

 in range). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 249 ("Santa Marta"). 

 641 (Valle de Upar). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 143 

 ("Santa Marta"). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 178 

 (Bonda). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 367 (Bonda; "Santa Marta," ex 

 Bangs). — CooKE, Bull. Biol. Survey, No. 18, 1904, 22 (Santa Marta local- 

 ities and references). 



Nineteen specimens: Bonda, Gaira, Mamatoco, Punto Caiman, and 

 Fundacion. 



One of the most abundant of the winter resident warblers within its 

 local habitat, which is never far from the sea-beach or water of some 

 kind. The earliest record is that by Sclater, quoted above, which re- 

 fers to a specimen obtained from Verreaux. Mr. Brown secured no 

 less than twenty-one specimens at some point not far from Santa 

 Marta, and Mr. Smith also sent back a large series, including a few 

 from Buritaca (September 19 and 21), a locality not quoted for this 

 species in Dr. Allen's paper. The writer saw quite a number at Don 

 Diego in January, and it was common in October at Fundacion also. 

 On the beach at Punto Caiman it was the most abundant bird. The 

 earliest migration date in the fall is September 11, 191 3, when a num- 

 ber of specimens were taken at Gaira. That it is not absolutely con- 

 fined to the coast region, however, but occasionally follows up some 

 of the inland streams, is indicated by a specimen secured at Valle de 

 Upar by Simons on September 25. As on its breeding grounds, it 

 keeps close to the ground in bushes and shrubbery, and is never seen 

 in any abundance far from water. 



437. Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus). 



MnioHlta varia Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 117 (Minca). — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. X, 1885, 641 (Minca). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 



