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near our camp on the plateau east of the village, evidently having 

 come down from the forest-covered mountainside. A single one was 

 seen and secured on March 25, 1914, and on April i two more were 

 taken in the same place. It seems to be rare, and to belong to the 

 Subtropical Zone. 



487. Hedjrmeles^Hudovicianus (Linnaeus). 



Hedymeles ludovicianus Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 122 (Minca). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, 58 (Minca). 



Zamelodia ludoviciana Bangs^ Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 140 

 ("Santa Marta"). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, XIII, 1900, 164 

 (Masinga Vieja and Valparaiso). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 365 (Masinga 

 Vieja and Valparaiso; Minca, ex Salvin and Godman; Santa Marta, ex 

 Bangs; winter range). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, I, 1901, 

 614 (Santa Marta region, in range). 



Four specimens: Cincinnati. 



The dates of capture are January 10, March 18, 22, and 26. The 

 March birds all show the prenuptial moult in progress. The single 

 male is a young bird, completing this moult, acquiring fresh black 

 rectrices and at least one new black primary. 



A common winter visitor at Cincinnati, as well as in the lowlands 

 and foothills, being rather more numerous in the latter. It never en- 

 ters the deep forest, but keeps to the cultivated lands or open wood- 

 lands. At rare intervals the male has been heard to sing. Simons 

 took it at Minca in January, and it was recorded by Mr. Brown at the 

 same season of the year, and by Mr. Smith's collectors up to March 

 29. Ecuador appears to be the southern limit of its winter range. 



488. Oryzoborus funereus Sclater. 



Orysoborus athiops Sclateb, Proc. Z06I. Soc. London, i860, 88 (Minca; crit.). 



— Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1861, 102 ("New Granada"). 

 Orysoborus funereus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, 81 (Minca). — 



Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, 1899, 102 (Chirua and La Con- 



cepcion). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 165 (Sharpe's 



and Bangs' references). 

 Oryzoborus funereus athiops Hellmaye, Proc. Z06I. Soc. London, 1911, 1098 

 ■ (Santa Marta [region] ; crit.). 



Nineteen specimens: Minca, Pueblo Viejo, Chirua, and Heights of 

 Chirua. 

 Compared with a small series (three males and four females) from 

 *6 Cf. Oberholser, Auk, XXXVI, 1919, 115. 



