•">lf> (hi tlic Ih'iscs of the Gciniff Tliovistious. 



notatis ; dorso ct scapularibus fusco-cinereis, plumis 



pallidius marginatis et fascia subapicali fusca notatis ; 



tectricibus alarum minoribus cincrcis, albo marginatis ; 



tectricibus mediis et majoribus cincreo-albidis ; lateribus 



fusco-nigris ; rcmigibns, cum subalarihus et axillaribus, 



Cauda ac crisso nigris, nitore viridi indutis : " rostro 



nigricante; pedibus sordide virescentibus '' [Festa). 



Hah. Peruvia alta, La Puna {Tsc/ivdi), Pitumarca (prope 



Tinta) [JVhitehj), Junin, Lima, Huanta, Maraynioc (Jelski), 



Maraynioc, Pariayacu {KaUnowsLi) ; ^Equatoria alta, 



Vallevicioso (Cotopaxi) [Festa). 



This species resembles 7'. melanopis in having the wing- 

 coverts grey and a transverse grey band on the breast, bnt 

 is easily distinguished by the breast and abdomen being 

 white. 



I have examined eight specimens of this species : one of 

 them was collected by Kalinowski at Maraynioc, Pariayacu ; 

 this is labelled as the hjpe and has been lent to me by 

 Graf von Berlepsch, to whom it belongs ; the other seven 

 were collected by Dr. Festa in Ecuador. 



The first (Plate IX.) is remarkable for the rusty-fulvous 

 colour of the pileum and cheeks ; the same colour, somewhat 

 paler, spreads over the neck. 



The specimens collected by Dr. Festa in Ecuador are 

 four males, one female, and two young birds not sexed. 

 The four males and the female show very slight differences ; 

 none of them have the head and neck of a rusty-fulvous 

 colour so bright as in the type-specimen from Peru. Two, 

 apparently fully adult, have the upper parts almost uniform 

 grey, slightly paler on the wing-coverts. One, evidently the 

 youngest, has the head and neck almost entirely white, with 

 some fulvous feathers on the nape and lower part of fore neck ; 

 besides it has the smaller wing-coverts with whitish edgings 

 and subapical bands or spots dusky grey, sure signs of being 

 immature. 



Lastly, the two young birds (Plate X.) are very remarkable 

 in having the head and neck dull white-fulvous, with dusky 

 streaks along the shafts of the feathers ; besides, they have the 

 white feathers of the lower parts streaked with grey along the 



