A single specimen was obtained, and it would appear to be either an immature bird or a female.
Habitat, Lima, Peru. (August.)
3. Pyrocephalus nanus. Gould.
Plate VII.
P. fuscus; rectricum exteriorum marginibus omniumque et sècundariorum apicibus nitidè griseo-brunneis.
Femina, brunnea; gutture griseo-albo; corpore subtus pallidè flavescente; pectoris laterumque plumis in medio brunneo-striatis.
Long. tot. 4¹¹⁄₁₂ unc.; alæ, 2²⁄₁₆; caudæ, 2²⁄₁₂; tarsi, ⁸⁄₁₂; rostri, ⁸⁄₁₂.
Male.
Crown of the head, crest, and all the under surface, scarlet; back, wings, and tail, sooty brown; the external margin of the outer tail feathers, and the tips of all, light greyish brown; bill and tarsi, black.