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21. MUSCIGRALLA. 



Muscigralla, d'Orb. et Lafr. Sijn. Av. i. p. 61 (1837). 

 Ochtkites, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1844, pt. i. p. 277 . . . 



Type. 

 M. brevicauda. 

 M. brevicauda. 



Structure of Muscigralla brevicauda. 



This is perhaps a still more singular type than Centrites, from 

 which it is at once distinguished by its long legs and very short 

 tail ; it is an exaggerated form of M usci sax i cola in another direc- 

 tion. It is restricted to Chili, Bolivia, Peru, and Western Ecuador. 



1. Muscigralla brevicauda. 



Muscigralla brevicauda, d'Orb. et Lafr. Sipi. Av. i. p. 61 ; d'Orb. 

 Voy., Ois. p. 354, pi. 39. fig. 1 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 281 (Ecua- 

 dor), 1867, p. 326 (Chili) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 206 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 44 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 534, et 1877, p. 325 (Peru) ; 

 id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 223. 



Ochthites brevicauda, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1884, pt. i. p. 277. 



Above cinereous ; vertical crest yellow ; wings brown, wing- 

 coverts and outer secondaries edged with whitish ; upper tail- 

 coverts chestnut ; tail black : beneath whitish, sides of breast and 

 flanks cinereous ; bill black ; feet brown : whole length 4 - 2 inches, 

 wing 2 - 5, tail 1-4, tarsus 1. Female similar. 



Hub. Chili, Bolivia, Western Peru, and Western Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. Lima, Peru. - Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. West Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad.sk. Puna I., Guyaquil (Villago)nez). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Puna I., Guyaquil. G. Barclay [P.]. 



e. J ad. sk. Babakoyo, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Guyaquil {Jameson). Jardine Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. S. America. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



