29. CAMPTLORnYNCHUS. ]^93 



line of black; lores dusky; feathers round .the eye, sides of face and 

 ear-coverts buffy white, the upper mar-in of'tlie latter chestnut 

 streaked witli Wack ; cheeks white, separated from the throat by a 

 narrow black moustachial streak ; under surface of body creamy 

 white, the under tail-coverts barred with black ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white ; quills ashy brown below, litjhter ashy alon.^ 

 the edge of the inner Aveb ; "bill blackish, basal half of lower 

 mandible and feet light plumbeous; iris bright brick-red" (,Sumi- 

 chrast). Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 2-7, tail 2-4 

 tarsus 0'S5. ' ' 



Hclater's Cactus- Wren inhabits Western Mexico, from Mazatlan 

 to Tehuantepec. 



«. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



10. Cainpylorhynchiis jocosus. 



Campylorhyuchiis jocosus, 6'vhtfer, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 371 ; id. Cat. 

 Amer. li. p. 17, pi. o; liaird, Review Amo: B. p. 106; Gray 

 Hancl-l. B. i. p. 1U2, uo. 2648; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Xat. Mus. no. iv! 

 p. 13 ; Sclater Sf Sale. Nomencl. Av. Xeotr. p. .5 ; Salv. ^'- Godm. 

 Biol. Cent r.- Amer., Aves, i. p. 66. 



Adult. General colour above light brown, varied with white 

 streaks and black spots, tlie streaks widening into triangular marks 

 flanked by black spots, producing a someM'hat barred apiiearance ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts light brown, barred with dusky brown 

 and whitish ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills dusky brown, 

 notched with fulvous, producing a barred appearance, the inner 

 secondaries barred across, the light notches on the outer web beino- 

 tinged with rufous ; two centre tail-feathers ashy brown, barred 

 with dusky brown, more broadly on the outer M'eb ; remainder of 

 the tail-feathers blackish brown, tipped with ashy, with a broad 

 subterminal bar of white, the outer web notched with white, pro- 

 ducing a chequered api>earance ; outer tail-feather barred with white 

 on the inner web also, the others edged or minutely notched near 

 the tip ; crown of head blackish, the feathers with obsolete margins 

 of ashy brown, the nape clearer brown ; a very broad and distinct 

 eyebrow from the base of the hill to the side of the nape ; lores 

 black ; ear-coverts and sides of face white, with a broad streak of 

 dark brown along the upper margin of the former ; sides of neck 

 streaked with black and white ; checks white, separated from the 

 throat by a narrow moustachial line of black ; throat jjure white ; 

 remainder of under surface of body white, spotted with black, thoso 

 on the breast and fore neck smaller and more rounded, those on the 

 flanks more in the form of bars ; lower flanks and under tail-coverts 

 slightly tinged with rufous-brown and barred with blackish brown ; 

 under wing- coverts and axillaries whitish, mottled with blackish 

 bases to the feathers ; quills dusky brown below, fulvesccnt along the 

 edge of the inner web ; " bill blackish ; feet du.slvy ash ; iris ved- 

 hroyvn '\Sumuhrast). Total length G'l inches, cuJmen 1, wing 3, 

 tail 2-85, tarsus 0'95. 



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