1867,] MR. P, L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. 321 



Meyen (Nova Acta, xvi. Suppl. p. 74) says that Turdus ruficentrls 

 occurs in Chili. This is, in all probability, an error. 



Turdus subcinereus, mihi (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 320), is said to be 

 from Chili, on dealers' authority. 



Fam. Troglodytid.^. 



Of this family I have likewise seen but two representatives from 

 Chili — Troglodytes mayeUanicus, Gould, and (Jistothorus platensis 

 (Gm.), of both of which Messrs. PhiUppi and Landbeck have sent 

 me specimens. Of the former, which appears to be scarcely more 

 than a pale variety of the extensively diffused T. furvus, Messrs. 

 Philippi and Landbeck's skins are marked T. platensis. But on 

 referring to Buifon's ' Planches Enlumiuees,' 730. fig. 2, upon which 

 Gmelin's name platensis was founded, it will be at once apparent 

 that the bird there depicted is the Cistothorus. The same error has 

 been committed by Burmeister (Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 137, and La Plata- 

 Keise, ii. p. 476). Burmeister has likewise described the Cistotho- 

 rus as new (Cab. Journ. f. Orn. vii. p. 252), under the name-C 

 fasciolatus. Messrs. Phihppi and Landbeck's specimens of this 

 bird are marked Troglodytes hornensis ; and it is certainly the spe- 

 cies described by Lesson (L'Inst. 1834, p. 316) under this name, 

 although Gray and Hartlaub have referred Lesson's name to T. 

 magellanicus. Hence has arisen continual confusion between these 

 two very different birds. The Troglodytes magellanicus is stated to 

 be called "Chercan" in Chili; the Cistothorus platensis " Chercan 

 de las Vegas." 



Fam. MotacillidjE. 



Four specimens of an Anthus forwarded by Messrs. Philippi and 

 Landbeck are marked Anthus correndera, Vieill., and, as far as I 

 can tell, correctly. 



Fam. Mniotiltid^. 



Landbeck (Wiegm. Arch. 1864, p. 56) describes a Dendroica 

 atricapilla from Chili. I agree with Professor Baird (Rev. Axa. B. 

 i. p. 1 93) in being unable to distinguish this supposed species from 

 the North-American i>. striata ; and as this species goes as far 

 south as Bogota (Cf. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 143, and Baird, I. c), it is 

 quite possible that an individual may occasionally wander onwards 

 to Chili. 



Fam. HiRUNDiNiD^. 



The only species of Swallow forwarded by Messrs. Philippi and 

 Landbeck is Hirundo cyanoleuca, Vieill. — a very wide-ranging spe- 

 cies in South America. But Hirundo nieyeni {Hirundo leucopyga, 

 Meyen) also occurs near Valparaiso. I have specimens of it in my 

 collection which I believe to be Chilian. 



Professor Baird has lately described a new species of Progne (P. 

 furcata, Baird, Rev. A. B. p. 278) from "Chili" (auct. Verreaux). 



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