322 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 28, 



Fam. CcEREBiD^. 



Bifflossa brunneiventris, Des Murs (Icon. Orn. pi. 43), is stated 

 to be from Chili upon Gay's authority. But Gay's authority is 

 worth very little, and the bird is not mentioned in Gay's ' Faima 

 Chilena.' Moreover Lafresnaye (Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 318) gives 

 its locality as "Peru," and Cassin (Pr. Acad. Phil. 1864, p. 274) 

 as " Bolivia ;" either of which localities are much more likely to be 

 correct. 



Fam. Fringillid^. 



Phrygilus gayi, P. alaudhms, and P.fruticeti are all well-known 

 Chilian species of the genus Phrygilus, which is characteristic of the 

 Chilian and Patagonian region of South iVmerica, and extends north- 

 wards along the Andes to Bogota. To these we may add Phrygilus 

 unicolor {Emberiza unicolor, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. i. p. 82), of 

 which Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck have forwarded specimens of 

 both sexes, from the Cordillera of Santiago, under the name Chlo- 

 rospiza plumbea*. These agree with my skins from Bolivia and 

 Ecuador. Diuca grisea, nob.f {Fringilla diuca, Mol.), is a closely 

 allied Chilian form. 



Zonotrichia pileata (sive matutina), one of the most widely dis- 

 tributed of American Passeres, also occurs in Chili (testibus Meyen. 

 Darwin, &c.). 



The only two remaining genera of Fringillidse which occur in Chili 

 are Chrysomitris and Sycalis, concerning each of which I must say 

 a few words, as there has been some confusion regarding them. 



Of Ch-ysomitris, on which genus Mr. Cassin has latelj^ given us 

 some excellent notes J, there are two distinct species found in Chili 

 — G. harbata (Mol.), and C. uropygialis, mihi. The former has 

 been treated of by Dr. Philippi §, and its synonymy partly given. 

 It is not, however, the true Fringilla campestris of Spix, although it 

 is the bird so called by Des Murs. Mr. Cassin has latel}^ shown us 

 that it is the Carduelis stanleyi of Audubon. The best figure of 

 this species is that given by the latter author in Gilliss's 'Astro- 

 nomical Expedition,' pi. 17, under the name ^'Chrysomitris murgi- 

 nalis, Bp." An immature skin from the Falklands in my collection, 

 spoken of by Capt. Abbott (Ibis, 1861, p. 1.54) as C. magellanica, 

 and also referred to by me (P. Z. S. 1801, p. 46), appears to belong 

 to this species. It is very common in Chili, according to Dr. Phi- 

 lippi, and is the Silguero of the natives. 



C. uropygialis is a well-marked species of the genus, described in 

 my 'Catalogue of American Birds' (p. 124, note). It is allied to 

 C. atrata, but is easily known by its yellow uropygium and upper 

 belly, which in C. atrata are deep black — only the lower portion of 

 the belly being yellow in C. atrata. Cassin, in Gilliss's 'Expedition' 



* As described by them, 'Arch. f. Nat.' 1864, p. 47. 



t Cat. Am. B. p. 111. 



\ Pr. Acad. Pliil. 186.=>, p. 89. 



§ Arch. f. Nat. 1860, p. 27- 



