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



thentic specimens is Stenopsis bifasciata (Gould)*, of which I have 

 skins sent by JNIr. Leybold and Messrs. PhiHppi and Landbeck. 

 The GaprirnxLlgus andinus of the latter gentleman f is, as I have 

 already suggested X, and can now state positively from the examina- 

 tion of marked specimens received from the describer, merely the 

 young of S. bifasciata. 



Lesson has described a Capr. exilis from "Chili" (Rev. Zool. 

 1839, p. 45), but it is impossible to say what species he refers to. 



Fam. Trochilid^. 



The Humming-birds found in Chili are three in number, namely — 



Oreolrochilus leucopleurus, Gould. 

 Patagona gig as (Yieill.). 

 Eustephanus galeritus (Mol.). 



Of these the Oreoti-ochilus belongs to a strictly Andean genus, of 

 which the present bird is the most southern representative. Mr. 

 Bridges describes it as inhabiting a zone of elevation of from 6000 

 to 8000 feet above the sea-level ; but near Hueso Predo Dr. Philippic 

 assures us that it descends to 1000 feet above the sea-level. Pata- 

 gona gigas, which is common in Central Chili, ranges as far north 

 as Quito ; and Eustephanus galeritus southwards to Tierra del Fuego, 

 and northwards to the vicinity of Lima in Peru. 



Fam. PiciD^. 



Three Woodpeckers only, as far as I know, have been hitherto 

 recorded as Chilian, namely Campephilus mageUaniciis\\, Picus lig- 

 narius, and Colaptes pitius. 



Fam. PsiTTACiD^. 



Three species of Parrots are likewise certainly correctly assigned 

 to Chili, namely Henicognatlius leptorhynchus, Conurus cyanolyseos, 

 and C. smaragdineus: 



Order ACCIPITRES. 

 Fam. VuLTURiD^. 



Sarcorrhamp)hus gryphns and Cathartes aura are well known to 

 be both abundant in Chile ; C. atratns is stated by Mr. Cassin 

 (Gilhss's Exp. ii. p. 1/3) to be "occasionally met with in the inte- 

 rior," though Mr. Darwin says (Zool. Beagle, iii. p. 7) that he never 

 observed it. The bird is certainly common in the vicinity of INlen- 

 doza (Darwin, I. c. p. 7), whence, Bridges also states, it sometimes 

 crosses the frontier^ into the province of Colchagua. 



* Cf. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 140. 



t Wiegra. Arcli. 1860, p. 279. J P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 140. 



§ Eeise cl. die Wiiste Atacama, p. 160. 

 II Cf. Vigors, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 94. 

 ^ P. Z. S. 1843, p. 108. 



