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Show 1891.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM TARAPACA. 133 2. CONIROSTRUM CINEREUM, d'Orb. et Lafr. Conirostrum cinereum, Scl. Cat. B. xi. p. 15. Pica. Also new to the list, and obtained by Whitely near Arequipa. See remarks on the range of this species, 'Ibis,' 1880, p. 31. D'Orbigny met with the original specimens of this bird in the ravines of Tacna, now within the frontiers of Chili. 3. ZONOTRICHIA PILEATA (Miill.). Zonotrichia pileata, Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 611. Pica. One of the most widely spread birds in South America, also obtained by Whitely near Arequipa, but an addition to the present list. 4. PSEUDOCHLORIS AUREIVENTRIS (Phil, et Landb.). Sycalis aureiventris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 397. Pseudochloris aureiventris, Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 777. Sacaya. 5. PHRYGILUS ATRICEPS (d'Orb. et Lafr.). Phrygilus atriceps, Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 397; Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 786. Sacaya. 6. PHRYGILUS CORACINUS, sp. nov. (Plate XIII.) Supra obscure niger, uropygii et dorsi inferioris plumis cinereo mixtis ; alis caudaque nigris, tectricum alarum marginibus angustissimis albis: subtus niger, hypochondriis in cinereum trahentibus; crisso nigro, plumis albo marginatis : rostro flavo pedibus rubris : long, tota 7*4 poll. Angl., alee 4*0, caudce 3 2, tarsi 1*0. Hab. Chilise prov. Tarapaca. Obs. Affinis P. fruticeti, sed capite et dorso unicolore mgns distinguendus. . Two specimens of this bird are in the collection, both obtained at an Estancia eight leagues from Sacaya, on the 20th March, 1890, and marked as males. The second specimen is not quite in such full plumage as the one described, and shows more cinereous colour on the back and bellv. The species is obviously nearly allied to P. fruticeti, but at once recognizable by its much blacker coloration. 7. XENOSPINGUS CONCOLOR (d'Orb. et Lafr.). Xenospingus concolor, Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 799. Five examples of both sexes from Pica. _ This remarkable Fringilline bird was discovered by d Orbigny near Arica, rather further north. Whitely obtained specimens of it in the province of Arequipa (see P. Z. S. 1868, p. 174). |