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Title: The distribution of bird-life in Colombia; a contribution to a biological survey of South America
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, Pub. by order of the trustees
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Guatapuri, visited by Simons. Valparaiso. (Alt. 4500-5500 ft.) A locahty in the Santa Marta group, twentymiles southeast of Santa Marta; visited by the Smith Expedition. Vakrud.— A place on the lower Magdalena River, one day6 sail above Calamar.(No. 126.)Expedition No. 8; November 5,1914; 10 specimens. Vetas.— (Lat. 7° 3, long. 73° 25; alt. 9500 ft.) A locahty northeast of Bucara-manga visited by Wyatt. (No. 109.) VillavicENCio.— (Lat. 4° 15, long. 73° 50; alt. 1400 ft.) A city of some impor-tance at the foot of the Eastern Andes. The mountain forest touches its westernlimits but the country to the east is flat and, at least within the first few miles,largely devoted to grazing and agriculture, but there is considerable woodedgrowth along the numerous streams which here leave the Andes. Birds werehere exceedingly abundant. Many Bogotd, birds have been collected in thisvicinity. (No. 164.) Expedition No. 7; March 6-14, 337 specimens. Bulletin A. M. N. H. Vol. XXXVI, Plate XLI
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Key to Colombian Collecting Stations Numhers encloserl in a circle indicate collecting stations of the American Museums expeditions;the lines connecting- these stations show the routes foiio\ved. 1917.) Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 657 BIBLIOGRAPHY. A LIST OF THE MOEE IMPORTANT FAUNAL PAPERS RELATING TOCOLOMBIAN BIRDS. The following titles include references to the comparatively few regionalpapers which have been published on Colombian birds as such. Additionaldata on the distribution of birds in Colombia will be found in Sclater andSalvins Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium (1873), the Catalogue ofBirds of the British Museum (1874-1895), Ridgways Birds of North andMiddle America (1901-19—), Brabourne and Chubbs Birds of SouthAmerica (1912) and other general works. The scope and character of most of the papers cited below are given inthe general Review of Colombian Ornithology presented on pages 11-19of this Bulletin. References to purely systematic papers will be f

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