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Show 154 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 11, 15. OCTHOECA LEUCOPHRYS (Lafr. et D'Orb.); Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 986. Tinta, May. " Shot off cactus plants. Bill black ; eye dark hazel; legs and toes black." 16. MUSCISAXICOLA RUFIVERTEX, Lafr. et D'Orb.; D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 354, t. 40. f. 2. One example from Tinta (marked $ ), May. Rather larger than Chilian specimens, and varying otherwise, but very slightly. " Shot off the top of a rock. Eye dark hazel; bill, legs, and toes black." 17. MUSCISAXICOLA MACULIROSTRIS, Lafr. et D'Orb.; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 568. Tinta. " Shot on a bank." 18. CENTRITES OREAS, sp. nov. Centrites niger, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 987, et 1868, p. 569. Niger: dorso castaneo : remigum primariorum pogoniis internis albicantibus : long, tota 5*5, alee 3*2, caudee 2*0. Fem. Fusca: dorso luride castaneo: primariis, sicut in mari albicantibus sed cinnamomeo tinctis. Hab. Peruvia alta (Whitely). Obs. Centrites niger remiges intus nigros unicolores ostendit. Two pairs of this Centrites were collected at Tinta. D'Orbigny does not appear to have recognized its distinctness from the common species of the Argentine Republic, of which we have examined many specimens. Besides the difference in the wing-feathers, the present species is larger, and has the back of a rather lighter chestnut. Mr. Whitely's former specimen from Salinas belongs also to the present species. " Shot on the river bank ; common."-H. W. 19. PATAGONA GIGAS (Vieill.). „ Tinta. 20. COLAPTES RUPICOLA, Lafr. et D'Orb.; D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 377, t. 62. f. 1; Sundev. Consp. Pic. p. 78. Tungasuca and Tinta. "Appears rather common, frequenting holes in banks, there being no timber in the neighbourhood. Some specimens were shot off a mud wall. Eye greenish yellow; legs and toes greenish brown; bill black." 21. BOLBORHYNCHUS ORBIGNESIUS (Bp.); Finsch, Papae. ii. p. 129 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 569. Tinta. Sexes, as marked, are alike. " Found frequenting the top of a church." |