538 PODICIPEDID.^. 



Subsp. a. Podicipes juninensis. 



Podiceps calliparagus juBinensis, Berlepsch 4' Stohinann, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 112 [Lake Juuin, 17,700 ft., Central Peru] 



Adult in breeding-plumar/e. Similar to P. cdlipareus, but with the 

 forehead and crown dark ash, the cheeks and throat pure white, and 

 the auricular tufts glossy brown with a faint golden tinge, as in 

 P. taczaiwwskii. 



Tivo adidt males (Rothschild Mus.). Culmen from feathers on 

 forehead U'8 inch, wing 5'3. 



Adult female. Total length about 11-5 inches, culmen from 

 feathers on forehead O-fi, wing 5*3, tarsus 1*5, outer toe and 

 claw 2-2. 



Hab. Central and Southern Peru. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Lake of Tungasuca, July 2 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{H. Whitely). 



16, Podicipes taczanowskii. 



Podiceps taczanowskii, Berlepsch 8)- Stohmann, Ibis, 1894, p. 109 

 [Lake Junin, 17,000 ft.. Central Peru]. 



Adult in hreeding-plumage. Similar to P. calrpareus, but dis- 

 tinguished by having a much longer and somewhat broader bill ; 

 the metatarsi and toes considerably longer and stouter; the 

 auricular plumes ash-brown instead of golden-straw colour ; the 

 crown and fore-part of the head ash-brown, less sharply defined 

 from the blackish occiput and nape ; and the wing shorter. Iris 

 red ; tarsi and feet greyish olive on the inner side and greyish brown 

 on the outer side. Total length about 11 '5 inches, culmen from 

 feathers on forehead I'lo, wing 4-6, tarsus 1"7, outer toe and 

 claw 2-45. 



Berlepsch and Stolzmann give the following measurements : — 



Tiuo males. Total length 14-8-15-2 inches, ciilmen 1 •28-1*32, 

 wing 4-88-5-16, tarsus 1-75-1-8. 



Two females. Total length 14'4-14-56 inches, culmen 1-15-1-16, 

 wing 4-6-4-96, tarsus 1-68-1-76. 



Bab. Lake Junin, 17,700 ft., Central Peru. 



a. $ ad. sk. Lake Junin, Central Peru, Count Branicki [P.], 



17,700 ft., May 27 {T. Kali- 

 nowski). 



17. Podicipes micropterus. 



Podiceps micropterus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 220 [Lake Titicaca, 



Peru] ; G. It. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 94 (1871). 

 Centropelma uiieropterum, Sclater Sf Salvin, Exotic Orn. ii. p. 189, 



pi. 95 (1869) ; Garman, Bull. Mus. C. Z. iii. p. 359 (1875) 



[habits] ; Sclater ^- Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 641 j Tacz.Ch-n. Perou, 



iii. p. 497 (1886). 



