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Show 1871.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF LIMA. 497 with low bushes, a few miles from Lima. It was feeding on the ground, after the manner of a Zonotrichia. Subsequently, I have made hundreds of visits to this plain, and have shown the example to many sportsmen, but have neither seen it again myself nor been able to obtain any information respecting it. I a m therefore of opinion that its occurrence in this plain was accidental, and hope to discover its true abode in some of the valleys of the Andes."-W. N. Mr. Nation calls this bird "erythrorhynchus, Lesson," referring it to the Fringilla erythrorhyncha of Lesson (Journ. de l'Inst. 1834, p. 316 ; et Zool. Thetis, ii. p. 324). This is doubtless correct; but the name of Kittlitz, usually employed, is older (1832). This bird ranges from Chili as far north as Ecuador, where Fraser met with it on the plateau of Riobamba. 2. SPERMOPHILA TELASCO, Lesson; Sclater, Ibis, 1871, p. 7. " This is a very familiar and social little bird, frequenting our gardens, orchards, and road-sides, and associating with Volatinia and Zonotrichia. The nest is usually in a low bush near the road-side or garden-walk. The eggs are three in number, of a pale greenish blue, irregularly marked with brown. This bird feeds on seeds and insects. Its irides are bluish black. The plumage of the sexes has no perceptible difference."-W. N. Euscarthmus fvilviceps. 3. EUSCARTHMUS FULVICEPS, sp. nov. Fuscus: pileo toto et capitis lateribus fulvescenti-rufis : alarum marginibus externis pallidioribus fere ochraceis: subtus albus, pectoris lateribus cinereo perfusis : subalaribus limonaceo-fiavis : remigum marginibus internis rufescenti-ochraceis : rostro superiore fusco, inferiore albicante : pedibus obscure car- PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1871, No. XXXII. |
