1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 361 



(1822) Scytalopus micropterus micropterus Scl. 



Scytalopiis micropterus Scl., P. Z. S., 1858, p. 69 (Napo, Ecuador). 

 Scytalopus analis Auct. (not of Lafr. = Triptorhinus paradoxus Kittl.; type 

 examined) . 



Not uncommon in the denser low growth of the heavy forests of the 

 Subtropical Zone of all three ranges and occasionally extending upward to 

 the lower border of the Temperate Zone and rarely downward to the Tropi- 

 cal Zone. All our' twenty-four specimens have the flanks, lower abdomen, 

 rump and upper tail-coverts barred with rusty black. The white crown- 

 patch appears to be a purely individual character not dependent upon age, 

 sex, season or locality. It is well developed in some immature specimens 

 and wanting in others, is present or absent in both sexes, and in specimens 

 from the same locality. Nine specimens possess it to a greater or less de- 

 gree, fifteen are without it. 



On examination of Lafresnaye's type of " Mer [ulaxis] analis" (Rev. 

 Zool., 184,0, p. 104) loaned me by Mr. Bangs, I find it to be an adult specimen 

 of Triptorhinus paradoxtis Kittl., a fact confirming Lafresnaye's belief (I. c.) 

 that his specimen came from "Paraguay ou du Chili." Kittlitz's name has 

 nine years priority and Lafresnaye's consequently becomes a pure synonym 

 of it. The bird hitherto known as Scytalopus analis (Lafr.) will apparently 

 therefore become Scytalopus micropterus Scl., as above. I have seen no 

 Napo specimens but our collection contains a Bogota, skin labelled by Sclater 

 " Agathopus micropterus." The generic name he subsequently abandoned. 



Alto Bonito, 2; Las Lomitas, 1; San Antonio, 1; Pavas, 1; Andes w. 

 of Popayan (10,340 ft.), 1; Ricaurte, 1; Miraflores, 2; Salento, 3; Lagu- 

 neta, 1; El Eden, 2; La Palma, 3; La Candela, 2; Andalucia (3,000 ft.), 

 1; 'Bogota,' 2; Buena Vista, 1. 



(1822a) Scytalopus infasciatus Chapm. 



Scytalopus infasciatus Chapm., Auk, XXXII, 1915, p. 414 (Paramo de Beltran, 

 9750 ft., near Bogotd). 



Char. sp. — In general color resembling Scytalopus micropterus micropterus Scl. 

 but somewhat paler, the tail brownish, the rump and flanks tawny, unbarred as in 

 S. grweicollis Lafr., bill black, as in micropterus. 



This species, which further illustrates the apparent exhaustlessness of 

 the Bogota region as well as of the genus Scytalopus, is based on a specimen 

 presented to the American Museum by Hermano Apolinar Maria, the emi- 

 nently, efficient Director of the Instituto de la Salle in Bogota. 



Paramo de Beltran, 1; El Roble, 1. 



