432 MR. E. w. WHITE ON THE [Junel9, 



than the other, and in this respect approaches nearer to (E. neglecta 

 and shows that there probably exists no definite distinction between 

 the light- and dark-coloured birds. Moreover the dark-coloured 

 specimen has the tarsi and the proximal portion of the digits and 

 the intervening webs dark like the rest of the foot ; the other has 

 these parts the normal colour, as found in the generality of CEstrelaice. 

 This fact is of importance as tending to show that the colour of the 

 tarsi and toes cannot always be looked upon as a specific character. 

 In R. arminjoniana the primaries beneath are only white at the 

 base ; but this species and R. neglecta, I am now disposed to think, 

 are more nearly allied than I formerly believed to be the case (c/". 

 Orn. Misc. i. p. 252, pi. 31). 



146. Caption capensis (Linn.) ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, 

 p. 162. 



West coast of South America, lat. 25° S., loag. 85'' W. 



lat. 20° S., long. 71° W. 



147. Pelecanoides garnoti (Lesson) ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 

 1866, p. 190. 



c? $ . Coquimbo Bay, Chili, November 1881. 

 I much doubt if there is more than one variable species of this 

 form, which should bear the name of P. urinatrix (Gm.). 



148. PoDiCEPS MAJOR, Bodd. ; Scl. & Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 190. 

 .9 , Coquimbo Bay, Chili, November 1881. 



149. PoDiCEPS ROLLANDi, Scl. & Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 190. 

 Talcahuano, Chili, 1881. 



6. Further Notes on the Birds o£ the Argentine Republic 

 By E. W. White, F.Z.S.' 



[Eeceived June 18, 1883.] 



These notes refer to some specimens, which I was unable to deter- 

 mine until 1 had the opportunity of consulting the collections of Mr. 

 Sclater and Messrs. Salvin and Godman, who have kindly furnished 

 the necessary names. 



1. NoTHOPROCTA DOfiRINGI. 



(S . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., Aug. 1st, 1882. 



Iris reddish brown. 



This is the only example of this species that I have met with in 

 the Argentine Republic, where it evidently seems to be rare. It was 

 brought to me alive by a native who had been out on the mountains 

 driving cattle ; he told me that they were only to be met with on the 

 highest parts of the Sierras, which are covered with a coarse kind of 

 grass : the elevation would be about 3000 ft. above the sea-level. 

 1 See P.Z. S. 1882, p. 591, et 1883, p. 37. 



