1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 79 



Notes on Colombian Climatology. 



Temperaiure: — The temperature of any given locality in Colombia 

 shows so little fluctuation throughout the year that the seasons are marked, 

 not by increase of cold or heat, but by rainfall. To demonstrate the narrow 

 and regular path travelled yearly by the thermometer in Colombia, and as a 

 contribution to the unfortunately limited amount of published meteoro- 

 logical data from that country, I append a summarized record of the tem- 

 perature for the year 1907 at the sugar estate of La Manuelita in the Cauca 

 Valley near Palmira. These records were made by Mr. Chas. J. Eder and 

 are selected as an average from a series covering a period of ten years. It 

 will be observed that there is only a difference of six degrees in the average 

 weekly temperature for the entire year. 



Temperature for the year 1907 at La Manuelita, Col. 



Week ending Highest Lowest Average for week. 

 Jan. 4 85 66 74^ 



11 86 63 74f 

 18 86 63 75 

 25 84 65 73 



Feb. 1 86 64 74 



8 86 67 73 



15 86 64 73 



22 85 64 73 



March 1 86 62 72 



8 86 64 76i 



15 86 64 75 



22 88 66 76 



29 85 64 74j 



AprU 5 86 64 75^ 



12 87 66 76 



■'2 



19 86 66 76 



26 86 67 



May 3 86 65 75 



10 85 67 75 



17 85 64 734 



24 86 66 73 



31 83 63 74 



June 7 85 62 74 



14 86 64 75i 



21 86 66 75 



28 84 65 73i 



