496 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF LIMA. [May Hi, 



Crested Guineafowls, which were the types of Mr. Elliot's new spe- 

 cies Numida verreauxi (Ibis, 1870, p. 300, and Mouogr. of Phas. 

 pt. i. pi. 16). I am, however, informed by M. Jules Verreaux that 

 they are of the same species as that previously dedicated by Dr. 

 Hartlaub to the late M. Edouard Verreaux as Numida edouardi ( Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1867, p. 36). The latter name has naturally precedence. 



36. Larus atricilla, Linn. 



In April last year we purchased of a dealer two Gulls in imma- 

 ture and dirty plumage, stated to have been received from " New 

 Zealand." Relying, somewhat too confidently I confess, on this 

 locality, I entered them in the Register of Additions as Larus mela- 

 norhynchus, Buller*, that being the only species in the list of New 

 Zealand birds likely to suit them. One of them died, but the other 

 moulted into fine plumage this spring, and has put on a beautiful 

 black hood, dark mantle, and other characteristics of the well-known 

 North-American species Larus atricilla. 



I am not aware that we have previously had a living specimen of 

 this bird in the Society's collection. 



37. Apteryx australis, Shaw. 



The Apteryges living in our gardens have hitherto been referred 

 to A. mantelli, Bartlett. Having, however, lately had an opportu- 

 nity of examining a series of specimens, I find that there is a large 

 amount of individual variation among them, particularly as regards 

 the scaling of the tarsus, and have nearly come to the conclusion that 

 there are only two species of the genus yet properly discriminated, 

 namely Apteryx australis (embracing all that we have hitherto called 

 A. mantelli) and A. ovoeni. Of the distinctness of these two species 

 (both of which are now represented in our living collection) there 

 can, I think, be no possible doubt. 



3. On the Birds of the Vicinity of Lima, Peru. By P. L. 



Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. With Notes on their 



Habits; by Professor W. Nation, of Lima, C.M.Z.S. 



(Part IV. f). 



[Eeceived April 26, 1871.] 



Various circumstances have unfortuuately hindered our corre- 

 sponding member Professor Nation for some time past from con- 

 tinuing to transmit to me his collections and notes. He has, however, 

 lately found an opportunity of sending me a few skins, accompanied 

 by the following remarks : — 



1. Phrygiltjs ALAUDiNus(Kittlitz) ; Sclater, Cat. A. B. p. 111. 

 "In 1867 I discovered this beautiful bird on a large plain, covered 



* See P. Z. S. 1870, App. p. 895. 



t Continued from P. Z. S. 1869, p. 148. 



