1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 353 



(1727) Veniliornis fldelis {Harg.). 

 Dendrobates fidelis Harg., Ibis, 1889, p. 59 (Bogota). 



A male from Buena Vista and a pair from Villavicencio agree with the 

 description of this species, which appears to be a representative of V. olivi- 

 nus. 



Buena Vista, 1 ; Villavicencio, 2. 



(1733) Veniliornis ruficeps haematostigma (Malh.). 



Mesopicus hwmatostigma Malh., Picidse, II, 1862, p. 72, pi. Ixi, figs. 2-5 (Peru). 



Two specimens from La Moreha are evidently to be referred to this 

 form, of which, however, I have no authentic specimens for comparison. 

 La Morelia, 2. 



' ' (1738) Veniliornis kirki cecilii (Malh.). 



Mesopicus cecilii Malh., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1849, p. 538 (Colombia). 

 Chloronerpes cecilioe Sol. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 533 (Antioquia; Remedios; 

 Nech6). 



Veniliornis kirkii cecilii Hellm., P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1188 (Guineo, Rio Calima). 



Found throughout the greater part of the Tropical Zone in Colombia 

 though we took no specimens east of the Andes. I can detect no racial dif- 

 ferences in our series of sixteen specimens. 



Juntas de Tamana, 1 ; Los Cisneros, 1; Barbacoas, 7; Puerto Valdivia, 

 1; Rio Frio, 2; Chicoral, 3; Honda, 2; Malena, 1; Boca de Chimi, 1. 



,,;^ (1751) Celeus loricatus loricatus (Reich.). 



Mleiglyptes] loricatus Reich., Scans. Pic, 1854, p. 405, pi. dclxxxi, figs. 4495-6 

 ("N. Peru"). 



Celeus loricatus Sol. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 533 (Remedies; Neoh6); Hellm., 

 P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1188 (N6vita). 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone of the Pacific coast northward, at least to 

 Baudo on the Pacific coast, and on the eastern side of the Atrato River at 

 least to Alto Bonito and eastward to the lower Cauca and Magdaleiia Val- 

 leys. Males from Alto Bonito and Puerto Valdivia show in their deeper 

 color below some approach toward mentalis but in other respects, particu- 

 larly the barring of the upperparts, they are obviously referable to loricatus. 



