1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 319 



Char, siibsp. — Similar to C. m. massena but smaller, male with exposed upper 

 surface of the inner reotrices bluish green, much as in C. melanurus, rather than a 

 bronze-green; female decidedly darker gray. 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone of the Pacific coast and eastward into the 

 lower Cauca region, where it extends upward at least to the lower border 

 of the Subtropical Zone. A male from La Frijolera (5000 ft.) on the 

 lower Cauca has the tail externally, above, much bluer than in the type 

 of australis. 



Alto Bonito, 1; Bagado, 1; Barbacoas, 2; La Frijolera, 2. 



Order COCCYZES. 

 Family CUCULID^. Cuckoos, Anis. 



(1475) Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieill. 



Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., VIII, 1817, p. 271 

 (Paraguay); Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 134 (Bonda); Hellm., 

 P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1202 (Sipi). 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone. Our specimens agree with others from 

 Asuncion. 



Dabeiba, 3; Caldas, 2; Cali, 2; Miraflores, 1; Florencia, 1; La Morelia, 

 1. 



(1476) Coccyzus americanus americanus (Linn.). 



Cuculus americanus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. Ill (Carolina). 

 Coccyzus americanus Sol. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 537 (Medellin); Allen, 

 Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 134 (Bonda). 



Eight specimens from the Eastern Andes (March 10-May 13) average 

 grayer above than April and May birds from eastern United States, a dif- 

 ference possibly due to less worn plumage. 



La Olanda, Cundinamarca, 4, May 10-13; Puente Andalucia, Cundina- 

 marca, 3, April 22, 23; Choachi, 2, Oct. 2; Villavicencio, 1, March 10. 



(1482) Piaya cayana Columbiana {Cab.). 



Pyrrhococcyx columbianus Cab., J. f. O., 1862, p. 170 (Cartagena, Col.). 

 Piaya cayana Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 379 (Ocana to Buearamanga up to 7000 ft.). 

 Piaya cayana mehleri Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 134 (Bonda; 

 Santa Marta; San Sebastian). 



