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Show 304 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 4, 2. ClCCABA VIRGATA. Syrnium virgatum, Cassin. Syrnium sp. ?, Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 753. Syrnium zonocercum, G. R. Gray in Mus. Brit. Chyavetas (Bartlett). A young bird in yellow downy plumage with the wing-feathers and rectrices half developed. The latter show the bands of the tail to be just as in the common Central-American birds, to which species it doubtless belongs. 3. PULSATRIX TORQUATA (Daud.). Chamicuros (Bartlett). 4. SCOPS BRASILIANUS (Gm.). Scops choliba, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 198. Scops, sp.?, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 261. S. usta, Scl. Trans. Z. S. iv. p. 265, t. 61 ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 198; Ex. Orn. p. 102. Upper Ucayali, Cashiboya, Chamicuros, and Sarayacu (Bartlett). Fam. PHALACROCORACIDCE. 1. PLOTUS ANHINGA (Linn.). Yurimaguas (Bartlett). " Also seen on the Ucayali and Maranon."-E. B. 2. PHALACROCORAX BRASILIENSIS (Gm.). Cashiboya, Upper Ucayali, and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). " This species flies in large flocks from lake to lake; and sometimes hundreds may be seen, soon after sunrise, flying in a long line."-E. B. Fam. PALAMEDEIDCE. 1. P A L A M E D E A CORNUTA, Linn.; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200. Upper Ucayali (Bartlett). " I frequently saw this species about the lakes bordering the Huallaga."-E. B. Fam. ANATIDCE. 1. C H E N A L O P E X JUBATUS (Spix); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200. Lower Ucayali and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). 2. DENDROCYGNA AUTUMNALIS (Linn.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200. Lower Ucayali (Bartlett). 3. DENDROCYGNA VIDUATA (Linn.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200. Lower Ucayali (Bartlett). |