1881.] MR. p. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF LIMA. 48/ 



Mr. Nation's skia agrees with Central-Peruvian and Bolivian 

 specimens in my collection. 



6. Sycalis lutea (d'Orb. et Lafr.). 



Sj/calis hitea, Scl. Ibis, 1872, p. 46, t. ii. fig. 2. 



This bird was shot at 8000 feet altitnde. It is a female. 



7. OcHTHCECA LEUCOMETOPA, Scl. ct Salv. P. Z, S. 1877, p. 19. 

 These skins agree well with the typical specimens in my collection. 

 " This little Tyrant, which is unknown to me, seems to belong to 



a genus between Pi/rocephalus or 2Ij/obius and Muscisaxicola. Like 

 the two former (according to my information from Mr. Dallas) it is 

 usually seen npon a dry branch, and is very fearless. Examining 

 tbe stomachs of many specimens, I found large larvae of such insects 

 as are generally seen in places where cattle have been feeding, and 

 many coleopterous insects, from which it may be inferred that 

 the birds hunt on the ivinff and on the ground. The sexes are 

 similar. Irides black." — W. N. ^ 



8. Leptasthenura pileata, sp. nov. 



Supra murino-fusca, pileo summo Icete rufo ; capitis lateribus et 

 dorso striis longis alhis utrinque nigro limbatis perfusis ; alis 

 intus nigris, cxtus fuho limbatis ; reinigibus sexto et hiijus 

 proximis extus ad basin in pogonio externo macula rvfescenti- 

 fidva ornatis : subtus dilutior, fere pallide cinerea, gula et 

 pectore toio albo variegatis ; caiida nigricante, rectricihus 

 laterolibtis pallida cinereo terminatis ; subalaribus et remigum 

 marginibus internis dilute fidvis ; rostro et j^^dibus nigris. 

 Long. tot. G"3, alee 2'2, caudx rectr. med. 3*7, lat. 1*2, tarsi O'S. 

 Hab. In Andibus Peruviauis supra urbem Lima (Nation). 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



Obs. Affiuis JO. andicolce sed minor, et pileo rufo, necnon maculis 

 ad basin remigum fulvis distinguenda. 



" This Synallaxis is found on the western side of the Cordillera, at 

 an altitude of 8000 feet. From the description I have received of 

 it, this bird clings to the branches and twigs in attitudes as grotesquely 

 as a tit-mouse. I received three examples, all females. Food spi- 

 ders, coleoptera, &c. Total length 6^*^) inches, wing 2y"y-. Irides 

 black."— W. N. 



9. POLYONYMUS CAROLI. 



Cometes caroli, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 1/7. 



Sparganura caroli, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 86. 



Polyonynms caroli, Heine f., J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 206. 



Sappho caroli, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 155. 



"This beautiful little Humming-bird isnnknown to me; I never saw 

 it till Mr. Dallas sent this example. It is a female, and was found 

 on the western side of the Cordillera at an altitude of from 8000 to 



