1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 243 



An immature female from- an altitude of 10,500 feet, near Santa Isabel, 

 is referred provisionally to this species. We have a specimen in similar 

 plumage from Ambato, Ecuador. 



(620) Buteo platypterus (Vieill.). 



Sparvius platypterus Vieill,, Tabl. Encyol. M^th., Ill, 1823, p. 1273 (near 

 Philadelphia, Pa.). 



Buteo pennsylvanicus Sc-L. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 540 (Concordia; Envigado; 

 Sta. Elena). 



Buteo latissimus Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 130 (Bonda; Valpa- 

 raiso; Santa Marta). 



A common, widely distributed, forest-inhabiting Hawk which ranges 

 from sea-level to at least 9000 feet. 



Juntas de Tamana, 1, (Dec. 19); Puerto Valdivia, 3; La Frijolera, 2; 

 San Antonio, 7 (Jan. 14-Feb. 16); El Roble, 2 (Nov. 10); Salento, 3 (Oct. 

 31-Nov. 6); Sta. Elena, 3; Rio Toch^, 2 (Oct. 23, 25); Fusugasug^, 1 

 (April, 13); Villavicencio, 1 (Mch. 9). 



(621) Buteo brachyurus Vieill. 



Buteo brachyurus Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., IV, 1816, p. 477 (Cayenne?). 

 Buteola brachyura Sol. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 540 (Sta. Elena). 



An immature male from the Quindio Pass, apparently represents this 

 species, but lacking proper material for comparison the identification must 

 be regarded as provisional. 



(623) Asturina nitida (Lath.). 



Falco nitidus Lath., Ind. Orn., I, 1790, p. 41 ("Cayana"). 



Asturina nitida Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 129 (Bonda). 



Found in the Tropical Zone. 



Remolino, Magdalena River, 2; Villavicencio, 1; Barrigon, 1. 



(625) Rupornis magnirostris magnirostris (Gmel). 



Falco magnirostris Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 282 (Cayenne). 



Asturina magnirostris Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 382 (La Cruz) ; Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 

 1879, p. 540 (Retiro; Concordia; Sta. Elena; Remedios; Medellin; breeds). 



Rupornis magnirostris Robinson, Flying Trip, p. 154 (Guaduas); Stone, Proo. 

 Acad. N. S. Phila., 1899, p. 304 (Honda; Ibague); Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 

 1900, p. 129 (Santa Marta and Minca). 



