Species of the Subfamily Diglossinae. 211 



4. DiGLOSSA BllUNNElVENTRIS. 



Diglossa brmmeiveniris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 18 i6, p. 318 ; 

 Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 43 ; Cassin, Pr. Acad. Phil. 1864, 

 p. 274 ; Reich. Handb. p. 232, t. dliv. f. 3765 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 984, et Nomencl. p. 15 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 511. 



Siij)rh, nigra, scapularibus et uropygio cineraceis : subtus sa- 

 turate rufa, gula media nigra, utrinque rufo limbata : 

 lateribus et subalaribus cinereis : tibiis nigris : rostro et 

 pedibus nigris : long, tota 5*5, alee 2'8, caudse 2*5. Fern. 

 fusco-cinerea, dorso substriato, tectricum alarum mar- 

 ginibus pallidis : subtus pallide ochraceo-fusca, gutture 

 cinereo ; pectore nigricante striate. 



Hab. Andes of Peru. 



Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



This Difflossa was first described by Lafresnaye in 1846, 

 under a name given to it by Des Murs, who shortly afterwards 

 figured it in his ' Iconographie Ornithologique.^ Des Murs 

 corrects Lafresnaye in assigning " Peru '' as its locality, and 

 states that he received his specimens from Gay, who brought 

 them from Chili. But here, no doubt, Des Murs was mis- 

 taken. Chili, so far as we know up to the present time, is 

 beyond the range of Diglossa, and it is much more likely- 

 that Gay's examples were procured in Peru. 



Mr. Whitely obtained specimens of D. brunneiventris (from 

 which my description has been taken) first at Chihuata, be- 

 tween Islay and Arequipa, at an elevation of 9000 feet, and 

 afterwards at Tinta and Paucartambo, in the Andes of Cuzco. 

 Jelski collected many examples in the more northern part of 

 the republic, in the district of Tarma. The series of six skins 

 from these localities now before me shows considerable vari- 

 ation in size, the wing measuring 2"8 inches in some, and 2*5 

 only in others. The tint of the chestnut-red of the lower 

 surface also varies in intensity. 



The specimen described as the female of this species is one 

 of Mr. Whitely^s skins, procured at Paucartambo in February 

 1873. It is right to mention that one of M. Jelski's skins, 

 marked as of this sex, is in nearly the same plumage as the 



