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accurately with that which he originally described in Jardine and 

 Selby's ' Illustrations of Ornithology.' He added, that more re- 

 cently, in 1830, both sexes of the bird had been described and 

 figured in the * Memoires presentes a I'Academie Imperiale des 

 Sciences de St. Petersbourg,' by M. Kittlitz, who, not being aware 

 that it had been previously published, had given to it the name of 

 Pliyt silens. As M. Kittlitz's description was subsequent to that 

 of Mr. Children, so also was his discovery to that of Mr. Bloxham, 

 whose name is conimemoiated by Mr. Children in that of the bird, 

 which was shot by him at Valparaiso certainly not later than De- 

 cember 1825, while M. Kittlitz did not observe the species in 

 Chili until March or April 1827. Mr. Children added, that the 

 " two serrated tomi(e or ridges" in the margin of the upper mandible, 

 mentioned by him in his description of Phyt. Bloxhami, are very 

 distinct in both the specimens submitted to his inspection. 



The following species from the same locality were apparently 

 new to science, and were characterized by Mr. Vigors as follows: 

 Capito aurifrons. Cap. occipite, genis, collo superiori, nuchd, 

 dorsoque atris albido-Jiavo striatis ; abdomine albido-Jlavo, atro- 

 fusco striato ; jugido tectricibitsque alarum aurantiacis, illius 

 plumis subgraciliter, hujus latius in medio nigro striatis ; Jronte 

 verticeque aureis, hoc subfuscescenti ; remigibiis reclricibusque 

 Juscis. 

 Longitudo 74- unc. 

 Xanthornus chrysocarpus. Mas. Xanth. ater, plumis obscure 



Jcrrugineo marginatis ; regione carpali aureo-Jlavd. 

 Foem. colore superno minus saturato, dorso imo subcine7~ascenti ; 

 corpore infra albo muculatim notato ; strigd uirinque a rictu per 

 ocidos ad niicham extendente lata, alteraque in medio verticis 

 gracili albis ; regione carpali Jiavescenti. 

 Longitudo maris 8 unc. fcem. 74-. 



Aglaia Chilensis. Agl. sericeo-aier ; capite genisque Jlavo- 

 viridibus, colore genarum in latera colli angulariter extendente ; 

 pectore abdomineque beryllinis ; dorso medio imoque Jlammeo- 

 coccineis. 

 Statura Tanagrce Tatao, Linn. 



Picus AUROCAPiLLUs. Pic. supra ater, albo Jasciatus macula- 

 t usque ; strigd lata super oculos ad humeros extendente, alteraque 

 suboculari interrupta, guldque albis ; pectore abdomineque sor- 

 did^ albescentibus, strigis parcis Jiiscis notatis ; capite atro, 

 Jronte aureo strigatim notato, vertice aureo. 

 Longitudo, 64 unc. 



The two following apparently new species were also in Mr. 

 Cuming's collection, but they had been obtained by him from 

 Mexico. 



CoccoTHRAUSTES CHRYSOPEPLUS. Mas. Cocc. corporc aureo, 



dorso medio nigro notato; alis rectricibusque nigris, illis albo 



variegatis ad carpumquc aureo notatis, horum, quatuor mediis 



exceptis, pogoniis internis ud apices albis. 



Fcem. aut Mas jun. capite, collo, corporeque hifrcl pallide aureis, 



illis 



