﻿On 
  a 
  new 
  Finch 
  from 
  Bolivia. 
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  141. 
  PuFFiNus 
  KUHLi. 
  Mediterranean 
  Shearwater, 
  {Par- 
  

   del 
  a.) 
  

  

  Extremely 
  numerous 
  and 
  resident 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  flocks 
  of 
  many 
  thousands 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  between 
  

   Gran 
  Canaria 
  and 
  Fuerteventura. 
  

  

  142. 
  PuFFiNUs 
  OBSCURUS. 
  Dusky 
  Shearwater. 
  (Tahoce.) 
  

   Resident, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  It 
  breeds 
  very 
  early 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  143. 
  BuLWERiA 
  coLUMBiNA. 
  Bulwer's 
  Petrel. 
  [Tahoce 
  

   negro.) 
  

  

  Fairly 
  common. 
  It 
  breeds 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  usually 
  under 
  

   big 
  loose 
  stones 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  clifl's. 
  

  

  144. 
  Pelagodroma 
  marina. 
  White-breasted 
  Storm 
  Petrel. 
  

   Not 
  common. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  Petrels 
  are 
  caught 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  fishermen 
  every 
  spring. 
  They 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  torch 
  which 
  is 
  

   used 
  for 
  night-fishing. 
  

  

  145. 
  Alca 
  torda. 
  Razorbill. 
  

  

  A 
  quite 
  accidental 
  visitor. 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  o£ 
  but 
  two. 
  

  

  146. 
  Fratercula 
  arctica. 
  Puffin. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  one 
  young 
  Puffin. 
  It 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  

   Orotava. 
  

  

  XVI. 
  — 
  On 
  a 
  remarkable 
  new 
  Finch 
  from 
  the 
  Highlands 
  of 
  

  

  Bolivia. 
  By 
  Hans, 
  Graf 
  von 
  Berlepsch. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  VI.) 
  

  

  I 
  PROPOSE 
  to 
  characterize 
  a 
  new 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  Fringil- 
  

  

  lidse, 
  from 
  Bolivia, 
  as 
  

  

  -(- 
  CoMPsospizA, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

   Rostro 
  pro 
  mole 
  parvo 
  (poospizino), 
  fere 
  recto, 
  maxilla 
  

   leviter 
  incurva, 
  apice 
  obtusa, 
  tomiis 
  convexis 
  ; 
  narium 
  

   aperturis 
  oblongis, 
  expositis, 
  harum 
  parte 
  superiore 
  

   membrana 
  partim 
  obtectis 
  : 
  pedibus 
  fortibus, 
  tarsis 
  

   antice 
  scutellis 
  7 
  prominentibus 
  obtectis, 
  postice 
  Ise- 
  

   vibus 
  ; 
  unguibus 
  fortibus 
  : 
  remigibus 
  rectricibusque 
  latis 
  

   et 
  longis, 
  illorum 
  3'', 
  4", 
  et 
  5" 
  iongissimis 
  et 
  fere 
  

   sequalibus; 
  cauda 
  modice 
  graduata 
  : 
  coloribus 
  insolitis. 
  , 
  

  

  