450 axattd.t:. 



5. Erismatura aequatorialis. 



Very similar to E. ferruginea, but somewhat smaller, and tlie 

 male has the chestnut colour of the upper parts and breast brighter 

 and the under tail-coverts white, instead of chestnut. 



The frmaJe, similar to that of E. ferrurjinea , has no whitish band 

 under the eyes. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a. S fd. sk. Antisana, Ecuador [C. Buckle)/). Salvin-Godman Coll. ( 



b. 2 fifh sk. Sical, Ecuador ( Vi/lai/omfiz). " Salvin-Godman Coll. ( 



(Types of the species.) 



G. Erismatura vittata. 



Erismatura ferruginea, Bridges (iiec Eyton), P. Z. S. 1843, p. 119 

 (Lake of Quintero, Chili) ; HaHl. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 121 (1844) ; 

 Des Murs in Gay, Hist. Nat. Chile, i. p. 468 (Centr. ChiU) (1848) : 

 G. B. Gr. Gen. B., App. p. 28 (1849) ; Hartl. Kamnannia, 1853, 

 p. 222, n. 172 ; Bibra, Denkschr. Ak. Wien, v. p. 204 (IBoS) ; id. 

 J. f. 0. 1855, p. 57; 7?/;. Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 652, n. 161 

 (1856); Cass. U.S. Astron. Exped. ii. p. 204 (1856); Bias. Ibis, 

 1861, p. 294 (Belgium!) ; Pelz. Reise Novara, Vdc/. p. 139 (1865) 

 (ChiU) ; Scliit. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 335, 340 (Chili) ; P/riL ^- LamJb. 

 Cat. Av. Cliil. p. 43 (1868) : G. B. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 90, n. 10722 

 (part.) (1871); Burm. P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 368 (Argentine); Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1872, p. 549 (IMo Negro, Patagonia) ; Sclat. S,- Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 131 (1873); I)i/r?if. Ibis, 1876, p. 163 

 (Buenos Ayres) ; Sclat. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 404 ; Dimtf. 

 Ibi.^, 1871, p. 42 (Chuput), p. 192 (Buenos Avres), 1878, p. 401 

 (Central Patagonia) ; .SV/wf. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 530 (part.) ; B., B., 

 ^- B. Water-B. N. Am. ii. p. 104 (1884) ; Berl. J. f. O. 1887, 

 p. 133 (Paraguav?); Ridqw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 113 (part.) 

 (1887); Philippi,' Ornis, iv'. p. 160 (1888) (Antofagasta) ; Burm. 

 An. Mus. Nac. Buen. Air. iii. p. 248 (Patag. sept.) (1888) ; 

 Sclat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 138 (1889) ; Trist. Cat. Coll. B. p. 47 

 (1889) ; G. Kerr, Ibh, 1890, p. 359 (Pilcomayo) ; Frenzel, J.f. O. 

 1891, p. 125 (Cordoba); Berk. James, New List CJiil. B. p. 10, 

 n. 162 (1S92) ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 201 (Uruguay). 



Anas cyanorhvnclia, Licht. MS., teste Hartl. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 121 

 (1844). 



Anas ferruginea, Bitrm. Si/st. Uebers. iii. p. 440 (1856). 



Erismatura vittata, Phil. Wiegm. Arch. 1860, i. p. 26 (Chili, juv.) ; 

 Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 335 ;* Phil. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 531. 



Biziura ferruginea, Schleq. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 10 (1866) ; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. 1. p. 467 (1872). 



Erismatura cyanorbyncha, Licht. teste Schlegel, I. c. 



Adult male. Head and neck, except lower half of latter in front, 

 uniform black ; lower part of the neck in front, breast, sides, flanks, 

 and upper parts bright red-chestnut ; the chestnut of the breast 

 gradually blending into the greyish brown of the abdomen, where 

 the feathers have brown base, and silvery-grey tips ; under tail- 

 coverts distinctly white, but sometimes with a slight rufous tinge ; 

 wings brown, the median wing-coverts stained with chestnut near 

 the tips ; under wing-coverts grey, tipped with white ; axillaries 

 grey, edged with white ; tail brown-black : " bill blue-grey ; legs 



