1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 323 



(1492) Neomorphus salvini Scl. 



Neomorphus salvini Scl., P. Z. S., 1866, p. 60, pi. v, (Veragua). 



Appears to be restricted to the Tropical Zone of the Pacific coast. Our 

 three specimens agree with others from Nicaragua. 

 Alto Bonito, 2; -Baudo Mts., 1. 



(1496) Tapera naevia {Linn.). 



Cuculus ncevius Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 170 (Cayenne). 

 Diplopteryx naevius Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 379 (San Nicolas; Naranjo); Scl. & 

 Salv., p. Z. S., 1879, p. 537 (Concordia; Medellin). 



Inhabits open or arid places in the Tropical Zone. 

 Caldas, 1 ; La Frijolera, 1 ; San Antonio, 1 ; La Manuelita, 1 ; Turbaco, 

 1; near.Tema, Cundinamarca, 3; Quetame, 2. 



(1499) Crotophaga ani Linn. 



Crotophaga ani Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 105 (Brazil); Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 379 (Ocafia); Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 536 (Retiro; Medellin); Allen, 

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



An abundant bird throughout the arid Tropical Zone and in clearings 

 or bush-grown places in the humid Tropical Zone, ranging upward along the 

 trails or through forestless areas to the Temperate Zone. There is much 

 variation in size, and in the size and shape of the bill among our thirty-eight 

 specimens, apparently in part due to age, and also to altitude, the largest 

 specimens being from the Temperate Zone. 



Dabeiba, 2; Quibdo, 2; Noanama, 1; Caldas, 2; Tumaco, 1; Barba- 

 coas, 2; Ricaurte, 2; Cali, 1; Puerto Valdivia, 1; La Frijolera, 1; La 

 Manuelita, 2; Miraflores, 1; Salento, 4; Sta. Elena, 1; Barro Blanco, 1; 

 La Candela, 1; Chicoral, 1; LaPlaya, 1; Turbaco, 2; Pacho, 3; Esmeraldas, 

 2; Chipaque, 1; Buena Vista, 1 ; La Morelia, 2. 



(1500) Crotophaga major Gmel. 



Crotophaga major Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 363 (Cayenne); Cass., Proc. 

 Acad. N. S. Phila., 1860, p. 138 (R. Atrato); Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 379 (Paturia); 

 Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 536 (Nechg). 



Locally common in the forests of the Tropical Zone. 

 Dabeiba, 1; Atrato River, 2; Noanama, 2; Algodonal, 1; Purteo 

 Berrio, 1; Malena, 2; Honda, 1. 



