118 TENTjIKOSTRES. 



which they derive the name of Oven-birds, is gene- 

 rally built in an exposed situation on a thick leafless 

 branch or on the top of a paling ; sometimes, even, 

 in the interior of houses. Both sexes labour at its 

 construction, each alternately bringing a lump of 

 clay, a piece of straw, or of the dry stems of plants. 

 This remarkable structure, when finished, has the 

 appearance of an oven, six or eight inches in 

 diameter, and about an inch in thickness. From 

 the entrance, which is on one side, a passage reaches 

 to the roof, and terminates by a circular opening in 

 an inner chamber, where the eggs are deposited on 

 a bed of feathers or grass. 



Tlie species figured in the Tabular View, 



The Patagonian Cinclodes (Cindodes Patagonica), is 

 found principally upon the western coast of South 

 America, especially towards the southern extremity of 

 that continent. 



The type of this sub-family is — 



The Black-tailed Enicornis [Enicomis melanura), 

 represented in our engraving. 



