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■of the Central Andes, since he writes: ' "Cette espece, que I'on recontre 

 ■dans les montagnes du Quindiu, se trouve dans les lieux frequentes par les 

 pavas aburridas. Je ne I'ai jamais recontree ailleurs." 



While there appears to be no difference between so-called 'Bogotd' 

 specimens and those from Quindio, the latter rather than the former locality 

 is evidently the type-locality and the birds below recorded from Laguneta 

 may therefore be considered as topotypical. 



Salencio, 1; San Antonio, 1; Almaguer, 1; Laguneta, 8; La Palma, 1; 

 Andalucia (7000 ft.), 1; Choachi, 2. 



Family ODONTOPHORIDiE. American Quails and Paetridges. 



(125a) Colinus cristatus decoratus (Todd). 



Ewpsychortyx decoratus Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXX, 1917, p. 6 (Calamar). 



This form is doubtless restricted to the Caribbsean Fauna. Our speci- 

 mens are females or young, but Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd has loaned me two- 

 adult males from Calamar, including the type. These specimens very 

 closely resemble three adult males from the Santa Marta district (two from 

 Bonda) which presumably represent Colinus cristatus littoralis (Todd).^ 

 They have more black in the tertials, the crest is darker than in two of the 

 SantaMart^ specimens, but is essentially matched by the third; the throat 

 averages more richly colored and the underparts more heavily spotted. Mr. 

 Todd does not state how many specimens of either form he examined, nor 

 indeed does he compare decoratus with littoralis, but the specimens at hand 

 indicate that these proposed forms are barely separable. 



From leucopogon, decoratus is separated by the characters to which Mr. 

 Todd has called attention, and also by its longer crest. From leucotis it 

 may be distinguished chiefly by its more richly colored throat and under- 

 parts, due to the increased chestnut area. In the male the white markings 

 of the underparts are smaller, rounder and more clearly defined. In the 

 female the throat is strongly tinged with rufous and more heavily streaked. 



Whether intergradation between the island-inhabiting cristatus and 

 the mainland forms of this group occurs, I am unable to say, but it is obvious 

 that they are all representatives of one another. 



Calamar, 1 cf juv., 3 9 9; Turbaco, 1 9 . 



1 ;. ■,. and Man. d'Orn., II, 1828, p. 218. 



2 Proo. Biol. Soo. Wash., XXX, 1917, p. 6. Type from Mamotoco, three miles east of Santa Marta. 



