A.'-elaius thilius ira.ior (.Bonaparte) 

 ?hilius ma.1or Bonaparte TYPE 



71390 Brussels. Wing 99, tail 32^ culnen base 22.5, 

 Liepth at base 8.8, tarsus -26.2, middle toe rninus 

 clav; 18.1 "o" "Chile" - [errors] 



Mounted bird in good conditions yellov/ glass eyes; 

 plumage that of late "v.lnt^r" or early "spring^' a 

 fully adult male. 



The only trace of edging any.vhere are a f ev/ traces on 

 the f laTiks and under-tail-coverts and on the tips of 

 the secondary coverts; shoulders bright yell .w; under 

 T;ing covert and edge of wing slightly paler ; 'ellov/; 

 there is no slightest "crace of superciliary atreak. 



There is another "Uhili" specimen here - a young 

 7139 male in first pre-nuptial plumage, on v;hich of 

 course, there is considerable edging. Plowever, in 

 this specimen also, there is not the faintest suggest- 

 ion of a superciliary mark. 



lio locality given in the original description; "Ch:'-li 

 as given in the register is, of course, quite Vvi-ong. 

 The register gives no hint of from v/hom the birds 

 were obtained, they T;ere a part of the old museum 

 (not Du Bus) collection, and are vd.thout question 

 the species referred to by Bonaparte* Since that 

 author used the term " nigerrvr::u3 " in the description 

 it seems best to regard the adult as a holotype^ 



Brussels, J'oly 28, 1939. 



>%lticola - Todd is, of course, reduced to synonymy. 



A. J. Van Rossem. 



