8. ATTICORA. 187 



Sd. (§• Salv. t. c. pp. 495, 595 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 192 ; W. A. 



Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 329 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 152 (1882) ; 



Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 8 ; IVliite, t. e. p. 596 j Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 229 (1883). 

 Petrochelidon cyanoleuca, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 551, 1859, p. 138, 



18G0, pp. 75,'85 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 40 (1862). 

 Atticora hemipyga, Burm. Reis. La Plata, ii. p. 479 (1861). 

 Atticora patngonica, Baird, Revieio Amer. B. p. 3ll, note (1865) ; 



Salvin ^ Godinan, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 229 (1883). 

 Atticora cyanoleuca, var. montana, Baird, Revieio Amer. B. p. 310 



(1865) ; Laior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 96 (1868) ; v, Frantzim, J, 



f. O. 1869, p. 294 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 67. 



Adult. General colour above glossy blue, the fcatbers of the hind 

 neck slightly mottled with white bases to the feathers ; scapulars 

 and lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills black, externally glossed with dull blue ; 

 tail-feathers blackish ; lores, feathers below the eyie, and ear- 

 coverts black ; cheeks and under surface of body pure white, the 

 sides of the neck glossy blue, descending in a half-crescent on the 

 sides of the chest ; sides of body and flanks brown ; thighs blackish 

 brown ; under tail-coverts black glossed with blue ; axillarics and 

 under wing-coverts smoky brown, the coverts near the edge of the 

 wing edged with white : " bill black ; legs dark brown ; iris dark " 

 (Neincied). Total length 4*7 inches, culmen 0-25, wing 4*05, tail 

 2'2, tarsus 0'45. 



Yoimg. Much duller blue than the adult, and distinguished by 

 the reddish-buff throat ; the flanks and sides of body also tinged with 

 reddish buff. 



Hah. From Costa Rica in Central America, throughout South 

 America to Bolivia, Paraguay, the Argentine Eepublic, and Chili. 



a. Ad. sk. " Valley of Aragua." Purchased. 



b. cJjuv.sk. Veragua (^rc^. Sclater Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Collection. 



d. Imm. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Collection. 



e. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Purchased. 



/. Ad. ; g. Juv. sk. Quito. J. Gould, Esq. 



h. <S ad. sk, Riobamba, Ecuador Sclater Collection. 



{Fraser). 



i. 5 imm. sk. Chanchamayo, Peru, Aug. Sclater Collection. 



{H. Whitely). 



k. Ad. sk. Areqiiipa, Peru, March 13. H. Whitely, Esq. [C.]. 



I. tS juv. sk. Cachupata-, Sept. {H. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



WhUely). 



m. Ad. sk. Arequipa, Peru, March 13. H. Whitely, Esq. [C.]. 



«. S ad. sk. Cosnipata, Sept. 20 {IT. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. I P.l. 



Whitely). 



0. Ad. sk. Bolivia. Sclater Collection. 



p. Ad. sk. Bolivia. Mr. Bridges [C.]. 



q. Ad. sk. CbUi. Purchased, 



r, s. .Tuv. sk. Chili {Reed). _ R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



t. cJ >id. sk. Santiago, Chili {Land- Sclater Collection. 



beck). 



u. Juv. sk. Buenos Ayres {Hudsoji). Sclater Collection. 



