( l:^. ) 



*75. Pachyrhamphus similis sp. iiov. 



rnclii/rkamphus nlhogriseus Tacz., Oi n. Pi'r., ii., p. 301. 



P. alhoijriuM affinis et mas vix distingnendns, te(;tricil)as alarnm mediis tautiim 

 albo angustioi'c terminaHs ; fciuina vero cajiite siiiumo omiiiiio castaneo, uigro cir- 

 cnmcincto digiioscenda. 



Hab. N. Pern, Ecuador, Merida in Venezuela. 



c? ?. Chusgon, Huamachuco (8, .51)0 feet), Februan-. 



t?. Vina, Huamaeluico (5,.50i) feet), March. 



? . Suecba, Huamachuco (9,000 feet), February. 



? . Malea, Cajabamba (8,000 feet), April. 



" Iris blackish." 



These specimens belong to a species distinct from the true P. aUinqriseiis of 

 Colombia and (Jentral Anierica, and the /fmalrs may readily be distinguished by 

 their chestnut crown, which again is l)ordereil by a black line running over the 

 su])erciliary streak and round to the nape. The Peruvian birds have a smaller bill 

 than those from Ecuador and Venezuela, but do not otherwise difi'er. 



*T<1. Heliochei'a rubrocristata (d'Orb. &, Lafr.). 



Tacz., Orn. P,'r., ii., 2>. 361. 



cT, S juv. Cajabamba (9,000 feet), January. 



" Eyes red." 



*77. Geositta tenuirostris (d'Orb. & Lafr.). 



Tacz., Orn. Prr., ii., p. 91! ; ScL, Cat. Bin/s P. .\L, xv., p. 9. 



,? ?. Cajamarca (11,000 feet), December. 



These birds are rather smaller than others from fSoiithern Pern, and have the 

 ■wing-coverts less conspicuously edged with cinnamon, but they are not in fresh 

 plumage. 



"78. Upucerthia serrana Tacz. 



Orn. Prr., ii., p. 107. 



Upucerthia andecola Sol. {nee d'Orb. & Lafr.), Cut. Binl.-< B. .1/"., xv., [i. 10. 



S ? Cajaniarea (1 l,t)0O feet), January. 



?. Near Cajamarca (li.»,ooO feet), May. 



S. Huamachuco (10,400 feet), February, March. 



c? ? . Cajabamba (9,000 feet), January. 



Count Eerlepsch considers these birds to be closely allied to U. serrana 

 Tacz., U. andecola being distinct. Compared with the specimens referred by Mr. 

 Sclater to IT. andecola, the biJl is shorter and stouter, the head and neck greyer, the 

 lower back not so rufous, and the throat whiter. But these dift'erences are very 

 slight. 



79. Cinclodes fuscus (Vieill.). 



cJ. Cajamarca (11,000 feet), Decemlier. 

 i. (lajamarca (9,800 feet), Deeenilier. 

 cJ. Near Cajamarca (10,000 feet). May. 

 (J. Cajabamba (9,000 feet), January. 



