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Florencia. — (Alt. 675 ft.) A small town in the Caquetd, region near the eastern 

 base of the Eastern Andes. Collections were made from a nearby ranch where a 

 large clearing had been made in the "ocean of forest" which covers this region. 

 (No. 171.) 



Expedition No. 5, June 20-July 5, 1912; 257 specimens. 

 Frontino.— (Lat. 6° 54', long. 76° 16'; alt. 4780 ft.) A town on the western slope 



of the Western Andes at which Salmon collected. (No. 7.) 

 FuNDAcioN. — (Lat. 10° 35', long. 74° 14'; alt. 154 ft.) A village at the western 

 base of the Santa Marta group on the railway from Santa Marta, at which 

 Carriker collected. 

 FusugasugX. — ■ (Alt. 5464 ft.) A town some 35 miles from Bogota in the heart of a 

 coffee-growing region. With the felling of the virgin forest its bird-life has 

 retreated up the mountaia side and various Magdalena Valley forms have ap- 

 peared. (No. 74.) 



Expedition No. 7, Mch. 22-24; 88 specimens. 

 Gallera. — (Alt. 7000 ft.) A camp in virgin forest on the western slop e of the most 

 eastern ridge of the western Andes. (No. 25.) 

 Expedition No. 2, June 26-July 4, 1911; IDS specimens. 

 F6MEQira!.— (Lat. 4° 30', long. 73° 50'; alt. 6074 ft.) A town east of Bogotd from 



which many native-made skins come. (No. 84.) 

 GoBGONA Island.^ (Lat. 2° 58', long. 78° 5'; alt. sea-level.) An island lying some 

 twenty miles off the shore of southwestern Colombia. It is described (Bull. 

 M. C. Z. 1905, p. 88) by W. W. Brown, Jr. who coUected on it from June 19 to 

 July 2, 1904, as five miles long, about half a mile wide and with three hills, the 

 highest 800 feet in altitude. It is completely covered with luxuriant forest, 

 has a heavy rainfall, with no dry season, and is uninhabited. Of the sixteen 

 birds known from Gorgona, five have been described by Thayer and Bangs as 

 new. Bangs (I. c. pp. 90, 91) has also described a spiny rat (Proechimys gorgonce) 

 and a monkey {Cebus curtus), and Barbour (I. c. pp. 99-102) has described 

 as new, two hzards, a snake, and two frogs, all related to mainland species. 

 (No. 27.) 

 GuADTiAS.- — (Alt. 3164 ft.) A town lying in the first valley east of Honda and dis- 

 tant one day's journey. The immediate surroundings are largely under cultiva- 

 tion or in pasturage, but there is some forest on the surrounding mountains. 

 Some native-made skins are said to come from Guaduas and it was visited by 

 Wirt Robinson. (No. 96.) 

 GuENGtJE.^ (Alt. 3600 ft.) A ranch in the Cauca Valley on the west side of the 

 Cauca River about fifteen miles southeast of Cah. The country is covered with 

 rather low but dense forest growth which was being rapidly cleared to create 

 grazing area. Some of the streams were widely bordered with a heavy growth of 

 great bamboos. (No. 55.) 



Expedition No. 1, May 4, 5, 1911; 15 specimens. 

 Herradtjba.— (Lat. 7° 56', loqg. 73° 30'.) "Half-a-dozen-huts," three or four hours 



from Ooana, visited by Wyatt. (No. 116.) 

 Honda.— (Lat. 5° 15', long. 74° 50'; alt. 600 ft.) A city ontlie Magdalena River 

 a few miles above the head of navigation on the lower half of the river. The 

 main mule-trail for Bogota begins at this point. The city is at the foot of the 

 Eastern Andes, and the Magdalena Valley, with its open savannas and thinly 

 forested buttes and hills, lies to the west. There is some forest-growth along the 



