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Show 310 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 4 7. HIMANTOPUS NIGRICOLLIS (Vieill.); Scl. & Salv. P.Z. S. 1866, p. 567. Upper Ucayali and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). " I found this Stilt breeding near a shallow pool at Santa Cruz left by the subsidence of the river. It lays four eggs, which resemble those of the European species, but are somewhat darker in colour." -E.B. 8. GAMBETTA FLAVIPES. Chamicuros (Bartlett). "All the above-mentioned seven species are commonly met with in the towns at the rise of the rivers, there being no sand banks for them to rest on as in the dry season. They pass from south to north in September and October and return again in March and April. Whether any of them breed further south I am unable to say; but none of them, with the exception of Himantopus nigricollis, breed on the Upper Amazons."-E. B. Fam. LARIDCE. 1. P H A E T H U S A MAGNIROSTRIS (Licht.): Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 567. Thalasseus magnirostris, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200. Sterna magnirostris, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 979. Lower Ucayali and Huallaga (Bartlett) ; Pebas (Hauxwell). 2. S T E R N A SUPERCILIARIS, Vieill.; Scl.& Salv.P. Z.S. 1866, p. 200, 1871, p. 571. Lower Ucayali and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). 3. RHYNCHOPS NIGRA, Linn. Rhynchops melanura, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 201 ; 1867; p. 754; 1871, p. 566. Lower Ucayali and Rio Huallaga (Bartlett). Fam. CRYPTURIDCE. 1. TINAMUS GUTTATUS, Pelz. Chamicuros (Bartlett). " This species is the ' Urcu-yutu ' of the Indians. Its eggs are coloured of a beautiful dark blue."-E. B. 2. CRYPTURUS CINEREUS (Gm.). Chamicuros and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). " This species is heard nearly everywhere, but seldom seen, owing to its habit of skulking about on the ground amongst tangled masses of bush. The eggs, of a polished texture and dark chocolate-brown in colour, are deposited in a nest on the ground. This Tinamou is called ' Yana-yutu' by the Indians."-E. B. 3. C R Y P T U R U S PILEATUS (Bodd.). Tinamus parvirostris, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 724. Chyavetas (Bartlett). The single specimen brought home by Mr. Bartlett was named from |