1915.] Chapman, New Colombian Birds. 643 
Z'ype.— No. 133599, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., o ad., Puerto Valdivia (alt. 360 £6), 
Cauca River, Antioquia, Col., Dec. 18, 1914; Miller and Boyle. 
Remarks.— Comparison of twelve specimens from the type-locality with 
twenty-eight specimens of X. 1. lachrymosus, including the type, show that 
the characters on which this form is based are as constant as they are pro- 
nounced. ‘The series of lachrymosus includes seven specimens from Dabeiba 
and Alto Bonito on the western slope of the Western Andes and the occur- 
rence of this form in these localities further emphasizes the racial differences 
exhibited by specimens of certain species from the western and eastern 
slopes of this range. | 
Specimens from the type-locality of X. 1. rostratus Ridgw. (Proc. Biol. 
Soc. Wash., 1909, R. Dagua) apparently show that it is not a valid race. 
Siptornis flammulata quindiana subsp. nov. 
Char. subsp.— Similar to S. f. flammulata (Jard.) of Ecuador but upperparts 
browner, the front part of the crown richer and deeper in tone, hazel rather than 
ochraceous-tawny, with, as a rule, the shaft-streaks broader, the margins corre- 
spondingly narrower; superciliary ochraceous and less clearly defined; throat deeper 
in tone, ochraceous-buff rather than buff, its color spreading to the breast, the sides 
of the head and auricular region; flanks and abdominal region more ochraceous. 
Differs from S. f. multostriata (Scl.) of the Bogoté region, in being less heavily mar- 
gined with black below, the margins more even in outline, the throat-patch much 
larger and paler, the upperparts browner, the frontal region less chestnut and less 
distinctly streaked. 
Type.— No. 112065, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., o ad., Paramo of Santa Isabel 
(12,500 ft.), Cen. Andes, Colombia, Sept. 20, 1911; Allen and Miller. 
Range.— Paramo Zone of the Central Andes of Colombia. 
Remarks.— 'This proposed race is based on comparison of fifteen speci- 
mens from Santa Isabel with ten from Pichincha and Chimborazo, and one 
from the Paramo of Choachf near Bogoté. The differences between 
flammulata and quindiana were at once recognized but in default of a topo- 
typical specimen of multostriata, it was a question whether to follow Sclater 
(P. Z. S., 1869, p. 636) in considering the Bogota form synonymous with 
flammulata, when the Santa Isabel race would require a name, or whether 
to accept the name multostriata for the Central Andean form. | 
This question was answered most satisfactorily by the receipt through 
Brother Apolinar Maria of a specimen from the Paramo of Choachi, some 
fifteen miles east of the city of Bogota, which I assume is typical of multo- 
striata. ‘This specimen agrees with Sclater’s description of multostriata 
(P. Z. 8., 1857, p. 273) but is so unlike both the Ecuador and Santa Isabel 
races as to suggest its specific distinctness. The pattern of the upperparts 
