CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXXVI. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIRD-LIFE IN COLOMBIA. 



Part I. 



Page. 



Introduction 3 



Acknowledgements 8 



A Review of Colombian Ornithology 11 



Bogota Collections ' 11 



The 'Bogotd' Region 13 



Claude Wyatt's Explorations 15 



Berlepsoh on a Bucaramanga Collection 15 



Wirt Robinson on the Magdalena 15 



Salmon's Collections in Antioquia 16 



DeLattre in Western Colombia 17 



The Michler Expedition to the Atrato 17 



Sundry West Colombian Expeditions 17 



Mervyn G. Palmer's Collections 18 



The Santa Marta Region IS 



The American Museum's Expeditions in Colombia 20 



Expedition No. 1 : Buenaventura to the Cauca Valley : Reconnaissance, 



Call to Giradot 21 



Expedition No. 2: The Popayan Region 30 



Expedition No. 3: Lower end of the Cauca Valley, the Quindio Trail, 



Cartago to San Juan River 32 



Expedition No. 4: Call to San Agustin 40 



Expedition No. 5: San Agustin to the Caquetd, Region 45 



Expedition No. 6: Tumaco-Barbacoas 49 



Expedition No. 7: The Bogota Region 50 



Expedition No. 8: The Antioquia Region 58 



Auxiliary Collections 68 



An Outline of Colombian Topography 70 



Remarks on the Distribution of Forests 72 



Notes on Colombian Climatology 79 



The Life Zones of the Colombian Andes 84 



The Tropical Zone and its Faunas 93 



The Colombian-Pacific Fauna 106 



The Cauca-Magdalena Fauna 117 



The Caribbean Fauna 130 



The Orinocan Fauna 132 



The Amazonian Fauna 133 



