1867.] MR. p. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. 327 



Cyanotis azarce (Naum.) (C. omnicolor, auct. ex Vieill.) is stated 

 by Gay to be found througliout Chili {op. cit. p. 321), although 

 not very abundantly. Lieut. Gilliss also notes its occurrence in 

 Chili*. 



Serjmphaga 2yci>'virostris (Gould) and Anceretes parulus (Kittl.) 

 are both unquestionable Chilian species. Of the latter Mr. Salvia 

 has a skin received direct from Herr Leybold of Santiago. I have 

 reputed Chilian specimens of both these species, and have compared 

 those of the former with Mr. Gould's types in the British Museum. 



Of the difficult genus Elainea but one species, as far as I know, 

 occurs in Chili. This is the bird called "Elainea albiceps, D'Orb.," 

 in the * Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle " (iii. p. 47), and stated 

 by Mr. Darwin to be " occasionally found near Valparaiso in Cen- 

 tral Chile." I have two examples of this species from Chili, one 

 of them received direct from Mr. Leybold ; so that there can be no 

 doubt about the locality. They agree quite well with the typical 

 specimens of my E. griseigularis from Ecuador-)*, and are probably 

 of the same species. I am also now of opinion that they can hardly 

 be separated from E. modesta, Tsch., although I have kept these 

 two species apart in my American Catalogue (p. 217). But I am 

 doubtful as to whether they have been rightly referred to E. albiceps 

 (Lafr. et D'Orb.). The species I have hitherto placed under the 

 latter designation is decidedly distinct, being much larger in size, 

 though generally similar in colouring. The descriptions given of E. 

 albiceps would apply nearly equally well to both of these birds ; and 

 I therefore propose for the present to retain modesta as the name of 

 the Chilian bird, until reference can be made to D'Orbigny's types. 



Fam. PnYTOTOMiDiE. 



Phytotoma vara, the oldest and best-known species of this group, 

 is from Chili ; and, according to D'Orbigny, is common in the ra- 

 vines in the environs of Valparaiso. 



Order PICARIiE. 



Fam. ALCEDINIDiE. 



Ceryle stellata (Meyen). 



It seems to be very doubtful whether this Western-Coast form, 

 which Meyen first separated from C. torquata, is really specifically 

 distinct. Mr. G. R. Gray has reunited them (Zool. Voy. Beagle, 

 iii. p. 42; and List of Fissirostres, p. 61). I have a skin from 

 Cayenne, which appears to be quite as much spotted on the back 

 and wing-coverts as the Chilian bird. 



Fam. Caprimulgid^. 



The only Chilian species of this family of which I have seen au- 



* G-iUiss's Exp. ii. p. 186. 



t P. Z. S. 1858, p. 554, pi. 146. fig. 1. 



