33. PffiCILONETTA. 



281 



Hah. South America, from Southern Brazil on the East and 

 Southern Peru on the West to Magellan Straits and Falkland Islands. 



a. (S ad. st. 



b. (S ad. sk. 



c. 2 ad. sk, 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. f. Ad. sk. 

 (). Ad. sk. 

 h. S ad. sk. 



i, k, I. cJ 2 ad. 



sk. 

 m, n. (S 2 ^^■ 



sk. 

 o> P,9- d 2 ad. 



sk. 

 r-u. c? ad. et 



c? 2 juv. sk. 

 ''^-y- 6 2 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 z. Ad. sk. 

 a'. Juv. sk. 



b'. cJ ad. sk. 

 c', d'. (5 2 imm. 



sk. 

 e'. c? ad. sk. 

 /',</'. PuU.sk. 



h'. Pull. sk. 



i'. cj .ad. sk. 



Tinta, Peru, June. 

 Laguna de Tangasuca, 



Peru {H. Whitely). 

 Laguiia de Laugui, Feb. 



(H. WhUely). 

 Chili. 



Chili {E. a Read). 

 Chili {E. C. Read). 

 Rio Bueno, Chili, Jan. 



Sacaya, Prov. of Tarapaca, 



Chili, March. 

 Sitani, Tarapaca, Jan. 



Corral, ChiU, Oct. 



Eio Pilmaiquen, Chili, Feb. 



Central ChiU. 



Talcahuano, Sept. 

 Sandy Point, Str. of Ma- 

 gellan, Dec. 

 Falkland Is. 

 Uruguay, Sept. 



Monte Video (Juhnstoyi). 

 Moreno, Buenos Ayres, 



Nov. 

 Bred in confinement. 



H. Whitely, Esq. [CI 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H.J.Elwes,Esq.[P.]. 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 II. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq.JP.]. 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Alan Peel, Esq. [C.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 H. Durnford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 



HrBKID. 



Dafila spinicaxida cS X ^x sponsa 2 . 

 Bred in confinement {Zool 



Soc). 



Frank Finn, 



[P.]. 



Esq. 



33. PffiCILONETTA. 



Type. 



j-ype. 



Psecilonitta, Etjion, Man. Anat. p. 31 (1838) P. bahamensis. 



Pcecilonitta, G. R. Gr. Lwt Gen. B. p. 74 (1840). 

 Pcecilonetta, Agassiz, Nomenel. ZooL, Aves, p. 61 (1842-46). 



Banye. Southern America from the West Indies southwards, and 

 Africa south of the Sahara. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tail and upper tail-coverts pale rufous, nearly 

 uuiform; central tail-feathers much elon- 

 gated and acuminate. 

 a'. Cheeks pure white, with no dark spots : 



size larger ; wing 8'4 to 10 inches bahamensis, p. 282. 



