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"2. Pulsatkix sharpei, Berl., n. sp. 



" Athene melanonota, Pelz. (nee Tschudi), Orn. Bras. p. 9. 



" Syrnium melanonotum, Sharpe (nee Tschudi), Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. ii. p. 280. 



" Ciccaba melanonota, Tacz. (nee Tschudi), Orn. du Perou, 

 i. p. 184. 



" P. melanonota (Tsch.) affinis et digitis quoque penitus 

 nudis, sed major et coloribus diversa : abdomine fulvo 

 fasciis obsoletis brunneis vix conspicue variegato (nee 

 albo fasciis rufo-brunneis regulariter transfasciato) : 

 corpore superiore pallidius chocolatino-brunneo (nee 

 nigro-brunneo) , plaga jugulari, stria superciliari 

 plumisque ad rostri basin fulvescentibus nee pure albis, 

 necnon fasciis rectricum albis latioribus distinguenda. 

 " Habitat in Brasilia orientali. 



" Typus in Mus. Hans von Berlepsch : ad Prov. Espiritu 

 Santo (F. B. Muller legit). 

 u Ad. Espiritu Santo : al. 307, caud. 192, culm. 23f, tars. 

 (55) mm. 



" Ad. Brazil : al. 312, caud. 200, culm. 26^, tars. 

 (50) mm. 



" P. melanonota from Peru : al. 290, 275, caud. 177, 160, 

 culm. 25, 23, tars. 50, 47 mm. 



{i Having before me three specimens of the true P. melano- 

 nota, Tschudi, collected near La Gloria, Chanchamayo, by 

 J. Kalinowski, aud near Cuzco by O. Garlepp, agreeing 

 perfectly with the description and figure given by its 

 describer, J. J. v. Tschudi, and at the same time two 

 specimens from Eastern Brazil, one of them being received 

 directly from the Province of Espiritu Santo, I can now 

 affirm positively that the Brazilian bird, while agreeing with 

 true P. melanonota from Peru in having naked toes, is 

 otherwise totally different and must receive another name. 

 I have great pleasure in naming it after my old friend 

 Dr. Sharpe, who agrees with me that the Brazilian form is 

 quite different and is at present unnamed. 



" P. sharpei, besides being a larger bird, differs from 

 P. melanonota in several points of coloration, viz., by the 

 belly being pale fulvous brown, with obsolete indications of 



