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June '20, liSJo. — Dr. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Uescuiptions of some Nkw Spkcies of BiuDs FROM Santa 

 Fe di Bogota. By Phimp Lutlky Sclater, M.A. 



1. NeMOSIA ALnu;VLARI.<5. 



iV. nif/ra : dorso j)()fi(ico crissoqvp emu iiKinifa collari ufrinque et 



p/umis uariniii (juifjusdani (niriintin-Jtavis : specu/o ahtri alio : 



stihtus alba pectoris et laterum plitniis pnrtim iiitvs nigra I'it- 



tatis : rostro supra niyriraute, subtus cameo : j)edibus ni(/ris. 



Long, tota A'2, ahc '25, cautlae 18. 



This is a close ally of Xeuiosia ffavicof/is (Vieill.), from which, 

 however, it may l)e at once distinguished hy its white throat, the 

 yellow colour being confined to a patch on the side of the neck. The 

 spot above the nostrils and orange tint of the yellow are other dif- 

 ferences which serve to confirm the validity of this s])ecies. There 

 are examples of it in the British Museum aud in Mr. Gould's collec- 

 tion and my own. 



2. Pyriglena Ellisiana. 



P. fusco-castanea unicolor : facie, meuto et reyione auriculari 

 cum Cauda uigricantihus : rostro niijro, mandibula inferiore, 

 nisi ipsa tomia basique, alba. 



Long, tota 7'0, alte 3'3, caudae 31. 



The only specimen I have seen of this species was received by 

 Lady Ellis in a collection of birds from Bogota, and ])rescnted by 

 her to the British Museum. At the recpiest of Mr. G. R. Gray, I 

 have named it after the donor. The form is nearly that of P. douii- 

 cella, but there is no sign of a white, subinterscapular spot, as is 

 general in the species of this genus. The tail-coverts are very thick. 

 The plumage is of a nearly uniform ciiuiamon-brown, brighter above, 

 and with a greenish gloss on the breast. The front, sides of the 

 head, throat and tail are black. 



3. Anthus boggtensis. 



A. pennis corporis svperi niedialiter niyris pallido cerviuo-bruuveo 

 late marginatis : a/is intus nigris ; j)rimuriis stride, secundariis 

 autem et tectricibus pallido cervino-hrunneo late marginatis : 

 r ectricibus- nigris ; una ufrinque extinia, nisi pogonii intei-ioris 

 parte basali, tota pallide alba, t,runnescente tincta ; cceteris 

 extus et dudbus mediis utrinque cervino-brunneo anguste lim- 

 Latis : capitis lateribus et corpore tota subtus puUide cervino- 

 brunneis, ventre crissoqne albescentioribus ; pectoris lateribus et 

 collo antico punctis panels triangidaribus nigris, quasi torquem 

 forntantibus, notatis : rostro nigra, mandibula inferiore basi 

 flavido : ppdibus validis,Jlavis : ungue postico valde elongato. 

 Long, tota .^'O, alae 3'2, caudte 23. 



This is the only bird of the nearly universally distributed family of 

 Pipits I have seen from Bogota, and appears distinct from any species 

 previously noticed. The bill is rather larger, and the feet stronger 

 and thicker than in the ordinary members of the genus. Above, the 

 plumage is of the usual jiale brownish fawn-colour, thickly clouded 

 with black, caused by the feathers being broadly inargined on each 



