109 [Vol. xli. 



Type, c?, No. 87.2.1.122 in BritisK Museum. Collected 

 by Davison for Hume. 



Type-locality. Mergui. 



Distribution. South Burma, South-West Siam, Malay Pen., 

 north of 10° lat., Lakkimpur, Assam. 



Dr. Percy R. Lowe exhibited three species o£ Seed-Snipe 

 (Thinocorythidse), which he described as follows :— 



(1) Thinocorus rumicivorus bolivianus, subsp. nov. 



Adult male. Differs from Th. r, rumicivorus in beinp" 

 reddish-buff (almost isabelline) above, instead of hair-brown ; 

 in having the black throat and breast stripes wider and more 

 conspicuous; and in its larger measurements: wing 126 mm., 

 tarsus 17 mm. 



Hob. Bolivia. 



Type in Brit. Mus. S ■, Uyuni (3660 metres), Bolivia, 

 2. xi. 1901. No. 1902.3.13.1739. 



The wing of another male measured 127 mm. and of a 

 female 129 mm. These are the only examples from Bolivia 

 in the Collection, 



(2) Thinocorus peruvianus, sp. nov. 



Adult male. Differs from Tli. rumicivorus in having the 

 pale borders of the feathers of the head, mantle, wing-coverts, 

 secondaries, and tertials very light buff as opposed to dusky 

 or dusky-buffj and in its much smaller measurements. 

 Eight males averaged 99 mm. in the wing ; seven males 

 from Chile (TA. r. rumicivorus) averaged 116 mm. 



Hah. Peru. 



Typ)e in Brit. Mus. $ , Islay, South-West Peru, 2.ix. 1867 

 {Whitehj). No. 91.10.21.336. 



Measurements. Wing 99 mm.; tarsus 15 mm. 



(3) Attagis cheeputi, sp. nov. 

 Male. Differs from Att. mcdouinus in having the feathers 

 of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark brown, finely 

 and closely A'ermiculuted with narrow bands of grey or 

 buffish-grey. 



