132 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM TARAPACA. [Feb. 3, 



the present collection which were not in Mr. Rahmer's series, and 

 one which is apparently new to science. 



It appears from Mr. Lane's letters that he made two excursions 

 from San Pablo, a station on the Nitrates' Railway, into the Cordil- 

 leras of Tarapaca, one in January 1890 and the other in March and 

 April. The principal locahties visited were Pica (alt. 4000 ft.). 

 Lake Huasco (alt. 12,000), and Sacaya (alt. 10,000), all marked in 

 the map attached to my paper on the previous collection from the 

 same district, which I now exhibit (see p. 131). 



The only additional information given concerning the Avifauna of 

 Tarapaca since the publication of my previous communication on 

 this subject is contained in the short paper on the birds of the Desert 

 of Atacama and the Province of Tarapaca by Dr. R. A. Philippi, 

 pubhshed in 'Ornis' for 1888 (' Ornis,' vol. iv. p. 1.55). In this 

 paper Dr. Pbilippi gives a nominal list of 80 species of birds collected 

 during a scientific expedition sent by the Chilian Government into 

 the provinces of Antofagasta and Tarapaca in 1884. The leader of 

 the expedition was Prof. Friedrich Philippi, and the collector was 

 Carl Rahmer, who subsequently procured for Mr, James the birds 

 from Tarapaca which I described in my previous paper. Dr. 

 Philippi gives 80 species in his hst; but it embraces many species of 

 Antofagasta and the coast, and does not materially add to our 

 knowledge of the avifauna of Tarapaca. 



On the whole we may say that this new portion of the Chilian 

 Republic has brought a considerable admixture of Bolivian and 

 Peruvian species into the Chilian Avifauna, as is shown by the 

 occurrence in it of such species as the following, which are men- 

 tioned in this or in my preceding paper, but which were previously 

 unknown to the list of Chilian birds : — 



1. Turdus chiguanco. 11. Cinclodes bifasciatus. 



2. Atticora ciiierea. 12. Colaples rupicola. 



3. Conirostrum cinereum. 13. Bolborhynchus orbignesius. 



4. Pbrygilus atriceps. 14. Phoenicopterus jamesi. 



5. Pbi-\gilus coraeinus. 1.5. Querquedula puua. 



6. Xenospingu.s concolor. 1(5. Cbaiu;rpelia cruziana. 



7. Cbrysomitris atrata. 17. Fulica gigantea. 



8. Centrites nreas. 18. Eecurvirostra andina. 



9. Geositta frobeni. 19. Tinamotis pentlaudi. 

 10. Upucertbia jehkii. 20. Ehea davwmi. 



Of these it should be mentioned Phrygilus coi-acimis, Phcenico- 

 pterus jamesi, and Recurvirostra andina have not yet, so far as I 

 am aware, been met with outside of Tarapaca and the adjoining new 

 provinces of Chili, but will almost certainly be found to occur also 

 in the neighbouring districts of Bolivia. 



1. Atticora cinerea (Gm.). 



Atticora cinerea, Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 184. 



Sacava. 



This is an addition to the list of Tarapacan birds. Examples of 

 it were obtainerl by Whitely 9t several localities in the province of 

 Arequipa, Peru. 



