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MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS 



[June 29, 



There can be no question about tbe distinctness of this species 

 from P. andinus. Besides the differences specitied above, the confor- 

 mation of the bill is of itself sufficient to render Ph. janiesi distinct 

 in all ages. As will be seen bv tiie sketches now exhibited (figs. 2 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 2. Bill of Ph. andinus. 

 Fig. 'S. Bill of Ph. jaynesi. 



and 3), the bill is much shorter and smaller in Ph. jamesi, the 

 naked space at the lores wider and differently shaped, and the upper 

 mandible is much narrower. The very different disposition of the 

 colours will be likewise seen from the figures. In P. jamesi the 

 terminal black portion is much smaller, and is succeeded by an 



