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is Chili and probably the neighbouring countries of Peru and 

 Bolivia ; and S. cape?ms of South Africa. 



Crown of the head and space surrounding the base of the 

 bill brownish black ; on either side of the face between the 

 bill and the eye a lunar-shaped streak of white, bounded 

 posteriorly with speckles of black ; cheeks, sides, and back of 

 the neck dark grey with greenish reflexions ; front of the neck 

 dark brown, each feather narrowly fringed with white ; back 

 brownish black, the feathers of the upper part margined with 

 greyish brown ; feathers of the breast, sides of the lower part 

 of the neck, the mantle and scapularies white, with a crescent 

 of blackish brown near the tip ; under surface dark chestnut 

 blotched with black; flanks lighter chestnut barred with 

 black ; lesser wing-coverts dull greenish blue ; greater wing- 

 coverts dark brown, fringed at the tip with white ; first elon- 

 gated scapularies blue-grey, with a conspicuous line of white 

 on the outer web next to the shaft, bounded posteriorly with 

 black ; the next blue-grey, margined on the inner web with 

 white ; the remainder greenish black, with a lengthened lan- 

 ceolate mark of dull or brownish white down the centre of 

 the apical half ; speculum deep green ; primaries dark brown 

 with lighter shafts ; under surface of the shoulder white ; on 

 each side of the vent a patch of white freckled with black ; 

 under tail-coverts black, tinged with shining green ; tail dark 

 brown ; irides bright yellow ; bill dark purplish black, the 

 under mandible clouded with yellow ; legs and feet yellow. 



Up to the present time (Nov. 1865) no second specimen 

 has reached Europe, and the colouring of the female is un- 

 known to us. 



Total length 16 J inches ; bill 3 ; wing 9 J ; tail 4 J ; tarsi If. 



