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Show 1867.] MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. 985 10. PHRYGILUS ATRICEPS (Lafr. et D'Orb.). One example from Chihuata, in the plumage figured by D'Orbigny, but marked female. 11. PHRYGILUS FRUTICETI, Kittl. Specimens of both sexes of this species, from Chihuata and Arequipa. D'Orbigny has already recorded its occurrence in La Paz under the name Emberiza luctuosa (Syn. Av. in Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 80). 12. PHRYGILUS ALAUDINUS (Kittl.). Several specimens from Islay and Arequipa (May and June), with the head striated, as in the female, perhaps a seasonal variation. " Bill yellowish brown ; eyes dark brown ; legs and toes light chrome-yellow." 13. PHRYGILUS SPECULIFER (Lafr. et D'Orb.). Diuca speculifera, Sclater, C. A. B. p. 111. Four specimens from Salinas. " Eye dark hazel." 14. ZONOTRICHIA PILEATA (Bodd.). Many specimens from Islay and Arequipa. 15. CHRYSOMITRIS CAPITALIS, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1866, p. 160. Many examples (from Islay and Arequipa) of this western form of G. icterica, agreeing with Sclater's examples from Ecuador. 16. STURNELLA BELLICOSA, De Filippi. Many specimens from Arequipa. M M . Philippi and Landbeck have lately redescribed this bird as Leistes albipes (Wiegm. Arch. 1863, p. 128). 17. GEOSITTA CUNICULARIA (Vieill.). Islay, May. Two examples, agreeing with specimens from Chili. 18. CINCLODES FUSCUS (Vieill.). A single skin of this species from Chihuata, rather whiter below than others in Sclater's collection, but not otherwise different. A skin, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution, from Conchitas, Buenos Ayres, is also undistinguishable, which shows that Azara's bird is the same. 19. CINCLODES NIGRIFUMOSUS (Lafr. et D'Orb.). Two specimens from Islay, September. "Eye dark hazel." 20. SYNALLAXIS .EGITHALOIDES (Kittl.). Two examples from Islay. " Legs and toes black ; bill black ; eye dark hazel." PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1867, No. LXIII. |