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perch on a post or dead branch. The species is reported as common 

 on low, wet ground in the pampas in winter. 



CINCLODES OUSTALETI OUSTALETI Scott 



Cmclodes oustaleti Scott, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 10, Apr. 30, 1900, 

 p. Ixii. (Central Chile.) 



After the middle of March the present species was fairly common 

 in the foothills of the Andes, in the Province of Mendoza, though it 

 has not been recorded previously in any numbers in this region. 

 The first one seen was found along an irrigation ditch in the out- 

 skirts of Mendoza, on March 13, 1921. At Portrerillos a male was 

 shot and another seen on March 18, at an elevation of 1,500 meters 

 along the Rio Blanco, while on the following day at El Salto, 300 

 meters higher, the birds were fairly common, and a male and a 

 female were taken. They were found feeding near the swift- 

 running streams, where they clambered agilely over the steep rock 

 surfaces, or along quieter channels and irrigation ditches. At a 

 small estancia several walked about on the beams supporting the 

 roof of a shed. When flushed they frequently flew up along dry 

 hillsides to rest for a few minutes on huge bowlders. Near Tunuyan, 

 Mendoza, three or four were noted on March 25, and an immature 

 male was taken along the muddy border of a small lagoon. Others 

 were seen here on March 26 and 28. 



In life the present species, with its dark brown coloration, light 

 superciliary stripe, and habit of constantly wagging the tail, is 

 strikingly similar to the water thrushes of North America, a resem- 

 blance heightened by the haunts frequented by the Cinclodes, and 

 its sharp emphatic call note. The birds are continually in move- 

 ment, as the tail Avags constantly even when the body is quiet. The 

 flight is strongly undulating. 



A male, taken at Portrerillos March 19, is in partial molt from 

 Juvenal to first fall phmiage. Others are in full fall plumage. One 

 individual has a few spots of white on the tips of the secondaries, 

 indicative of albinism. The rump feathers in this specimen are mar- 

 gined with whitish, a marking absent in others. Measurements of the 

 four birds secured are as follows: Males (three specimens), wing, 

 89.5, 91.1, and 93.4 mm.; tail, 64.5, 66, and 66 mm.; culmen from 

 base, 18.1, 18.2, and 18.2 mm.; tarsus, 23.2, 24.2, and 25.1 mm.; fe- 

 male (one specimen), wing, 92 mm. ; tail, 68 mm. ; culmen from base, 

 17.2 mm. ; tarsus, 25 mm. 



ENICORNIS PHOENICURUS (Gould) 



Eremotitis pTioenicurus Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Part 3, Birds, NoTember, 

 1839, p. 69, pi. 21. (Santa Cruz, Patagonia.) 



Near Zapala, Neuquen, an adult female of the present species 

 (with another specimen that was preserved in alcohol) was taken 



