504 Count T. Salvadori on the 



at my request, lias very kindly sent me for inspection 

 the type of his T, colwnbianus, Avliicli, as I had expected, 

 turns out to be an immature specimen of T. candatus, -with 

 the light band on the Avings and the base of tlie second- 

 aries not grey (as stated by Dr. Finsch), but dull whitish 

 grey. 



The specimens of the genus Theristicn-<i which I have 

 been able to examine, and which have led me to these con- 

 clusions, are the following : — 



(1) Theristicus caudatus. 



1. Adult specimen from Cayenne received from the Paris 

 Museum [Mus. Tanrin., Cat. no. 2888) . 



2. Female adult from Cara-huassi, Salta, September 1896 

 {Dr. Borelli, Mus. Taurin., Cat. no. 11G33). 



3. Adult specimen received in exchange from the Turati 

 Museum, as collected in Brazil {Miis. Taurin., Cat. no. 

 9365). 



4. Adult specimen, from Bogota, Colombia [Mus. 

 Berlepsch). 



5. Immature specimen, apparently from Bogota {Leyden 

 Museum : Type of Theristicus columbianus Finsch). 



6. Adult specimen from Antioqnia in Colombia {Mus. 

 Berlepsch) . 



7 & 8. Two adult specimens, one marked female, from 

 Altagracia in Venezuela, obtained by Mr. George K. Cherrie, 

 November 1897 {Mus. Berlepsch). 



9. Adult male from Valle Grande in Bolivia, obtained by 

 G. Garlepp {Mus. Berlepsch). 



(2) Theristicus melanopis. 



1. Adult specimen from Chile {Cav. Picollet,Mus. Taurin., 

 Cat. no. 2885). 



2. Adult specimen, no exact locality {Mus. Taurin.^ Cat. 

 no. 2895). 



3. Adult male, Santiago, Chile, March 1867, from the 

 Museum of Santiago, Voyage of the 'Magenta' {Mus. Taurin., 

 Cat. no. 8353) . 



