57. KRLSMATDRA. 449 



Some specimens, perhaps not very old, have the median wing- 

 coverts edged with chestnut and the under tail-coverts tinged with 

 reddish (Mus. Turin). 



Female. Himilar to those of E. ruhida and E. vittata, but is 

 easily distinguished by the much broader bill (1 inch in the 

 broadest part), and in having the upper parts with broader freckled 

 bands of a brighter buff colour ; from the female of E. vittata it 

 difPers also in lacking the distinct white under tail-coverts. 



Male in moulting dress. Intermediate between the adult female 

 and the adult male, having the head nearly black with many whitish 

 feathers on the sides ; throat whitish, with many black feathers ; 

 feathers of the back dusky, finely freckled with chestnut, the edges 

 chestnut ; a chestnut tinge on the edges of the feathers of the 

 throat and of the flanks ; rest of the underparts, wings, and tail as 

 in the female ; only the wings show a slight chestnut tinge on the 

 edges of the median wing-coverts (Mus. Turin). 



Hah. South Africa, North to Orange River on the West, to Shoa 

 on the East. 



a, b,c.(S2 ad. et South Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



c? imm. sk. (Types of the species.) 



4. Erismatura ferruginea. 



Erismatura ferruginea, Ei/t. Mon. Anat. p. 170 (Chili ?) (1833) ; 

 G. R. Gr. n.^t B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 146 (1844) ; G. R. Gr. 8^ 

 Mitch. Gen. B. iii. p. 6^7, n. 3, pi. 169 (1844) : Rchnh. Syn. Ao., 

 Natatores, t. 78. f. 898 (184^) [ex Gr. Sf Mitch.) ; Sclat. Sf Salo. 

 P. Z. S. 1868, p. 177 (S. Peru), p. 570 (W. Peru) ; Ei/t. St/n. 

 Anat. p. 129 (1869) ; Gr. R. Gr. Hand-li^t, iii. p. 90, n. 107l^2 

 (part.) (1871); Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 554 (eggs, Peru); Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 530 (part.) : ? Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 428 ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Per. iii. p. 484 (1886); Rid(/w. Man. X. Ayn. B. p. 113 

 (part.) (1887). 



Similar to E. vittata, but with a much broader and larger bill. 



The adult male has the chestnut colour of the breast much 

 deeper, a white spot on the chin, much darker brown underparts, 

 and the under tail-coverts chestnut : " bill bluish lead, lower 

 mandible yellow ; feet brown, with the webs darker ; irides brown " 

 (Taczanou'ski/). Total length about 17 inches, wing 6, tail 3, 

 culmeii 1'7, broadest part of the bill 0'85, tarsus 1'39. 



The adult female is easily distinguished by having the cheeks 

 brown, with no whitish band under the eyes ; there is only a whitish 

 indistinct .spot on the cheeks near the base of the bill. 



Hah. Bolivia and Peru. 



o, 6. c? 2 ad. St. Chili:-' C. Crawley, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of the species.) 

 c, rf, <>. J 2 ad. et Lake Titicaca, Peru {Mes!<rs. Salvin-Godmaii Coll. 

 cj juv. .<»k. J'eifch). 



f. cf ad. sk. Vicinity of Lima, Peru Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



(ISatiou). 



g. S ad. sk. Laguna de Taiubo, Nov. II. .1. Elwes, Esq. 

 (//. Whitoh,). [V^ 



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