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(1699a) Chrysoptilus punctigula striatigularis Chapm. 



Chrysoptilus punctigula striatigularis Chapm., Bull. A. M. N. H., XXXIII, 1914, 

 p. 611 (Call). 



Chrysoptilus punctigularis Set. & Salt., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 533 (Remedios). 



Char, suisp. — Differs from all other described forms of Chrysoptilus punctigula, 

 except C. p. ujhelyii, in having the throat white streaked with black instead of black 

 spotted with white; differs from C. p. ujhelyii in being darker, with the spots below, 

 particularly on the flanks, larger, the upperparts and wings with clearly defined broad 

 black bars (much narrower and nearly obsolete, dorsally, in ujhelyii) ; differing from 

 C. p. punctipectus in the pattern of the throat, as described above, in being browner 

 above and in having the spots of the underparts larger, more numerous, and extend- 

 ing to the flanks and abdominal region. 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone of Colombia west of the Eastern Andes and 

 south of the semi-arid Caribbean coastal region. 



The occurrence of Chrysoptilus punctigula punctipectus in the Tropical 

 Zone of the eastern slope of the Eastern Andes and of C. p. striatigularis in 

 this zone on the western slope of the same range brings both forms into the 

 Bogotd region and hence into 'Bogota' collections. In default of proper 

 data, their well-marked racial differences have evidently been considered to 

 represent individual variations and we have, therefore, an additional illus- 

 tration of the confusion wrought by the use of unlabeled skins from a region 

 containing at least two distinct faunas and double the number of zones. 



Noanama, 1; Cali, 2; Rio Frio, 1; near Honda, 1; Puerto Berrio, 2. 



(1702) Melanerpes flavigula Malh. 



Melanerpes flavigula Malh., Rev. et Mag., 1849, p. 522 (Colombia). 

 Melanerpes flavigularis Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 381 (7000 ft. up. "Temperate 

 regions"); Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 533 (Retiro; Concordia; Sta. Elena). 



A locally common bird in the Subtropical Zone of all three ranges ; rang- 

 ing upward to the Temperate Zone. 



Paramillo (11,000 ft.), 1; Las Lomitas, 2; San Antonio, 6; Cerro Mun- 

 chique, 4; Gallera, 1; Mirailores, 1 ; Salento, 1 ; Laguneta, 4; Sta. Elena, 1; 

 San Agustin, 2 ; La Candela, 1 ; Palo Hueco, Cundinamarca, 14. 



(1703) Melanerpes cruentatus (Bodd.). 

 Picus cruentatus Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl., 1783, p. 43 (Cayenne). 



Common in the Tropical Zone at the eastern base of the Eastern Andes. 

 A single, immature female from Paramaribo has the postocular stripes 

 whiter than in any of our specimens. 



Florencia, 6; La Morelia, 6; Buena Vista, 7; Villavicencio, 5. 



