8 ruNitKdcor.Ai'Xin.E. 



Through the kindness of the Director of the Hallo Museum, 

 I have been enabled to compare tho type of Geohamon rvfipennis of 

 Bnrmeistcr with authentic examples of G. fasciata, and to satisfy 

 myself of their specific identity. The species is of about the size of 

 G. itiahclU)ia, but at once recognizable by its shorter and straighter 

 bill, distinct superciliaries, and black tail-band. 



(I, b. (S 2 acl- -''l'"- Santiago, Chili {Landheck). 8clater Coll. 



(Authentic specimens of G. fasciata.^ 



c. (J ad. sk. Santiago, Chili {Reed). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chili {Reed). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



e. J ad. sk. Pampas of Argentine llepiihlic Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Let/bold). 



f. Ad. sk. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 

 V- Ad. St. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



5. Geositta peruviana. 



Geositta peruviana, T.ctfr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 75 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 98 (Lima) ; Scl. k Salv. Nomencl. p. 61 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 524 (C. Peru), 1879, p. 2.30 (N. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 100. 



Above brownish cinereoiis, .superciliaries and margins of wings 

 pale fulvous ; remiges ferruginous, with a broad black subapical 

 band across the secondaries and inner primaries ; the whole of the 

 two outer primaries and tips of the adjacent primaries blackish ; tail 

 black, outer webs of external pair of rectrices white, and of next 

 two pairs fulvous ; middle pair like the back : beneath dirty white, 

 clearer on the throat and middle of tho belly ; bill and feet blackish, 

 base of lower mandible pale : whole length 5'2 inches, wing 2'9, 

 tail 1"9, bill from gape 0'7. 



flab. Western Peru. 



The small dimensions at once distinguish this species from its 

 congeners. 



(I. 2 'id. sk. Lima, Peru {Nation). Sclater Coll. 



6. Geositta saxicolina. 



Geositta saxicolina, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 524 (C. Peru) ; id. Orn. 

 Per. ii, p. 98. 



Above brownish cinereous ; rump white, tinged with ochraceous ; 

 superciliaries, sides of head, and margins of wing-coverts and secon- 

 daries rufescent ; wing-feathers blackish ; tail creamy white, broad 

 terminal band black, leaving the tips of all the rectrices and the 

 outer webs of the outer pair white : beneath white, tinged, especially 

 on the breast and flanks, with ochraceous ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length n-Ty inches, wing 4-1, tail 2-4, bill from gape OS. 



Jfah. Central Peru. 



