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Show 1867.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. 323 (ii. p. 181), gives this bird as Chilian under the name C. atrata, as he has himself stated (Pr. Acad. Phil. 1865, p. 91) ; and examples transmitted from Chili by Mr. Leybold of Santiago bear the same name upon them. Of Sycalis, a genus closely allied to the African Canaries (Crithagra), there are likewise two distinct species found in Chili, of both of which I have received examples from Mr. Landbeck. The larger of these is the Sycalis aureiventris, Ph. et Landb. (Arch. f. Nat. 1864, p. 49), allied certainly to S. luteocephala (Lafr. et D'Orb.) of Peru and Bolivia, as its describers justly observe, but apparently well distinguished by the want of any yellow edgings to the remiges and rectrices, and not, as far as I am aware, previously described. The second is the Sycalis arvensis of my American Catalogue (Fringilla arvensis, Kittlitz). The examples of this species forwarded by Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck are labelled "Cri-thayra brevirostris, Gould " - a name which apparently belongs to a different species of the same genus. Fam. ICTERID^E. Agelasticus thilius (Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 188) is a common Chilian bird, and figured in Gay's 'Historia' under two names- Cacicus chrysocarpus and Xanthornus cayennensis I (Cf. Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 13). The female or young bird is brown striated with black, as in Ageleeus, from which this form is hardly distinguishable generically. Sturnella militaris and Curceus aterrimus are two other well-known species, both belonging to this group. The former is widely diffused over the extreme of South America and the Falkland Islands; the latter I have only seen from Chili. Fam. DENDROCOLAPTIDEE. Of the genus Geositta I have met with three Chilian species, namely:- 1. G. cunicularia (Vieill.); Certhilauda cunicularia, Ph. et Landb. (I. c. 1865, p. 59). " Found in the provinces of Colchagua, Santiago, and Aconcagua, on the Subandean plains and sea-coast region." The examples of this species forwarded by Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck are quite identical with those previously in my collection, and thus named (Cat. A m. B. p. 146). 2. G. isabellina; Certhilauda isabellina, Ph. et Landb. /. c. p. 63. Of this fine species Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck have transmitted me examples of both sexes. It was not previously known to me. 3. Cr. fasciata; Geobamon fasciata, Ph. et Landb. 1. c. p. 68. Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck have likewise sent me two examples of this species, of which I had previously an indifferent specimen in my collection, purchased of Parzudaki in 1854. This I had referred doubtfully (and probably erroneously) to G. maritima, Lafr. et D'Orb.; but I shall now adopt the name given by Messrs. |
