96 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF LIMA; [Feb. 13, 



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



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



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



(Part I.) 



(Plate XI.) 



Our Corresponding Member, Prof. W. Nation, of Lima, Peru, has 

 recently sent me a small collection of birds obtained in the vicinity 

 of that city, to which he has been kind enough to add some interest- 

 ing notes on their habits, localities, &c. I have carefully determined 

 the species, and appended some few observations on the synonymy 

 and other points which appeared to call for remark. 



The ornithology of this part of Western Peru is not yet very well 

 known to us, Tschudi's (somewhat imperfect) 'Fauna Peruana' 

 being our chief authority on the subject. Some few species were 

 collected on this coast during the voyage of the ' Beagle ;' and the 

 well-known French collector, Delattre, passed through Lima on one 

 of his journeys. The new species obtained by the latter naturalist 

 were described by Lafresnaye in the 'Revue Zoologique' for 1847. 



Prof. Nation, who is a resident at Lima, informs me that he has 

 made a considerable collection in this neighbourhood, and promises 

 to send me a second portion of it for examination very shortly ; so 

 that I hope to have before long a second paper to submit to the 

 Society on this subject. 



The species contained in the present collection are the following, 

 the nomenclature adopted being, unless the contrary is stated, that 

 of my American Catalogue : — 



1. Turdus chiguanco, Lafr. & D'Orb. 



" Migratory : arrives in June, departs in October. Resorts to the 

 valleys near Lima. Feeds on spiders, small snails, &c. Irides red- 

 dish brown."— W. N. 



2. Mimus longicaudattjs, Tsch. F. P. p. 190, pi. 15. f. 2. 



"Haunts corn-fields and woody parts of the Rimac. Feeds on 

 worms, &c, and Indian corn. Nest artlessly made of small sticks 

 in Acacia trees; lays two eggs. Irides blackish brown." — W. N. 



This is the first specimen I have met with of this Mocking-bird, 

 which, as Tschudi observes, is nearly related to the Chilian M. 

 thenca, but differs in its longer and more curved bill and longer tail. 

 Mimus leucospilos, von Pelzeln (Sitz. Ak. "Wien, xxxi. p. 323), seems 

 to be the same as Tschudi's bird. 



3. Troglodytes furvus (Gm.). 



" Found on the tufts of reeds, along with Cyanotis omnicolor. 

 Habits just like those of Cyanotis. I have a nest ; it is somewhat 

 like the nest of the Marsh-Wren of North America. Irides brownish 

 black."— W. N. 



