466 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



A series from this region placed at our disposal by Mr. Bangs agree 

 exactly with specimens from Venezuela and the Eastern Andes of Co- 

 lombia. The subspecific status of the northern form is indorsed by 

 Dr. Chapman (Bulletin American Museum of Natural History, XXVI, 

 1917- 579)- 



This bird would seem to be more abundant on the south slope of the 

 Sierra Nevada than on the north, having been recorded from San Se- 

 bastian by both Simons and Mr. Brown. The latter collector also took 

 specimens at El Mamon, Santa Cruz, and San Miguel. In all the 

 writer's collecting he took only one specimen, in some second-growth 

 shrubbery near the village of Pueblo Viejo (2,000 feet), and this was 

 probably merely a straggler, since the species is essentially a bird of 

 the Subtropical Zone, and favors higher altitudes. 



Family ICTERID^. Troupials. 



445. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus). 



DoUchonyx oryzivorus Sclater, Proc. Z06I. Soc. London, 1858, 72 (" Santa 

 Marta ").. — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1861, 134 ("Santa Marta"). — Sclater, 

 Ibis, 1884, 2 ("Santa Marta")- — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 

 331 ("Santa Marta"). — Chapman, Auk, VII, 1890, 39. 42 ("Santa Marta,'' 

 ex Sclater). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 163 (Cienaga 

 and Bonda). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 365 (Cienaga and Bonda). — ^Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXI, 1905, 276 (Bonda and Buritaca). 



Twelve specimens : Buritaca, Gaira, Mamatoco, Punto Caiman, and 

 Fundacion. 



A common visitor in September and October in the lowlands, from 

 Santa Marta around to Fundacion and all along the shores of the Cie- 

 naga Grande. It was very numerous on the beach at Punto Caiman, 

 and along the shore at Trojas de Cataca. The earliest date repre- 

 sented by a specimen is September 11, and the latest October 14. The 

 series comprises adult and immature birds of both sexes. 



446. Stumella magna paralios Bangs. 



Sturnella ludoviciana (not Sturnus ludovicianus Linnaeus) Salvin and God- 

 man, Ibis, 1879, 201 (San Sebastian). 



Sturnella ludoviciana meridionalis (not of Sclater, 1861) Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 

 26 (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in range). 



Sturnella magna subsp. meridionalis Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.; XI, 1886, 

 360 (San Sebastian). 



Sturnella meridionalis Bangs, Proc. New England Z06I. Club, I, 1899, 79 



