1. AGRIORNIS. 7 



6. Agriornis pollens. (Plate I.) 



Agriornis andicola, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 78, 92 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 196. 

 Agriornis pollens, Scl. P.Z.S. 1869, p. 153; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 41 ; itd. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 677 (S. Peru) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. 



p. 185. 



Above dark cinereous ; head and wings blackish, secondaries 

 with light edgings ; tail with two central feathers blackish, next 

 pair with the outer webs white, inner webs blackish ; four outer 

 pairs white, with a large blackish longitudinal mark on the inner 

 web of the fourth pair, aud a slight blackish spot at the further 

 extremity of the inner web in the three outer pairs : below pale 

 cinereous, throat white with broad black striations ; belly, flanks, 

 and crissum pale cinnamomeous ; under wing-coverts clear cinna- 

 momeous ; bill dark horn-colour; feet black: whole length 11 

 inches, wing 6, tail 5. 



Hah. Chimborazo, West Ecuador, alt. 14,000 ft. 



This is the finest and largest species of the genus, exceeding 

 A. livida in size, and is easily known from it by its white tail. 



rt.Ad.sk. Panza, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



7. Agriornis insolens. (Plate II.) 



Agriornis insolens, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 153, et 1879, p. 610 

 (Bolivia) ; iid. No?nencl. p. 42 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 780 ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Per. ii. p. 186. 



Above uniform cinereous, with slight white superciliaries ; wings 

 rather darker, with slight whitish edgings to the greater coverts 

 and outer secondaries : below paler, throat white striated with 

 dark cinereous ; lower belly, crissum, and under tail-coverts white ; 

 tail with the four lateral pairs of rectrices wholly white, middle 

 pair wholly dark cinereous, pair next to middle pair white, with a 

 broad blackish margin to the inner web : whole length 9 "3 inches, 

 wing 5, tail 4. Female similar. 



Hab. Southern Peru and Bolivia. 



a. <S ad. sk. Tinta, S. Peru ( Whitely). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



b. Jad.sk. Tinta, S. Peru (Whitely). Salvin-Goduian Coll. 

 c,d. S2 ad. sk. Tinta, S. Peru. H. Whitely [C.]. 



e. c? ad. sk. Paucartambo, S. Peru ( Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Sorata, Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. Agriornis solitaria. (Plate III.) 



Agriornis solitaria, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 553, et 1860, pp. 78, 92; 



id. Cat. A. B. p. 196 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 42 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. 



ii. p. 183. 

 Agriornis maritima, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 531 (err.). 



Above nearly uniform dark cinereous, outer secondaries slightly 

 edged and all terminated with white : below rather paler, throat 



