1917.] Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 633 



At Villavicencio it was not found, and if its absence from that region be 

 actual, it would indicate th^at the Meadowlarks from the upper Orinoco 

 (we have specimens of a small apparently undescribed form from Maipures) 

 were not derived from the west but from the east and north. The bird was 

 not met with in the Magdalena Valley. 



The song of the Bogota Meadowlark is of the magna type, but is often 

 strongly suggestive of that of negleda. I have heard such songs from 

 Florida birds. 



Slopes below Facatd,tiva (6000 ft.), 1 ; Bogota Savanna, 14; La Holanda, 

 6; La Herrera, '3 ; Chipaque, 1; Choachi, 2; Quetame, 3. 



(4502) Icterus spurius (Linn.). 

 Oriolus spurius Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 162 (Carolina). 

 Algodonal, Jan. 23, 1 ad. cf ; 1 9 • 



(4506) Icterus auricapillus Cass. 



Icterus aurica-pillus Cass., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1847, p. 322 (Colombia) ; 

 Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 162 (Bonda; Cacagualito; Santa Marta). 



A Tropical Zone species of which we have specimens from Honda and 

 vicinity. 



Honda, 1 ; west of Honda, 2. 



(4509) Icterus mesomelas salvini Cass. 



Icterus salvini Cass., Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila., 1867, p. 51 (Costa Rica) . 

 Icterus m£somelas Cass., Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila., 1860, p. 140 (R. Atrato); 

 ScL. & Salv., p. Z. S., 1879, p. 509 (Nech6). 



Xanthornus mesomelas salvini Hellm., P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1122 (Condoto; Guineo). 



A Tropical Zone species which we found only in the Atrato and Magda- 

 lena Valleys. 



Atrato River, 4; Quibdo, 1; Remolino (lower Magdalena), 1; Puerto 

 Berrio, 2; Guaduas, 1. 



(4511) Icterus giraudi Cass. 



Icterus giraudi Cass., Proc. Acad. N. S. PhUa., 1847, p. 333 (Bogotd); Ibid., 

 1860, p. 140 (R. Truando ; R. Nercua) ; Wtatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 330 (not above 7000 ft., 

 Bucaramanga region); Sol. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 509 (Envigado; Concordia; 

 MedelHn); Stone, Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila., 1899, p. 307 (Ibagiie). 



