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Show 322 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 28, Fam. COSREBIDAE. Diglossa brunneiventris, Des Murs (Icon. Orn. pl. 43), is stated to be from Chili upon Gay's authority. But Gay's authority is worth very little, and the bird is not mentioned in Gay's ' Fauna Chilena.' Moreover Lafresnaye (Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 318) gives its locality as "Peru," and Cassin (Pr. Acad. Phil. 1864, p. 274) as "Bolivia;" either of which localities are much more likely to be correct. Fam. FRINGILLID^E. Phrygilus gayi, P. alaudinus, and P. fruticeti are all well-known Chilian species of the genus Phrycjilus, which is characteristic of the Chilian and Patagonian region of South America, and extends northwards along the Andes to Bogota. To these we may add Phryyilus unicolor (Emberiza unicolor, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. i. p. 82), of which Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck have forwarded specimens of both sexes, from the Cordillera of Santiago, under the name Chlorospiza plumbea*. These agree with m y skins from Bolivia and Ecuador. Diuca grisea, nob.-f (Fringilla diuca, Mol.), is a closely allied Chilian form. Zonotrichia pileata (sive matutina), one of the most widely distributed of American Passeres, also occurs in Chili (testibus Meyen, Darwin, & c ). The only two remaining genera of Fringillidse which occur in Chili are Chrysomitris and Sycalis, concerning each of which I must say a few words, as there has been some confusion regarding them. Of Chrysomitris, on which genus Mr. Cassin has lately given us some excellent notes J, there are two distinct species found in Chili - C . barbata (Mol.), and C. uropygialis, mihi. The former has been treated of by Dr. Philippi §, and its synonymy partly given. It is not, however, the true Fringilla campestris of Spix, although it is the bird so called by Des Murs. Mr. Cassin has lately shown us that it is the Carduelis stanleyi of Audubon. The best figure of this species is that given by the latter author in Gilliss's 'Astronomical Expedition,' pl. 17, under the name ''Chrysomitris maryi-nalis, Bp." An immature skin from the Falklands in m y collection, spoken of by Capt. Abbott (Ibis, 1861, p. 154) as C. magellanica, and also referred to by me (P. Z. S. 1861, p. 46), appears to belong to this species. It is very common in Chili, according to Dr. Philippi, and is the Silguero of the natives. C. uropygialis is a well-marked species of the genus, described in my 'Catalogue of American Birds' (p. 124, note). It is allied to G. atrata, but is easily known by its yellow uropygium and upper belly, which in C. atrata are deep black-only the lower portion of the belly being yellow in C. atrata. Cassin, in'Giiliss's ' Expedition' * As described by them, 'Arch. f. Nat.' 1864, p. 47 t Cat. Am. B. p. 111. J Pr. Acad. Phil. 1865, p. 89. § Arch. f. Nat. 1860, p. 27. |
