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10. PTILOSCELIS. 



Tvpe. 

 Ptiloscelis, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 419 (1850) P. resplendens. 



Range. The uplands of Western South America. 



1 . Ptiloscelis resplendens. 



Charadrius resplendens, Tschudi, Arch. f. Nat. 1848, p. 388; id. Sf 

 Cab. Farm. Peruan., Aves, pp. 49, 295 (1845 46). 



Vanellua ptiloscelis, Gray fy Mitch, (leu. B. iii. p. 541, pi. 145 

 (1847); Reiahenb. Grail. Taf. ccxcix. fig. 2434 (1848); Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 11, no. 9952(1871). 



Vanellua resplendens, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 541 (1847); Lieht. 

 Nomencl. Ar. Mas. BeroL p. '.)■'> ( Is54 : Peru) ; Ncl. P. Z. S. 1858, 

 p. 556 (Punin, Ecuador) ; id. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 82 (Quito) ; id. # 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 156 (Tinta, Peru); iid, Nomencl. Av. Neo- 

 trop. p. 142 (1873); Tacz. P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 500 (Junin; Marav- 

 nio;); id. $ Berlepxch, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 110 (Ecuador); Sol. 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 40-'J (Sitana and Sacaya, Tarapaca) ; Taczan. Orn. 

 Perou. iii. p. 336(1886: Tarina); Seebohm, Geoqr. THstr. Charadr. 

 p. 228 (1888); 8d. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 130 (Tarapaca); Berkeley 

 James, New List Chilian B. p. 11 (1892: Tarapaca). 



Ptiloscelys resplendens, Bp. C. It. xliii. p. 419 (1850). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, glossed with metallic 

 green or purplish bronze ; scapulars like the back ; lesser wing- 

 coverts brown, the lower row bronzy green ; median coverts blacker, 

 and more distinctly glossed with metallic purple; greater coverts 

 pure white, with concealed dusky bases : bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills black, the primaries with concealed white base's, 

 but the secondaries white at the base, increasing on the inner ones, 

 where the white occupies quite half of the feathers, as well as the 

 whole of the outer web of the interior quills; the innermost second- 

 aries brow n like the back ; lower back and rump more dusky 

 brown than the rest of the back ; sides of rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and tail white ; the tail-featlurs with a broad sub-terminal band of 

 black preceded by a brown shade, the ends of the feathers being 

 white, the black hand decreasing in width towards the outermost; 

 head and sides of face, throat, and sides of neck light ashy brown, 

 with a white collar round the bind neck; upper throat whitish; 

 the lower throat and fore- neck rather darker ashy, followed by a 

 narrow black band on the chest ; remainder of under surface white, 

 including the thighs, under wing- and tail-coverts, and the axil- 

 laries : " hill pink at the base, reddish brown at the tip; feet and 

 toes pink: eyelid and iris pink" (ff. WTiitely). Total length 18 

 inches, cnlmen 1-25, wing 89, tail 4-1, tarsus' 2-05. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 13 

 inches, culmen L-3, wing 8-8, tail 3-7, tarsus 1-9. 



llah. \\ estern South America, from Ecuador to Tarapaca. 



•» Ad.sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. o ad.sk. Ecuador (Buckley). Seebohm Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



