374 
PTYTÛÏOMA. — . PüCRASIA. 
Muscisaxicola albifrons Sclaïer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860. 76. — Philippi, 
Wiegrn. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 78. 
Muscisaxicola alpina Gray, Haiidl. Birds I. 346. 
albilora [Peruvia. Chili. 
Muscisaxicola albilora de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. Zool. 1855. 60. 
briiiinea Gould, Voy. Beagle Birds 84. [Potagonia. Parana, 
Muscisaxicola brunnea Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 106. 
capistrata Burmeisïek, Reise La Plata II. 461. {Mendoza. 
Muscisaxicola capistrata Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 105. 
cinerea [Chili. 
Muscisaxicola cinerea Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 80. — Sclater, 
Ibis 1866. II. 57. 
Muscisaxicola albimentum de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. Zool. 1855. 60. 
fia vi nucha \ChiU. 
Muscisaxicola ßavinucha de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. Zool. 1855. 59. ïb. 3. 
Muscisaxicola ßavivertex Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 98. 
Iluviatilis [Ucayali. 
Muscisaxicola ßuviatilis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866. 187. 
frontalis Burmeister, Reise La Plata II. 462. [Mendoza. 
Muscisaxicola frontalis Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 105. 
fulva Hartlaub, Verz. Mus. Bremen 57. — Fluvicola nigra. 
niaculirostris Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 196. 
[Bolivia. Chili. Mendoza. Respubl. aequat. 
Muscisaxicola maculirostris d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. Ois. 356. Tb. 41. 
Fig. 2. — Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXL 82. 
mentalis v. Tschudi, Fauna peruan. 167. [Bolivia. Chili. Peruvia. Patagonia, 
Muscisaxicola mentalis d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 355. Tb. 41. Fig. 1. 
— Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXL 83. 
Muscisaxicola macloviana Sclater, Ibis 1866. II. 58. — Gray, Voy. 
Beagle 83. 
Sylvia s. Curruca macloviana Garnot, Voy. Coquille Zool. I. 663. 
Saxicola plumifrons Peale, Unit. St. Expl. Exped. VIII. 90. 
Ochthoeca chilensis Hartlaub, Naumannia 1853. III. 212. 
uigrifrons [Chili. 
Muscisaxicola nigrifrons Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 101. 
rnbricapilla [Chili. 
Muscisaxicola rubricapilla Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 90. 
rnlivertex v. Tschudi, Fauna peruan. 168. [Bolivia. Peruvia. 
Muscisaxicola rußvertex d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 354. Tb. 40. Fig. 2. 
— Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXL 95. 
striaticeps [Bolivia. 
Muscisaxicola striaticeps d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 356. Tb. 41. Fig. 1. 
— Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1865. XXXI. 104. 
PTYTOTOMA Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. = Phytotoma Mol. 
PUCHERANIA spinicauda Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1854. XXXVIII. 386. 536. 
= Pachycephala orphaea Strickl. 
PüCRASIA (Phasianidae. — pukras vox barb.). — Gray, Genera Birds 1844. 
III. 503. 
Synon. : Eulophus Less. — Lophotetrax Cab. 
Bill shorty broader at the base than high, the culmen much arched to the tip, 
ivhich curves over the lower mandible; the sides compressed toward the tip, the 
lateral margins arched; the nostrils small and mostly concealed by the projecting 
plumes and a membranous covereding. Wings moderate, with the fourth quill longest 
and the third et fifth equal. Tail long and much ivedgeshaped. Tarsi as long 
as the middle toe, somewhat slender and covered in front with large divided scales. 
Toes lengthened^ the lateral ones united at the base to the middle one and unequal, 
the hind toes short and elevated and the claw moderate and curved. — i Specc. 
