1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 249 



(654a) Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens Chapm. 



Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens Chapm., Bull. A. M. N. H., Vol. XXXIV, 

 1915, p. 638 (Alto Bonito, R. Sucio, w. Col.). 



Char, subsp. — Similar to H. c. cachinnans (Linn.) but smaller and more richly 

 colored; the upperparts and wings externally darker (dark Sepia); the underparts, 

 crown, nape, upper tail-coverts and under wing-ooverts nearly uniform cinnamon- 

 buff, instead of white washed with light buff; the crown more streaked, the lower 

 wing-coverts more spotted. 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone of the Pacific Coast from Panama southward 

 to Ecuador. 



Alto Bonito, 1; San Jos^, 2; Barbacoas, 1. 



(655) Elanoides forticatus yetapa Bonn. & Vieill. 



Elanoides yetapa Bonn. & Vieill., Enc. Meth., Ill, 1823, p. 1205 (Paraguay). 

 Elanoides furcatus Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 382 (Cachiri; Portrerras; Naranjo); 

 Sol. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 541 (Concordia; Nech6). 



Of general distribution from sea-level up to at least 10,000 feet alti- 

 tude. It occurs singly and is also found in companies. Mr. Outram Bangs 

 calls my attention to the fact that South American specimens (Costa 

 Rica and southward) of this species differ from North American specimens 

 in having the scapulars, and to a lesser extent interscapulars, rich bottle- 

 green- instead of dark purplish maroon. 



Noanamd, 1; San Antonio, 1; Laguneta, 1; Andalucia, 1; Florencia, 1. 



(656) Rostrhamphus sociabilis ( Vieill). 



Herpetotheres sociabilis Yibill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XVIII, 1817, p. 318 

 (So. Am. Lat. 27''-30° S.). 



Rostrhamphus sociabilis Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 541 (Remedios); Robin- 

 son, Flying Trip, p. 154 (Barranquilla) ; Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 

 131 (Bonda). 



Abundant in the marshes about Barranquilla, where, on one occasion 

 we saw as many as sixteen perched in a single tree. 

 Barranquilla, 2. 



(658) Leptodon uncinatus (Temm.). 

 Falco undnatus Temm., PI. Col., I, 1824, pis. 103-105, (Rio Janeiro). 



