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Show 1867.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. 337 which I have also lately received a skin from Lima*; (3) Anous inca (Sterna inca, Less.) ; aud (4) Hydrochelidon fissipes, Linn., spoken of by Pelzeln (Novara-Reise, p. 155) as H. plumbea. I do not know Sterna atro-fasciata, Ph. et Landb., Wiegm. Arch. 1863, p. 204, nor S. luctuosa, ibid. 1866, p. 126. Fam. PODICIPIDAE. Dr. Hartlaub, in describing Podifymbus antarcticus (Podiceps antarcticus, Less.) in his article in ' Naumannia,' does not appear to be aware that it is the same as P. brevirostris of Gray's ' Genera.' The error appears to have occurred from it not being stated on the plate in the ' Genera' that the figure of P. brevirostris is reduced in size. The typical specimens of P. brevirostris were obtained in Chili by Mr. Bridges. I cannot find any difference between them and specimens of a Podilymbus collected on the lake of Atitlan in Guatemala by Mr. Salvin ; so that it would appear that this species ranges all along the Andes into Central America. Fam. SPHENISCIDAE. The only Penguin that I know of occurring on the Chilian coast is Spheniscus humboldtii, Meyen, which ranges as far north as Peru, and, according to Meyen, is common in the harbour of Callao. I conclude these notes with a nominal list of what 1 believe to be the authentically determined species of Chilian birds, amounting in all to 209, namely- I. Passeres 63 II. Picariae 11 III. Accipitres 24 IV. Columbse 6 V. Gallinee 3 VI. Grallse 47 VII. Anseres ...... 55 209 I. PASSERES. 1. Turdus falklandicus. 7. Hirundo cyanoleuca. 2. Mimus thenca. 8. meyeni. 9. Prognefureata. 3. Troglodytes magellanicus. 4. Cistothorus platensis. 10. Phrygilus gayi. 11. alaudinius. 5. Anthus correndera. 12. fruticeti. . 13. unicolor. 6. Dendrceca atricapilla. 14. Diuca grisea. 15. Zonotrichia pileata. * See below, p. 344. PROC. ZOOL. SOC.-1867, No. XXII. |