18C7.] MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. !)^7 



vertice obscvre rubra : alls extus dorso concoloribiis, remigibus 

 obscurioribus : caudcc tectricibus superioribus fuliyinosis : 

 Cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus externis albo extus margi- 

 natis : subtus griseseenti-alba fere unicolor ; tectricibus sub- 

 alaribus albis : rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 7"0, alee A'Q, 

 caudce 3"1, tarsi I" 15, rostri a rictu 0'8. 

 Hab. in mont. Peruvise Occident, merid. et reipubl. Chilensis. 

 Two examples of this species of Muscisaxicola were obtained at 

 Salinas in July 1867. The eye is noted as "dark hazel." The 

 species is nearly related to M. rufivertex of Lafresnaye, but is evi- 

 dently distinct, and forms a second sjiecies of the red-head section. 

 See Sclater's synopsis of the genus, 'Ibis,' 1866, p. 57. 



We are inclined to consider that Lafresnaye's M.. albilora is pro- 

 bably identical with this species. 



26. Centrites NIGER (Bodd.). 



One example, male, from Salinas. " Eyes dark hazel." 



27. Pyrocephalus rubineus (Bodd.). 



Several specimens, obtained in the Catarindos valley, a little south 

 of Islay. These are quite as large as some eastern examples of P.' 

 rubineus, and induce us to believe that the supposed western form 

 P. nanus is not really different. 



28. An^eretes albocristatus (Vig.). 



Two examples from Arequipa, agreeing well with D'Orbigny's 

 figure of Culicivora reguloides. Eyes marked " dark hazel." 



29. Antrostomus jEquicaudatus (Peale) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 342. 



A single skin of this species from Islay, obtained September 13th. 



30. Oreotrochilus estellje (D'Orb. et Lafr.) ; Gould, Mon. 

 ii. t. 70. 



One example from Chihuata, alt. 9000 feet, July 19th, cS . 



31. Myrtis FRANCESCO (Less.) ; Gould, Mon. iii. t. 151. 

 Two examples, a female and a young male, from Islay. 



32. Thaumastura cor^ (Less.) ; Gould, Mon. iii. t. 153. 

 Many specimens from Islay and Arequipa. 



33. Ehodopis vesper (Less.). 



Many examples f^om Islay and Arequipa, and two from Chihuata. 

 Eyes in one marked " dark hazel." 



34. Mettallura cupreicauda, Gould, Mon. iii. t. 191. 



Two specimens of this fine species, from Chihuata (alt. 9000 feet). 

 " Eves dark hazel." 



