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Show 1 56 .MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 1 1, 33. VANELLUS RESPLENDENS (Tsch.) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 556. Four examples from Tinta, obtained at an elevation of 12,000 feet. Sexes alike. " Shot on marsh land. Has the habits of a Plover. Bill pink at the base, reddish brown at the tip ; eye, eyelid, legs, and toes pink." 34, GAMBETTA MELANOLEUCA (Gm.). Tinta and Tungasuca. " Shot on marshy lands in the vicinity of the lake of Tinta ; quite alone. Bill horn-colour; eye dark hazel; legs and toes yellow ochre; claws black." 35. GALLINAGO FRENATA. Scolopax frenata, Max. Beitr. iv. p. 712; Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 299. One skin from Tungasuca, with the tarsus shorter than usual. "Found in-pairs on the borders of the lake, but not common. Bill reddish slate; eye dark hazel; legs and toes brownish flesh-colour ; claws black." 36. FULICA ARDESIACA (Tsch.) ; Scl. et Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 113, t. 57. Two specimens from the lagoon of Tungasuca. "Appears to be common. Bill white, marked with orange at the base ; crown of the head chocolate-colour ; legs aud toes light green." 37. ARDEA EGRETTA (Gm.). A. leuce, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 416. Tungasuca. " Bill yellow-ochre ; eye cream-colour; legs, toes, and claws black." 38. NYCTICORAX OBSCURUS, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 141. Adult and young from Tinta. " Upper mandible of bill black, marked with olive-green at the base; lower mandible olive-green, marked with streaks of black ; eye crimson lake ; legs and toes greenish yellow ; claws black." 39. IBIS FALCINELLUS (Linn.); Schlegel, Mus. d. P.-B. Ibis, p. 2. Ibis ordii, Tsch. F. P. p. 298. Tungasuca. " Frequents the neighbourhood of the lake in flocks of from twenty to thirty. Bill reddish slate-colour; eye crimson lake ; legs, toes, and claws black. Total length 24| inches." 40. BERNICLA MELANOPTERA (Eyton). Anser melanopterus, Eyton, Anatidse, p. 93; Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 308 ; Darwin, Voy. Beagle, Zool. iii. p. 134, t. 50 ; Phil, et Landb. Wiegm. Arch. 1863, p. 185. Anser andicola et A. montanus, Tsch. |
