2. QEOSITTA. 7 



and the i^octoral spots almost obsolete ; outer tail-feathers white at 

 the base. 

 Hah. Peru. 



«. 6. 6 9- ad. sk. Tarapaca, Peru {Rm/mer). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Islay, S.W. Peru ( iVhiteh/). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. c? ad. sk. Juuin, Central Peru (Jelski). vSclater Coll. 



{G. cunicularia juninensis, Tacz.) 



e. S ad. sk. Junin, Peru (Jehki). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. $ jr. sk. S.W. Peru ( Whitely). Tweeddale Coll. 



3. Geositta isabellina. 



Certliilauda isabellina, Ph. et Lnndb. Wiegm. Arch. 186-5, pt. i. p. 63 



(Chili). 

 Geositta isabellina, Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 323 (Chili) ; Scl. et Salv. 



Nomencl. p. 61. 



Above sandy brown ; rump milky white ; remiges ferruginous 

 red, with a broad subapical baud across the secondaries and the 

 outer webs and tips of the outer primaries blackish ; tail clear ful- 

 vous white, apical portion black : beneath pale isabelline, darker on 

 the throat and breast, whiter on the belly ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner margins of wing-feathers pale buff ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 7-3 inches, wing 4-7, tail 2-5, bill from gape 1. 

 Female similar. 



Hah. Chili. 



This is a fine and distinct species, recognizable from the preceding 

 by its larger size and unspotted breast. 



a,h. S 2 ad. sk. Cord, de Santiago, Chili {Landbeck). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimens.) 



4. Geositta rufipennis. 



Geobamon rufipennis, Burm. J. f. O. 1860, p. 249 (Parana) ; id. La- 

 Plata Raise, ii. p. 465 ; Scl. et Hiids. Arg. Oni. i. p. 166. 



Geositta rufipennis, Giehel, Zeitsch. ges. Naturiv. xxxi. p. 17 (1868). 



Geobamon fasciata, Phil, et Landb. Wiegm. Arch. 1865, pt. i p. 68. 



Geositta fasciata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 323 (Chili) ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 61. 



Above greyish brown, lores and distinct superciliary stripe pale 

 fulvous ; wing-coverts slightly edged with pale fulvous ; remiges 

 deep ferrugiuous red, with a broad subapical band across the secon- 

 daries and the outer webs and tips of the inner primaries black ; 

 two outer primaries wholly blackish ; tail deep ferruginous red, with 

 a broad black subapical band : beneath pale isabelline, more whitish 

 on the throat ; bill and feet black : whole length Q-Q inches, wing 

 4-1, tail 2-5, bill from gape 0-8, Female similar. 



Hah. Chili, N. Argentina, and Bolivia. 



