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darker rufous-brown bands, while in P. melanonota the 

 belly is pure white with broad regular bands of dark brown. 

 The upper parts in P. sharpei are chocolate-brown, while 

 they are of a more blackish brown in the other species. The 

 pale patch in the middle of the chest, the superciliary stripe, 

 and the hair-like plumes at the base of the bill are f ulvescent 

 on the former, being of a nearly pure white in the Peruvian 

 species. Also in the new species the white bands on the tail- 

 feathers are somewhat broader. 



" I may remark that Dr. Sharpens description of S. melano- 

 notum in the Cat. of Brit. Mus. ii. p. 280 is evidently based 

 on Brazilian specimens (P. shaiyei, mihij. 



" Taczanowski, in his Orn. du Perou (i. p. 184), has also 

 described a Brazilian specimen belonging to my collection 

 under the name of C. melanonota. 



" As far as I can see from Count Sidvadori's description of 

 his Pulsatrix fasciativentris from Zamora, Ecuador (Salvad. 

 & Festa, Bullet. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1900, p. 32), this also 

 belongs to the true P. melanonota (Tsch.), Salvadori having 

 also probably compared his Ecuadorian skins with the 

 Brazilian species. 



" Genus Gisella. 



" I have in my collection a specimen of Gisella (marked 

 <$) collected near Blumenau, Sta. Catharina, by Mr. Carl 

 Lehl, received direct from the collector. There is scarcely 

 any doubt that this bird belongs to Gisella iheringi described 

 by Dr. Sharpe from a specimen sent from Sao Paulo by 

 Dr. von Ihering. 



" Nevertheless I have some doubt regarding the distinct- 

 ness of the species from G. harrisi, Cass., of Colombia/as my 

 bird does not exhibit all the characters pointed out in the 

 diagnosis given by Dr. Sharpe. There are, of course, some 

 few whitish spots on the upper tail-coverts, which is 

 not a very significant character, but there is no trace of 

 a black band on the throat, and the lores as well as the 

 spot at the end of the ear-coverts are rather brownish black 

 (like the pileum), instead of " nigerrimse." Certainly these 



