1919-] Ecuador, Peru. Uoliv'ia, and Argentina. 2^1 



No. 2955. S ' Lagouillas, Bolivia, 3800 metres, 8 July, 

 1901. " Kakiiigora." '' Iris brown ; feet red ; hill green" 

 (P. 0. Siiiions). '"In oi)en grassy country. Contents of 

 stomach, Coleo[)tera." 



This bird appears to be in the adult plumage and very 

 similar to that figured by Salvadori in 'The Ibis,' 1900, 

 pi. ix,, but darker on the top of the head, nape, and sides of 

 the face. There is a similar example to Simon's bird in the 

 British Museum which was collected at Cuzco at an altitude 

 of 4000 metres by Otto Garlepp. 



Egatheus ridgwayi. 



FalcineUus ridgicayi Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 

 Cambridge, Mass. iii. 1876, p. 355 : Moho, Conima, and 

 Vilquechico, Bolivia. 



Plegudis ridgwayi Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 1898, 

 p. 37. 



Egatheust ridgwayi Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. 

 1912, p. 48, no. 454. 



No. 3111. c^ imin. El Cabrado, Bolivia, 4300 metres, 

 20 Sept. 1901. " By alkali lake, eating mud and mo8s '' 

 [P. O. Simons). 



Family AuDEiD.^i. 



Ardea cocoi. 



Ardea toco/ Linn. Syst. Nat. 12tli ed. i. 1766, p. 237: 

 " Habitat in Cayana " ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. 1886, p. 390: 

 Huallaga ; Pebas, E. Peru. 



No. 1030. c? . Omotape, Kio Pinra, Peru, 50 metres, 

 23 July, 1899. ^- Garza."' "Iris yellow; feet black; bill 

 yellow "' (E. 0. Simons). 



This specimen is in immature plumage. 



Casmerodius egretta. 



Ardea egrelta (jmel, Syst. Nat. i. 1789, p. 629; Cayenne. 



Herudias egretta Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 1898, 

 p. 95. 



Casmerodius egretta Chuljb, Birds British Guiana, i. 

 1916, p. 162. 



