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e'. J ad. sk. Borba (J. Xatterer) . Sclater Coll. 



f. 3 imm. sk. River Ucayali. J. Hauxwell, Esq. [C.]. 



g'. 5 ad. sk. Nauta, Peruvian Amizons, E. Bartlett, Esq. [C.]. 



Nov. 34. 



h',i'. J 5 ad. Sara vacu, Ecuador (C Buck- Sal vin-Godman Coll. 

 sk. ley). 



Subsp. a. Guiraca argentina. 



Adult mde. Similar to G. cyanea, but much larger, and having 

 a more extended frontal patch of silvery cobalt, which extends in a 

 narrow eyebrow to the sides of the nape. Total length 6 - 8 inches, 

 culmen 0*7, wing 3-6, tail 35, tarsus 0*9. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of 67. cyanea, but much 

 larger, and altogether a paler bird with the rump light ferruginous 

 brown, in strong contrast to the back. Total length 6 - 9 inches, 

 culmen 075, wing 3 - 45, tail 3-1, tarsus 09. 



Hah. Argentine Republic. 



a, b. <$ 5 Fuerte de Andelgala, Catamarca, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. Argentine Republic, Sept. {E. 



W. Whit,-). 



c. 2 a d. sk. Cosquin, Cordova, Argentine Re- Sclater Coll. 



public, July 21 (E. W. White). 



d. 3 ad. sk. Cosquin, Aug. 3 (E. W. White). Sclater Coll. 



e jf- 6 ad. sk. Salta, June 1878. Henry Durnford, Esq. 



[c:j. 



g. Jad.sk. Tucuman, June 1878. Henry Durnford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



4. Guiraca cyanoides. 



Coccoborus cyanoides, Lafr. Rev. Zuol. 1847, p. 74. 



Cyanoloxia cvauoides, Bp. Consp. i. p. 502 (1850) ; Law): Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. vii. p. 297 (1861). 

 Guiraca, sp., Sal. P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 293. 

 Guiraca cyanoides, Sel. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 352 ; 1879, p 506- 



Berl. SfTacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 549. 



Adult male. General colour above dark indigo-blue, a trifle 

 brighter towards the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing- 

 coverts dark cobalt; remainder of the wing-coverts, bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, quills, and tail blackish, edged with the same 

 colour as the back, the primaries margined with greyish blue ; head 

 like the back, the forehead dull cobalt, extending backwards over 

 each eye ; lores and feathers round the eye black ; sides of face 

 cheeks, and ear-coverts, as well as the entire under surface of the 

 body, dark indigo-blue, with a mark of somewhat brighter blue 

 below the eye and on the fore part of the cheeks ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts like the breast, the edge of the wing brighter 

 blue. Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-15, tail 2-6 

 tarsus - 85. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Above uniform rufous- 

 brown, the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts like the back • 

 lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts dusky 



