29. CAMPrLORHYNCHirS. 201 



black and white, tlie feathers liavinp: Ijroad ovate centres of white ; 

 entire mantle and back barred with black and white, as well as the 

 scapnlars and wing-coverts ; quills blackish, notched with white on 

 the outer web, the inner secondaries barred and tipped with wliito ; 

 upper tail-coverts barred like the back; centre tail-feathers ashy 

 brown, notched externally with white and barred with black, 

 which, however, does not extend across the feathers ; remainder of 

 the tail-feathers blackish brown, notched with white on both webs, 

 the outer tail-feathers barred across with white ; lores and narrow 

 eyebrow white ; cheeks and car-coverts dull white, streaked with 

 pale brown, the feathers being edged with this colour; under 

 surface of body dull white like the throat, browner on the flanks, 

 and slightly rufescent on the under tail-coverts ; the throat faintly, 

 and the fore neck and breast distinctly, spotted with blackish, the 

 flanks barred with the same colour, the under tail-coverts very 

 distnictly ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries duU white, spotted 

 with dusky blackish ; quills dusky brown below, white along the 

 edge of the inner web ; " bill brownish above, flesh-colour beneath ; 

 legs and feet yellowish ; iris reddish yellow " {L. Fraser) ; " iris 

 rosy white " (Jdski). Total length 7-0 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 

 3-05, tail 3-15, tarsus 0-9. 



The Ecuadorian Cactus-Wren is found in the mountains of 

 Ecuador. 



«• Ad. sk. West coast of Ecuador. Purchased. 



18. Campylorhynchus fasciatus. 



Furnarius fasciatus, Stvains. An. in Menaq. p. 351 ; Gray, Gen B i 



p. 132; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 165, no. 2186. 

 Campylorhynchus fasciatus, Taczan. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 190. 



Adult male (in somewhat worn plumage). Above blackish, barred 

 with white equally on the mantle as on the back, only the hind 

 neck streaked longitudinally with white ; head brown, mottled with 

 darker brown centres to the feathers ; least and median wing-coverts 

 like the back, the greater series tipped and notched on the outer 

 web with white; quiUs brown, externally notched with white, 

 producing a chequered appearance ; tail-feathers blackish brown' 

 notched with white on both webs, more largely on the outer 

 feathers, where the white markings reach across both webs and 

 form bars ; lores, eyebrow, and sides of face dull white, mottled 

 with dusky tips to the feathers ; under surface of body white, very 

 thickly spotted with brown all over, all the spots very large and 

 becoming bars on the flanks and sides of the body : under tail- 

 coverts broadly barred with brown ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries white, largely spotted with brown ; quiUs dusky brown below, 

 notched with white on the inner web, producing a slightly barred 

 appearance: "iris sienna-brown" (<S7o/rmrt/in). Total length 7-8 

 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 3-35, tail 3-3, tarsus l-Oo. (J7iw. P. L. 

 Sclatcr.) 



