. Exotic ornithology : containing figures and descriptions of new or rare species of American birds . the latter name. We, therefore, adopt Tschudisappellation for this species, althoxigh his description is irrecognizable, superseding the namechilensis with less regret, inasmuch as it seems to be very doubtful whether the bird has everoccurred in Chili. The present species belongs to the second section of the genus Fuliea, as arranged by , in which the undertail-coverts are black with merely a slight white edging on eachside. In this respect it resembles its gigantic neighbours of t
. Exotic ornithology : containing figures and descriptions of new or rare species of American birds . the latter name. We, therefore, adopt Tschudisappellation for this species, althoxigh his description is irrecognizable, superseding the namechilensis with less regret, inasmuch as it seems to be very doubtful whether the bird has everoccurred in Chili. The present species belongs to the second section of the genus Fuliea, as arranged by , in which the undertail-coverts are black with merely a slight white edging on eachside. In this respect it resembles its gigantic neighbours of the same country, F. gigantea andF. eornuta. From the former it may be distinguished by its smaller size and olive-colouredfeet, from the latter by the absence of the prominent caruncle on the forehead. In the presentspecies, however, the head-shield projects considerably beyond the line of the culmen, and C 113 ] forms an otldng protuberance, which is rounded oflf towards the vertical extremity, and dlvidlBdfrom the base of the bill bv a distinct line as shewn In the accompanying cut. The bend vf. AuGTBT, 1868. /- the wing In the present bird and a narrow, margin of the basal portion of the outer primaryare white. The specimen, now in the collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godjnan, from whichour description and figure are taken, was procured on the lagoon of Tambo, in the month ofNovember, 1857, by Mr. Henry Whltely. In this bird, the bill is marked lavender colour,and the head-shield white. But this would appear to be .different in the breeding season,as Dr. Hartlaub describes the head-sliield as red in one of his specimens, and this is also thecase in an example of this species in the collection of the British Museum. The specimens of this species, in the Paris Museum, from which Hartlaubs description andGays figure were taken, were collected during the voyages of DOrblgny, Castelu(iau, and ^ /Devllle, in various parts of Bolivia. Those of the latter travellers are stated to ha
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