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Our only specimen was collected by a native at ChoacM in the Temperate 

 Zone some fifteen mUes east of Bogota. It is essentially like two topo- 

 typical specimens from Gualea, Ecuador. 



Choachi, 1. 



(724) Tyto perlata subsp. 



Strix perlata Light., Verz. Doubl., 1823, p. 59 (Brazil). 

 Strixflammea ScL. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 538 (Medellin). 



We secured but two specimens. Without further material I do not at- 

 tempt to determine the status of the Colombian form or forms of this wide- 

 ranging bird. 



Miraflores, 1; Anolaima, 1. 



Order PSITTACIFORMES. 

 Family- PSITTACID^. Macaws, Parrots, Parrakeets. 



(732) Ara ararauna (Linn.). 



Psittacus ararauna Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 96 ("America meridionaU"; 

 Brabourne & Chubb "substitute Brazil"). 



Ara ararauna Cass., Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila., 1860, p. 137 (Atrato); Robinson, 

 Flying Trip, p. 155 (R. Magdalena). 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone. Common on the central Magdalena River. 

 Puerto Niiio, 5; Quisiera, 1; Malena, 1 ; La Morelia 2. 



(734) Ara macao {Linn.). 



Psittacus macao Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 96 ("America meridionaU"; Bra- 

 bourne & Chubb "take Pernambuco"). 



Ara macao Robinson, Fljdng Trip., p. 156 (R. Magdalena). 



A species of the Tropical Zone of which we collected only two specimens. 

 Algodonal, Magdalena River, 1; La Morelia, 1. 



(735) Ara chloroptera Gray. 



Ara chloropterus Geay, List Psitt. Br. Mus., 1859, p. 26 ("South America"; 

 Brabourne & Chubb, "take Guiana"). 



Ara chloroptera Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 133 (Valle Dupar; 

 Santa Marta). 



Puerto Valdivia, 1. 



