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P. purpurea, may have been that species. Dr. Sclater gives Mr. White's locality as 

 "Buenos Ayres " in the 'Argentine Ornithology' (p. 25). 



Numerous specimens have been obtained in Mendoza, and a series from this 

 province is contained in the collection of the British Museum. The occurrence of the 

 species in Chili is very doubtful, and Dr. Philippi expressly names P. furcata as one of 

 the species which has been wrongly recorded from that country. The only authority 

 for its capture in Chili appears to be a specimen in the British Museum, said to have 

 been obtained there by Mr. Bridges ; but the exact locality is not attached to the speci- 

 men, and, in the days when Mr. Bridges collected, "Chili" would be considered quite 

 exact for a bird which may have been obtained in Mendoza. 



The specimens described and figured in the present work are in the British 

 Museum. 



