1/6 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. [Feb. 27, 



13. TiNNUNCULUS spARVERius (Linn.). 



14. Zenaida auriculata, Des Murs. 



15. Cham^pelia cruziana (d'Orb.). 



16. Thinocorus rumicivorus, Eschsch. 



17. CEdicnemus superciliaris, Tschudi ; Scl. et Salv. Ex. 

 Orn. p. 59, t. xxx. 



A single adult specimen of this fine and distinct species, differing 

 from the individual figured in our plate in the absence of the black 

 stripe behind the eye, the greyer colouring of the head and neck, and 

 the absence of the rufous edgings to the wing- coverts. In the pre- 

 sent bird also the crissum is nearly pure white, and the bill is mostly 

 black, the base of the mandible only being greenish. 



18. Charadrius virginicus, Borck. 



19. iEoiALITES VOCIFERUS. 



Three specimens of this well-known species, apparently birds of 

 the year. 



20. ^GiALiTES Nivosus, Cassiu. 



Two male specimens of this species in adult plumage. They serve 

 to confirm our former impression* that Schlegel has made a mis- 

 take in uniting this Plover to the European ^. cantianus. The 

 lores of the American bird are pure white ; in the European there is 

 a black line between the eye and the base of the bill. 



21. Cai.idris ARENARiA (Linn.). 



22. Tringa bairdi, Coues ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 18G7, p. 322. 

 A single specimen, apparently in full winter plumage. 



23. NuMENius hudsonicus (Lath.) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 333. 



24. Gallinula galeata (Licht.) ; Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 302. 

 " Shot on the lake at Tambo." 



25. FULICA CHILENSIS. 



Fulica chilensis. Gay, Faun. Chil. Atlas, t. 10; Hartl. J. f. O. 

 Extrah. 1854, p. 81. 



One example from the Laguna of Tambo. *' Bill lavender-colour; 

 eye bright red ; crown of head [i. e. shield ?] white ; legs and toes 

 lavender. Large numbers of this Coot were seen, but they are shy 

 and difficult to shoot." 



This skin we have no hesitation in referring to F. chilensis, as 

 described by Hartlaub (/. s. c). A similar specimen is in the Bri- 

 tish Museum (marked 1850/7/14/8), but has the head-shield bright 

 * See P. Z. S. 1867, p. 331. 



