456 Bangs and Noble, Birds of Peru. [oct. 



this species was observed everywhere but in the high mountains and along 

 the coastal deserts. 



Mimidae. 



Mimus longicaudatus punensis Hellmayr. Four adults, both sexes, 

 Sullana, July. 



Although the Mockingbird was perhaps the most characteristic bird of 

 the coastal deserts it was not seen at all in any of the deserts of the interior. 

 At Sullana it was observed to feed on lizards (Tropidurus). 



Turdidae. 



Turdus reevei Lawr. Three adults, one male, two females, Huanca- 

 bamba, August. 



Turdus maculirostris Berl? One immature female, Huancabamba, 

 August 17. 



Apparently our bird belongs here, having but one immature specimen 

 makes our identification not positive. 



Turdus gigas gigantodes Cab. Two specimens, male and female, 

 both immature, Huancabamba, August. 



A very common species in all the highlands. 



Turdus chiguanco conradi Salv. & Festa. Seven specimens, one 

 immature o 71 , and adults of both sexes, Huancabamba, August. 



The most abundant thrush in the central Andes of northern Peru. 



Turdus maranonicus Tacz. Seven adults, both sexes, Tabaconas, 

 Perico, Bellavista, Charapi and Huancabamba, August and September. 



Unlike the two above mentioned species this thrush was found only in 

 the trees or bushes. It was never seen in the open, feeding on the ground, 

 like the other species. 



Polioptilidse. 



Polioptila anteocularis maior Hellm. Two adult males, Huanca- 

 bamba, August. 



Polioptila bilineata bilineata (Bp.) . Two specimens, male and female 

 adult, Sullana, July 29. 



These clearly are referable to the typical form and not to P. b. andina 

 Hellmayr of the Cajabamba region of northern Peru. 



Troglodytidae. 



Heleodytes balteatus (Baird). Two adults, male and female, Sullana, 

 July. 



The Cactus Wrens were perhaps the noisiest of the small birds found 

 about Sullana. They were always fighting and their scolding note is very 

 unpleasant. This cry is a raucous, gurgling sound emitted at short inter- 



