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Count T. Salvador! on the 
at my request* has very kindly sent me for inspection 
the type of his T. columbianus, which* as I had expected* 
turns out to be an immature specimen of T. caudatus, with 
the light band on the wings and the base of the second¬ 
aries not grey (as stated by Dr. Finsch)* but dull whitish 
grey. 
The specimens of the genus Theristicu. ? which T have 
been able to examine* and which have led me to these con¬ 
clusions* are the following :—- 
(1) Theristicus caudatus. 
1. Adult specimen from Cayenne received from the Paris 
Museum (. Mus . Taurin., Cat. no. 2888). 
2. Female adult from Cara-huassi* Salta* September 1896 
(Dr. Borelli, Mus. Taurin., Cat. no. 11633). 
3. Adult specimen received in exchange from the Turati 
Museum* as collected in Brazil (Mus. Taurin., Cat. no. 
9365). 
4. Adult specimen* from Bogota, Colombia (Mus. 
Berlepsch ). 
5. Immature specimen* apparently from Bogota (. Leyden 
Museum : Type of Theristicus columbianus Finsch). 
6. Adult specimen from Antioquia in Colombia (Mus. 
Berlepsch). 
7 & 8. Two adult specimens* one marked female* from 
Altagracia in Venezuela* obtained by Mr. George K. Cherrie* 
November 1897 (Mus. Berlepsch ). 
9. Adult male from Valle Grande in Bolivia* obtained by 
G. Garlepp (Mus. Berlepsch). 
(2) Theristicus melanopis. 
1. Adult specimen from Chile (Cav. Picollet, Mus. Taurin., 
Cat. no. 2885). 
2. Adult specimen* no exact locality (Mus. Taurin., Cat. 
no. 2895). 
3. Adult male* Santiago, Chile* March 1867* from the 
Museum of Santiago* Voyage of the f Magenta* (Mus. Taurin., 
Cat. no. 8353). 
