3. PHCENICOPABRUa. 21 



3. PHCENICOPARRUS. 



Phoenicoparrus, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 992 (18-56) . . P. aadi'iius. 

 Lipocentrus, Simdev. Meth. nat. A v. disp. Tent, p, 145 



„ (l^';^) P. andiaus. 



I'hcenicoparra, Stem. Stand. Nat. Hist. iv. Birds, p. loi 



(1885). 



Range. Andes of Peru and Chili. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Lar<rer: \dng about 18 inches, culmen 4-6; under 

 tail-coverts much longer than the tail ; tertials 

 tlack andinus, p. 21. 



6. Smaller: wing about 1675 inches, culmen 3-4; tertials 



bright rosy jatnesi, p. 22. 



1. Phoenicoparrus andinus. 



Parrina of the Chilians, Philippi, Anal. Univ. de Chile, Aug. 1854, 



p. 337 ; id. Wiegm. Arch. 1855, i. p. 10. 

 PhcBnicopterus andinus, Philippi, Anal. Univ. de Chile, Aug. 1854, 



p. 337 ; id. Wiegm. Arch. 1855, i. p. 12 ; Cass. U.S. Zistron. 



JExped. ii. p. 198 (1856); Philip/n, Reise d. die Wiiste Atacama, 



p. 164, Zool. tt. iv., V. f. a (head) (1860) ; id. Ibis, 1861, p. 199; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 334, 339 (part.) ; Phil. Sf Landb. Cat. 



Aves Chil. n. 170 (An. Univ. Chile, 1868, p. 279) ; Bunn. P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 364 (E. valleys of Cordilleras) ; Sclat. ^ Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotrop. p. 127, n. 4 (1873); Leyb. Excurs. Patnp. Ay-gent. 



{cf. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 444) ; Rchnw. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 229 (part.) ; Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. iii. p. 108 (part.) (1877) ; Philippi, Arch. f. Naturg. 



xlv. 1, p. 160 (egg) (1879) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 399, cut of the 



head, p. 400, f. 2; Rahmer, J.f. O. 1887, p. 160, tab. ii. f. 3 



(head); Philippi, Ornis, iv. p. 160 (Antofagasta) (1888); Cab. 



J.f. O. 1889, p. 76; Sclat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 119 (1889); id. 



P. Z. S. 1891, p. 136 (Tarapaca) ; Frenz. J. f. O. 1891, p. 125 



(Cordoba) ; Berk. James, New List Chil. B. p. 9, n. 141 (1892) • 



A. Newt. Diet. ofB. p. 257 (pt. 1, 1893). 

 Phcenicoparrus andinus, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 992 (1856) ; G. 



R. Gr. .Hand-list,in. p. 73, u. 10551 (1871) ; Gigl. Viagq. Maqenta, 



p. 903 (1875). V / ' i- uj y , 



Lipocentrus andinus, Sunden. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 145 (1872). 

 i'h.cenico-pa.TTa a,nd.m\is,SteJn. Stand. Nat. Hist. iy. Birds, ■p.l5i(l88o). 



Adult male. Head audiieck pink, whiter in front of the head ; hack 

 white, tinged with pink ; lower parts pale rosy, the feathers of the 

 breast brighter, with the edges nearly white ; wing-coverts bright 

 pink, with the edges paler ; quills, including tertials, black ; axil- 

 laries bright pink ; under tail-coverts bright rose-colour, much longer 

 than the tail : " iris very dark brown ; feet whitish yellow ; beak, 

 fore part black, hind part whitish yellow; between the nostrils 

 brick-red ; lowest hinder part of lower mandible and a small spot 

 before the eyes violet" (2?n7i»!C/-). Total length about 48 inches 

 wing about 18, tail 7, culmen (in a straight line) 4-6, tarsus 10-8. 



Female. Similar, but somewhat paler and smaller. 



